Harlem Yesterday & Today Private Tour
Almost a city unto itself, Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world. Founded by the Dutch in 1658, Harlem was once farmland and the first US home of hundreds of thousands of European immigrants. The center of New York City’s African American culture, Harlem is a diverse neighborhood with a vibrant and influential history. Your fully guided private tour explores the changing face of Harlem, with special focus on the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. A literary, music, drama, and art revival in Harlem, the Renaissance period cultivated and nurtured the talents of great jazz musicians like Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, and authors such as Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. Du Bois. Home to the famed Apollo Theater and Cotton Club, the effect of the Harlem Renaissance can still be felt in America’s artistic and cultural life today.
Offered Year Round
Duration: 4-Hours
Start Time: Flexible
Meeting Location: Flexible
Activity Level: Easy
Program Includes
- Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water
- Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide
- Door to door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)
- Driver gratuity included (guide gratuity is not included)
- 24-hour support phone number
The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.
- We recommend a start time of 8am or 9am to beat the crowds at major sites.
- This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week. However, if attending a gospel mass, this tour will need to take place on a Sunday or a Wednesday with a start time no later than 9:00am.
- Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.
The starting location of the tour is customizable to fit your schedule. The tour can start at your hotel doorstep, at a restaurant where you just finished breakfast or custom location of your liking. Pick up or drop off locations outside of Manhattan may accrue additional time & cost.
- Gratuity for the tour guide is not included.
- We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.
- 4-hours with a private vehicle and tour guide.
- Experience Harlem Highlights and view attractions such as The Apollo Theatre from the outside, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, the busy 125th street (Any indoor entrances that require a ticket are not included).
- Along the way you may also see: Cotton Club, National Jazz Museum, Marcus Garvey Park, Red Rooster, The Hamilton Grange (Indoor entrance tickets are not included for any locations).
- All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent upon traffic and weather conditions.
- See upgrade options below to add time or attraction entrances to your experience.
- Gratuity for the tour guide is not included.
- We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.
Make it 6-hours for an additional cost!
- Add two hours to include one (1) of the following neighborhoods on your tour:
- Central Park
- Midtown
- Parts of The Bronx
OR
- Add two hours to include one (1) of the following Attraction Entrances during your tour! Ask your BTSQ Sales Representative for rates for add-on attractions admission tickets:
- Empire State Building Express Pass
- Top of the Rock VIP Pass
- General Admission to The National Jazz Museum
- Harlem Gospel Mass
OR
- Add two (2) hours and include a Private Tour of Yankee Stadium (up to ten (10) guests) where you will visit key locations including the NY Yankees Museum and legendary Monument Park
If you like this tour, you may also like:
- A Bronx Tale
- Brooklyn Sightseeing Program
- The Origins of New York Private Walking Tour
Looking for a full-day or multi-day experience?
- Ask about our full-day (8-hours) Discover Manhattan Tour
- Ask about our 2 or 3-day NYC First-Timers Packages
Make it Custom!
- Have any special interests? We can curate this Experience and pair you with a specialized tour guide to fit your needs. Topics range from horticulture, art, culinary, pop culture, architecture, history, or something we have never heard of! An additional research fee and specialized guide fee may apply.
Starting from: $1,559 per tour
