Depending on your preferences and your goals, tours can be roughly categorized into several groups.
It is most convenient to go on a tour of New York City on a double-decker bus (dabledecker) with an open second floor. Ticket prices start at $50 USD. The most popular routes in New York City:
In Lower Manhattan: Greenwich Village, Times Square, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Union Square, Soho, Chinatown, Little Italy, Lower East Side, East Village, Rockefeller Center;
Uptown Manhattan: Central Park, Lincoln Center, Dakota, Museum of Natural History, St. John's Cathedral, Grant's Tomb, Apollo Theater, Harlem Market, Museum Mile, Fifth Avenue;
Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, Soho, Chinatown, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, panorama of Manhattan skyscrapers from the Brooklyn side;
Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Antique Furniture District, Fulton Mall, Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn's central plaza), Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn Library.
The specialty of these tours is that you can get off at any of the 35 stops, independently explore the sights that interest you sightseeing, get on the next similar dabledecker and finish the route with all of them. A ticket for such tours is valid for 48 to 72 hours.
These excursions are conducted individually with a Russian-speaking guide. The cost depends on the duration: 2-3 hours - from 450 USD, 4-5 hours - from 500 USD, 6-7 hours - from 700 USD.
These are suitable for those who have already been to the Big Apple. Unlike traditional sightseeing tours, these tours include interesting and less hyped places in Upper Manhattan and Brooklyn, such as Columbia University, Riverside Church, evening jazz concerts in Harlem, Bill Clinton's office, Grand Central station, and The Oyster Bar. The tour lasts about 4 hours and costs from 500 USD.
This is a rather exotic option, but the bird's eye view of New York City, especially at night, is definitely worth the money spent. The price depends on the length of the tour: up to 15 minutes - 140 USD, up to 20 minutes - 215 USD, up to 20 minutes with the rental of the entire helicopter - 990 USD.
