Statue of Liberty Express Tour:
two hours with Lady Liberty
Destination
New York City, USA
Duration
2 hours
Tour size
Max 25
Language
English
Overview
Stand at the foot of a 305-foot colossus, hear the unlikely story of how it got there, and take a ferry home, all before lunch. This Statue of Liberty express tour is the full experience, condensed.
- •Board a ferry across New York Harbor, tickets in hand, and watch the skyline fall away behind you
- •Stand at the base of a 305-foot copper colossus and hear how it nearly wasn't built at all
- •Trace the statue's story through original torch fragments and early design models that reveal it was never meant for New York at all
- •Cruise past the Lower Manhattan skyline, from the Financial District's glass towers to the arc of the Verrazzano
- •Step through Battery Park, where a single fort has served as a concert hall, an immigration station, and an aquarium
What's included
- Statue of Liberty and ferry tickets
- Local English-speaking guide
- Guided walking tour of Battery Park, Liberty Island, and statue grounds
You will visit
- Battery Park
- Liberty Island
- Statue of Liberty Museum
- Statue of Liberty (exterior access)
- New York Harbor ferry crossing
- Castle Clinton
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What to expect
Battery Park: a fort with four former lives
Meet your guide at the southern tip of Manhattan, where Battery Park opens out onto the harbor. Before you board the ferry, you'll walk through a landscape shaped by centuries of immigration, commerce, and defense. Your guide will point out Castle Clinton, a fort that served as an opera house, immigration station, and aquarium before the National Park Service claimed it.
New York Harbor: the crossing the statue was designed for
As Lower Manhattan shrinks behind you and the statue grows ahead, your guide will set the scene for what you're about to see, including a Franco-American partnership that required a newspaper publisher to shame ordinary Americans into paying for the pedestal.
"Everyone thinks they know the Statue of Liberty. Then I mention the 214 crates and the fundraising disaster, and it's a whole new experience."
Charlie,
WalksDevour guide
"I love the ferry crossing. Seeing people's reactions when the statue comes into full view never gets old for me."
Sara,
WalksDevour guide
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