Top Westchester County Walking Tours

The Armour-Stiner Octagon House was built in 1860 as a summer home. To this day, the Spring months here in The Hudson Valley are the most delightful time of the year. Victorian Springtime at The Octagon House, a one-hour tour, includes both a guided exploration of the lush 19th-century grounds and an unforgettable interior tour of this marvelously preserved Victorian Summer Home. Guests will see and smell a vibrant array of Victorian flowers inside the fully restored Lord and Burnham greenhouse, listen to an orchestra of songbirds in the Foxglove Garden, and step back in time with a stroll around the 360-degree verandah. In the interior portion of the tour, see many examples of how the natural world heavily influenced Victorian life and design.

Relax into nature with this guided group forest bathing experience in Woodland Park near Peekskill. This is a sensory-based session, based on Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. Your guide will facilitate this process, and invite you to share afterwards. This is about a two hour session in the wilderness.