I wanted to try this tour after years of commuting through Grand Central Terminal. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the hidden secrets, pictures and stories of the terminal, which was expertly narrated by our tour director, Jonathan. Highly recommend.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Ear pieces provided to each guests, ensuring everyone hears the guide perfectly, even from a distance
- Guided walking tour led by a local New Yorker
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- The tour starts in front of Track 29, inside Grand Central Terminal's main concourse. Your guide will be holding an "Untapped New York" sign.
Return
- The tour starts in front of Track 29, inside Grand Central Terminal's main concourse. Your guide will be holding an "Untapped New York" sign.
Itinerary
We will explore the many hidden gems inside Grand Central Terminal while learning all about the history of this iconic NYC building!
This tour takes place in the heart of midtown!
We will see the Metlife as we walk around Grand Central
We will see the beautiful Chrysler building as we go outside to take a close look at Grand Central Terminal's clock
We will peek inside this amazing bar hidden inside Grand Central Terminal
We will see it on this tour
We will end our tour there!
This tour takes place right in the middle of Manhattan in New York City
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Reviews
Who knew Grand Central Terminal held so many secrets! Jonathan guided us on an excellent, informative and, most of all, fun and engaging tour. Jonathan's super power is remembering everyone in the group's name and using them throughout the tour. This talent helped keep my 12 year old great niece engaged. I highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in the history and secrets of Grand Central Terminal.
Interesting facts about an iconic place. John, our guide, did a terrific job. He made it informative and entertaining.
Our guide was great with very interesting not commonly known facts about Grand Central Station… we were so glad we took this tour!
Intimate, interesting, easily heard! Jonathan was fabulous- and we especially appreciated his efforts to keep us comfortable and able to hear all these fun facts about GCS. AND, he called everyone by name throughout this tour, ensuring everyone felt at ease and included. Very special experience! Thank you so much, Jonathan!
Historical overview of GCT from top to bottom to outside including stories and facts unknown to us as former locals and commuters. Our tour leader was Christian who was very knowledgeable and fun and kept the 90 minute tour to a good pace.
Our guide was wonderful-knew his stuff and had the history and architecture down-really enjoyed it
Ryan was amazing! He was a wealth of information and showed us so many spots in grand central I didnt even know existed. The whole group was comprised of new Yorkers and they were impressed, so you know the tour is good!
Our guide Jonathon was excellent. He was extremely knowledgeable and made the tour extra enjoyable with his enthusiasm.
This is an excellent tour. Arty is very knowledgeable and engaging. There are a lot of hidden places to see. A definite must!
Very informative and Jonathan was very enthusiastic and knew his way around easily and found areas you never knew about
Our guide Mickey was fantastic. She was so knowledgeable of Grand Central Terminal. The pictures added to the experience. I would love to book with her if she had other tours.
It was great to hear about the history of the terminal. Mickie did a great job. Plus we saw the great dining area. Great places to catch lunch.
Very informative and well organized. The guide was excellent and we had such a good time. Highly recommended.
You can bring a snack and something to drink and double check location meet up. The information is wonderful and the guide was entertaining and easy to understand. It’s a great gift for any occasion and brings unique people together.
Jonathan was an absolutely fantastic guide! He was super knowledgeable and engaging. I've lived in New York for 40 years and learned things about Grand Central that I did not know before. I highly recommend this tour!
Delightful afternoon touring NY’s iconic building. The tour guide was knowledgeable, easy to understand and friendly. I would highly recommend this tour to NYers and tourists.
Jonathan was entertaining, knowledgeable and pleasant. Been in many times but had never taken a tour. Well worth it.
This was an excellent tour. I’ve lived in NY my whole life so it was wonderful being a local tourist for the day learning things about a place I’ve been to so many times! Jonathan was an excellent guide - engaging and so well informed.
Louis was very knowledgeable.
It was informative and very complete. How to guide was very informative. His knowledge was encyclopedic.
This was a really fun/interesting tour! Christian knew his stuff and was a great tour guide. A really fun way to spend 1.5 hours. Note that the tour meets inside the station at the entrance to track 29. The Viator instructions INCORRECTLY say the meet up spot is on 42nd street
Grand Central Station is pretty large to explore on your own, and a knowledgeable guide can take you behind the scenes. Worth it!
Excellent knowledge of subject and made an interesting tour alongside revealing the hidden secrets of Grand Central Terminal
For somewhat frequent or new to NYC, learn about this icon. It is very interesting and you will walk away pleased. 1.5 hours is perfect. Out guide was great.
Wonderful experience. Learned many things i would never have heard without the tour. Our guide, Mickey, was very personable and fun to listen to
The guide was knowledgable and interesting. Fantastic experience, would definitely recommend! The only thing is that there are no benches in grand central, so be prepared to be standing (in between walking around) the entire time.
Great guide, great tour, can recommend
I was very surpriaed to see how much there is to see in the stations we went to! Art, infrastructure and NY life all in two hours.
Awesome tour! Grew up in NYC but learned so much from the tour. Even got to see the tennis court!
It was very informative & very interesting Out your guide was very friendly, personal & knowledge
Excellent guide: well informed, clear and friendly
You'll be standing the whole time and waking. No place to sit down. Very informative as far as history
Thorough, very interesting historical facts, accompanied by old photos to better grasp how the building and industry evolved. Travelled from the basement to top floor.
Wonderful experience. Jonathan was very knowledgeable and shared so much history. Was delivered in a very positive energy and funny personality. A+++
We had a great experience. We showed up on the wrong day and John was able to add us to his group. He was a wealth of knowledge and very personable. Great guide! We've walked through Grand Central many times but never knew all the history. There really are some secrets to learn about.
Fun and informative tour. Christian was a fantastic guide. He was full of knowledge about the history of Grand Central and all of the gems hidden within. Great way to spend a cloudy Sunday morning.
Terrific tour. V informative. Our guide was the best
Was great. Our guide was very knowledgeable. He was very keen, and knew lots of information. He was very attentive to all people on the guide
John did a great job. He was clearly excited about the Grand Central Terminal and enthusiastically shared his extensive knowledge. He was armed with lots of historical photos and information. He kept the tour lively and moving. Definitely recommend!
NYC Grant Central Station Secrets tour was excellent. Tour guide was informative and as a life long New Yorker, offered fun facts. Saw so many things that you would walk right past. We really want to see the Tennis Courts and got to take a peek. It was the perfect amount of time. Great for new visitors and vistors who have been to NYC many times. Very Knowledgeable. Highly recommend. Easy to meet up and price was also reasonable
A good history of the station linked to the US railways
We had such a wonderful experience! Pete, our guide, was very knowledgable and shared many interesting facts, dates, and secrets all throughout the tour. It was engaging and enlightening, and my friend and I had a fantastic time. I highly recommend this tour for tourists and local New Yorkers, you will learn a lot and Pete is always inviting questions or further discussion with the tour guests. It makes for a great outing in the city!
Mickey gave us a friendly welcome and on the tour she convinced with her expertise and the entertaining way in which she provided the interesting secrets of Grand Central. Definitely worth it, thanks!
Was very good. The inclusion of the provided headphones to be able to hear the guide was well thought out and much needed in the busy terminal building. I learnt a lot about the station
John, my tour guide, was very knowledgeable and friendly. He kept things interesting and moving.
Excellent tour - nice sized group. Tour Cullin was great - really knowledgeable, friendly and humorous.
My parents visiting from FL, former New Yorkers who retired to FL. We decided to take the tour because though we’ve been through GC hundreds of times we never really took the time to experience and explore it. My parents are in their 80s. The tour helped us realize how much history we have lived through. Great experience!
Christian was a great tour guide - high energy and focused on a good group experience. He paced the tour well and periodically stopped to ask for questions. He made the tour personal by sharing how "mistakes" turn into traditions and make the history come alive. Highly recommend this tour!
This was really an interesting tour and I’m so glad I did it! I learned so much about the terminal, and saw a lot of hidden gems. Well worth the money!
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