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Chinatown and Little Italy Tour in New York City with Local Expert

New York City, USA
  • 2 hours (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Take a deep dive into New York’s history and culture on a guided walking tour of Manhattan’s Chinatown and Little Italy neighborhoods. You’ll learn all about the waves of immigration that have contributed to these areas’ culture and pick up great tips on the best places to eat along the way. Get a greater insight into New York than you would wandering around these busy districts alone.
  • Learn about local history, culture, cuisine, and architecture
  • Pass by one of the nation’s first pizzerias and hear its stories
  • Locate a couple of important museums that you could return to later
  • Explore on foot and see places hard to get to in a vehicle

What's Included

  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Friendly local guide
  • Must see and off the beaten path
  • Iconic places for photoshoot
  • Expert advice where to go and what to do after the tour
  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Food and drink

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • 161 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013, USA

    Meet your guide at the SW corner of Spring Street and 6th Avenue at Spring Street. Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time to check in.

End point

  • Chinatown, New York, NY, USA

Operating hours
.1:00 pm

Itinerary

1

Super Taste

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

2

SoHo

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

3

SoHo

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

4

Little Italy

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

5

Lombardi's

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

6

Rubirosa

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

7

67-73 E Broadway

5 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

8

The Police Building

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

9

Little Italy

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

10

Italian American Museum

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

11

Gelso & Grand

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

12

Chinatown

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

13

The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

14

Museum of Chinese in America

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

15

Mahayana Buddhist Temple

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

16

Columbus Park

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.5
based on 11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A lot of sightseeing and walking!

Carol_S, Dec 2024
Adam is a very enthusiastic tour guide and being a New Yorker he is knowledgeable and also extremely passionate about his city and what it offers. He goes above and beyond to introduce his topic! I enjoyed my time and learnt a lot of extra things that I would not have otherwise known eg : memobilia about movies & TV Series filmed in the places we walked. It was worth the money!

We had 2 prior tours...

Lori_N, Apr 2023
We had 2 prior tours through Viator and had an amazing experience. This was quite disappointing. The guide did not seem engaged, we thought we'd learn more about the food history of each area. We felt as though he did not want to be facilitating the tour. We would not recommend this particular tour to any family or friends.

Chinatown and little Italy tour

Trish_M, Dec 2022
I loved Little Italy and really wanted to stop in and nibble on some pizza but this was walking tour instead of a foodie tour. I was mistaken when I booked it. Robert was nice and very knowledgeable of the history of the area.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Hello Trish, Yes, indeed it's a Chinatown and Little Italy Tour with Local Expert, just as the title of the tour says. It's not a pizza tour, so food is not included in tour and it's clearly stated in inclusions / exclusions. On this tour our clients experience 3 in 1: history, culture, architecture.

Next trip we will walk...

CHRIS_T, Oct 2022
Next trip we will walk around on our own in these areas. It was awkward communication and just didn’t connect with us. He had some knowledge and reason it is a 2 rating.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Hello Chris! We are sorry about your poor experience. It was out new guide and apparently he didn't do his best as he should have. Rest assured, we will discuss it thoroughly with the guide and make sure he improves. Please accept our apologies. If there's anything else we can help you with, please do not hesitate to tell us

Worst tour in 8+ years

Justin_B, Sep 2022
The tour guide called us and changed the meeting location and time on us the day of. She did not speak English well, mainly Italian. She had a bunch of pictures on her IPad, but they were out of order so we had to flip back and forth through a ton of photos. So when we finally got off the bench to go walk around the tour guide got lost. She also quit on us about 20 minutes in. This is the worst tour I have been on in my 8+ years using tour guides through Viator. Not only would I not use this tour again after multiple attempts to resolve this issue with Viator I will make sure to use another booking site from now on. If you value your money or your time don’t waste either with inexperienced tour guides or these con artists of a tour. I wish I could give it 0 stars and the company putting this on is the absolute worst.

Jason made the tour...

Penne_S, May 2022
Jason made the tour informative. However he did leave after the break/meeting place at least a minute or 2 early. Our watches/phones said right on the dot when we got there, thinking we were ahead of everyone at the meet up, until we saw his orange hat moving away, down the street.

Great tour- Guide went over and above!

Nikki_S, Mar 2022
Chris was fantastic! We actually got lost and ended up on the wrong subway train and missed our start time for the tour. Chris called us and made special arrangements to meet up with us anyway and still completed the tour. He was knowledgeable and entertaining. We enjoyed the history that he shared as we walked around. Not only that, but he was nice enough to walk us right to the correct subway station after our tour so that we didn't end up on the wrong train again!

Great tour of China Town and Little Italy!

Susan_M, Nov 2021
Andrew our guide was wonderful. VERY knowledgeable and friendly. My friends are from Great Britain and learned so much about American history regarding the immigration and assimilation of the Irish, Italians and Chinese. Had incredible dumplings! Thank you Andrew

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