Central Park NYC Highlights Small-Group Bike Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Central Park

  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 hours • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Belvedere Castle

  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.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Strawberry Fields

  See the tribute to the Beatle John Lennon at Strawberry Fields.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Shakespeare Garden

  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.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Bethesda Fountain

  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.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  The Dakota

  The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where the singer John Lennon once lived.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Central Park Sightseeing

  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.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Cleopatra's Needle

  See the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

  Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

  Ride around the beautiful Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11
  Central Park

  Explore Central Park and all of the hidden paths that it has to offer

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 12
  New York City Center

  Explore New York!

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 13
  Central Park's Literary Walk

  Stop and look at the infamous Literary Walk in Central Park, with two rows of trees, music, artists, and sometimes even skate parties!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
• Tag-a-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

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