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Central Park NYC Highlights Small-Group Bike Tour
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Central Park NYC Highlights Small-Group Bike Tour
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Activity Duration (2 hours)
Light
Hosted in English
Full refund if cancelled up to 24 hours before the experience starts
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What you'll do
Experience the ultimate Central Park adventure on a guided small-group bike tour, exploring the best of this iconic New York City park.
Tour Highlight
It would take days to explore Central Park's 843 acres (341 hectares) on foot. Instead, join this small-group guide bike tour and discover more of the park in less time. Choose from a regular bike or e-bike, and enjoy live commentary from your guide as you pedal past famous landmarks such as Jackie Onassis Reservoir and John Lennon memorial at Strawberry Fields, plus lesser-known spots.
What is included?
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
- Taga-longs and child trailers are not available for this tour
- No customer under the age of 18 will be given a bike without an adult over the age of 18 present
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Smiler Travel & Guide
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Host since 2022
Itinerary
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Here is the starting point
Central Park
1
Central Park
Stop: 2 hours
Meet your guide just a couple of blocks south of Central Park on West 56th Street for your morning or afternoon bike tour. Select a hybrid bike, appropriate for your skill and experience level, as well as a helmet and map of the park.
2
Belvedere Castle
Stop: 15 minutes
Then, peddle along at a leisurely pace on both paved roads and unpaved trails as your guide talks about the park's history and its many famous attractions. Your guide broadcasts his narration to group through a speaker, so you won't miss any details.
3
Strawberry Fields
Stop: 15 minutes
See the tribute to the Beatle John Lennon at Strawberry Fields.
4
Shakespeare Garden
Stop: 15 minutes
Delight in views of Belvedere Castle, smell the flowers in Shakespeare Garden, and ride by the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre where one of the last public marionette companies in the US operates.
5
Bethesda Fountain
Stop: 15 minutes
Admire popular landmarks including ornate Bethesda Fountain, the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, the massive green space of the Sheep Meadow, and the lovely Jackie Onassis Reservoir in the northern part of the park.
6
The Dakota
Stop: 15 minutes
The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where the singer John Lennon once lived.
7
Central Park Sightseeing
Stop: 5 minutes
Pause for photos and replenish with bottled water (own expense) as you travel 7 miles (11.2 km) through the lush and lively park. Your leisurely 2-hour Central Park bike tour ends back where it began, just south of the park.
8
Cleopatra's Needle
Stop: 15 minutes
See the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle
9
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
Stop: 15 minutes
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
10
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Stop: 15 minutes
Ride around the beautiful Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
11
Central Park
Stop: 2 hours
Explore Central Park and all of the hidden paths that it has to offer
12
New York City Center
Stop: 2 hours
Explore New York!
13
Central Park's Literary Walk
Stop: 15 minutes
Stop and look at the infamous Literary Walk in Central Park, with two rows of trees, music, artists, and sometimes even skate parties!
This concludes the tour.
You’re free to explore at your own pace from here.
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