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Original Ground Zero Walking Tour in New York

New York City, USA
  • 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Learn more about about the events and lasting impact of 9/11/2001 than you could on your own. This guided walking tour of Ground Zero takes you to significant sites, including the Ground Zero Museum Workshop and St. Paul’s Chapel, and reveals the stories behind each. Take the opportunity to pay your respects at the Firefighter’s Memorial and Eleven Tears Memorial, both often missed by visitors, and see how the city has risen again at Brookfield Place and the Oculus.
  • Explore Ground Zero in the company of a guide who can tell its story
  • Visit important sites related to 9/11 such as St. Paul’s Chapel
  • Discover memorials visitors often miss on their own
  • Benefit from your guide's expertise and passion for the subject

What's Included

  • Passionnate Tour Guide
  • 1-hour Walking Tour on the 9/11 Ground Zero
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Tips

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • 209 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, USA

    209 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, USA Meet your Tour Guide in front of the St Paul's Chapel, he will have a badge and a flag with the name of the local agency

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.11:00 am

Itinerary

1

Ground Zero Museum Workshop

40 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

2

Brookfield Place

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

3

The Oculus

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

4

St. Paul's Chapel

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 80 travelers

Cancellation Policy

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

Traveler Photos

Gallery picture 1 (from a traveler's review)
Gallery picture 2 (from a traveler's review)

Reviews

3.6
based on 14 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Fantastic tour of ground zero

Sally_F, Dec 2024
Our guide Sergei was so knowledgeable and fun and gave us a fabulous tour of Ground Zero and the surrounding areas.

Disappointing

Colin_R, Jun 2023
The tour guide never showed up, so we rang up and they said it wasn’t on the system? So just had to walk around out selves

Poor tour

Peg_S, Jan 2023
The tour guide shared nothing about 9-11. He had no info to share abt the happening gs of that day, who responded, what was inaccessible! I had been on a tour last July with a different group and learned so much! Our guide this time knew nothing of what I shared with him! Very disappointing!

Depends on the guide

Stephanie_L, Oct 2022
I have done two walking tours in New York and have to say they depend on the guide as to how good they are. Anyone can learn the facts but how they are conveyed can bring a tour to life or kill it. Sergei was very knowledgable but his accent was very heavy and hard for me as a native English speaker to understand. The tour was also 1 hour 5, minutes not 1.5 hours as advertised.

Disappointing

Adam_R, Oct 2022
Tour guide had no documentation to prove he was a tour guide Continually checked his watch to ensure he didnt go over the hour guide. Tour guide appeared to be new to the occupation When asked about the museum being closed on a Tuesday he didnt know and had to google it!! Shame because Ground Zero itself is a must visit but save the money and make sure you visit on a day the museum is open

So knowledgeable!!!

Kristina_C, Aug 2022
Our guide was so knowledgeable and happy. It was a great experience! Highly recommend if you want to get the history and background of New York.

Tour guide Didn’t turn up

Debbie_B, May 2022
The tour guide didn’t turn up. We arrived 30min before tour at designated area. Waited 30min after tour time. Even rang viator customer service

Response from Host, May 2022

Hello we really apoligize for this. Guide had an accident.

Not as I expected

Linda_E, May 2022
Description was misleading. Might have been my fault. I wanted to go into the 9/11 museum. Not walk outside of it

Response from Host, May 2022

hello in the description we clearly indicate that it doesnt include entrance to the museum.

My friend booked me a...

Lna_N, Apr 2022
My friend booked me a lower Manhattan tour with Davidson two weeks ago. I spent a wonderful time. He is passionate, really friendly and funny. I will remember this afternoon for a long time. I’ll recommend him for sure. Thanks for everything Davidson, you are amazing !!

Excellent tour guide

Martin_P, Jan 2022
The tour guide was amazing very friendly and informative i would highly recommend this tour. We had a good look around all the areas and he was talking through what happened and was very funny too.

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Dear Martin; We are glad you enjoyed our visit. We hope to see you again in one of our tours.

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