Boho Greenwich Village: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
from $14.99
Overview
Experience Greenwich Village with this self-guided walking tour produced by an Emmy-nominated storyteller.
• Find out celebrity architect Stanford White who, after seducing the original “It Girl,” Evelyn Nesbit, was gunned down by her husband in front of a packed theater
• Hear from Tom Darbyshire, a Creative Director from New York’s advertising industry whose passion for juicy stories inspired him to produce this VoiceMap tour
• Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
1 hour 30 minutes
Meet at the start point (no pickup)
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed…
Itinerary
- 1Washington Square Park
From the Gilded Age, to the Bohemian Era, and the Beat Generation, Greenwich Village has long been at the bleeding edge of New York City’s art, music, theater and literary scenes. On this 90-minute walking tour, you’ll meet famous radicals, rockers, revolutionaries, boundary pushers, and culture shapers who, throughout the decades, left their mark on the world from this avant-garde enclave.
- 2Stop
Find out how Greenwich Village was loudly declared a free republic by bohemian artists from the top of Washington Square Arch
- 3Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like Washington Square Fountain.
- 4Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like the Row.
- 5Judson Memorial Church
Find out how Judson Church became the country’s most open-minded church
- 6Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like Hangman's Elm.
- 7Stop
Find out about the once “dingy” Macdougal Alley, where one of America’s richest women, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, defied her husband and family when she purchased a former horse stable to pursue her art
- 8Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like the Marlton Hotel.
- 9Church of the Ascension
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like the Church of the Ascension.
- 10Stop
I’ll show you the NYC block where you’ll find the Marshall Chess Club, and former homes of poet Emma Lazarus, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sinclair Lewis, and the etiquette authority Emily Post.
- 11Stop
I’ll show you the NYC block where you’ll find the Marshall Chess Club, and former homes of poet Emma Lazarus, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sinclair Lewis, and the etiquette authority Emily Post.
- 12Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like the Joofrey Ballet School.
- 13Stop
On this tour, history is brought to life with some of the most shocking, interesting and unusual stories about places like the Jefferson Market Library.
What's included
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Not included
- Food/Drink
- Smartphone and headphones
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Transportation
Good to know
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
