Royal Park & City Grand Tour

About this tour

Half park and half city, in one 125-minute evening. The Royal Park & City Grand Tour begins inside Central Park while there is still something to look at — its first departure is 7:30 PM, a full hour before our Royal Manhattan Evening Tour sets off — works through The Mall, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake and Bow Bridge, then leaves by the Plaza Hotel and finishes among the lights of Fifth Avenue.

The park half is unhurried: Wollman Rink, The Mall, a pause at Bethesda Terrace, then along the Lake to Bow Bridge for a second pause and out across Sheep Meadow. The carriage exits beside the Plaza Hotel and turns down Fifth Avenue, and from there the ride belongs to the city — Saint Patrick's Cathedral, then the Rockefeller Center plaza and rink, then Radio City Music Hall, before the return to the stand at 7th Avenue and Central Park South. Because it sets off earlier than our other evening rides, the park section can still catch the last of the light on a long summer evening while the avenue section is always dark. Like every regular tour it runs January 10 through November 20; from November 21 to January 9 regular tours pause and our Christmas tours take their place.

What's included

• Private carriage for up to 4 adults, 125 minutes
• Both halves of the city: Central Park and Fifth Avenue
• Pauses at Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Saint Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center
• The earliest evening start we offer — from 7:30 PM
• Licensed, experienced driver

Tour route & landmarks

1. Depart 7th Ave & Central Park South (180 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019)
2. Enter Central Park
3. Wollman Rink
4. The Mall
5. Bethesda Terrace (photo stop)
6. The Lake
7. Bow Bridge (photo stop)
8. Sheep Meadow
9. Exit Park
10. Plaza Hotel
11. Fifth Avenue
12. Saint Patrick's Cathedral (photo stop)
13. Rockefeller Center (photo stop)
14. Radio City Music Hall
15. Return

Pricing

$414.99, flat, for the carriage. Up to 4 adults ride on that one fare; with children 12 and under the arrangement can be 3 adults and 2 children, 2 adults and 4 children, or 1 adult and 6 children. Both halves of the route are covered by the single price — there is no separate city supplement and no evening premium.

Who this tour is for

Visitors with one evening in New York who refuse to choose between the park and the skyline, couples marking an anniversary, and anyone who found a 55- or 65-minute ride too short the last time. It is not the right booking if you want to see the park in daylight, if 7:30 PM is already past bedtime for the children travelling with you, or if the avenue alone is what you want — the Royal Midtown Lights Tour does that in under an hour for less.

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