Private Walking Tour of Hoboken, Only Half a Mile from Manhattan!
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
3 hours
- Understand local life and history through Hoboken's street life, brownstones, cafes, shops, and food
- Enjoy majestic views of the New York City skyline from Hoboken's waterfront parks
- Learn about Hoboken's unique industrial past, rich immigrant influences, and post-industrial rebirth
- Step away from Manhattan's tourist crowds and into a local neighborhood
- A private, customizable walking tour of Hoboken (~3.0 hours) — feel like you're visiting a friend!
- Guests with children too young for a multi-hour walking tour should bring their own stroller(s)
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Join me on a private walking tour of Hoboken, a charming waterfront city only half-a-mile (0,8km) west of Manhattan, across the Hudson River. Look it up on Google Maps!
Hoboken is an oft-overlooked gem whose skyline views, riverfront parks, industrial past, immigrant...
- Duration 3 Hours
- Private Tour
- 1
Hoboken
The following attractions are only examples of where we can go and what Hoboken has to offer. We can certainly customize based on your preferences!
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 2
Hoboken Waterfront Walkway
Hoboken's Waterfront offers expansive views of the Hudson River and New York City skyline, which many of our guests say are worth the trip alone. We’ll explore both the northern and southern waterfronts. Check out the photos above!
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 3
Pier A Park
Hoboken has transformed its former industrial piers into beautiful parks and promenades, with some bars and restaurants located immediately adjacent to the southern walkway.
The largest of these is Pier A Park, which extends almost 800 feet into the Hudson River and offers a unique combination of sunshine, serenity, open...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 4
Garden Street
Hoboken’s residential streetscape is defined by picturesque, tree-lined blocks of three- and four-story Greek Revival and Italianate buildings, largely built in the late 1800s.
Together with its numerous sidewalk cafes (and a few cobblestone streets), we will enjoy a peaceful escape from New York City. You won’t believe you’re only...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 5
Hoboken Historical Museum
Hoboken is the birthplace of baseball, Frank Sinatra, and the zipper; key player in American wars, immigration, and industrialization; and former home to some of the 20th century's most advanced shipyards and factories, including Maxwell House, Lipton Tea and Tootsie Roll.
We’ll discuss this history during our time together, and...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 6
Hudson Place
Hoboken's ferry-and-rail terminal embodies the city's past, present, and future. The Beaux Arts station was built in 1907 and served as the starting point for the first multi-unit electric train in 1930, helmed by Thomas Edison.
Though often overshadowed by its New York City neighbors, it is the ninth-busiest railroad...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 7
Washington Street
Washington Street is Hoboken’s main commercial thoroughfare, running approximately one mile (1,6km) from the very top to the very bottom of Hoboken. It is home to restaurants, bars, bagel shops, bakeries, cafes, and shops – many of which are still locally owned and operated.
The American Planning Association once named...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 8
Adams Street
Located only two miles north of Ellis Island, Hoboken was a prominent destination for German and Irish immigrants in the 19th century and Italians and Puerto Ricans in the 20th century.
Their influences remain visible in contemporary Hoboken’s delis, cafes, bakeries, restaurants, churches, festivals, social clubs, and people.
Founded in...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 9
Washington Street
Like Fiore's, Carlo's Bakery is a Hoboken original. Founded in 1910, the shop has gained national and international acclaim since TLC created "Cake Boss" in 2009, covering the bakery's owner (Buddy Valastro Jr.) and operations.
For out-of-towners seeking other well-known brands without Manhattan crowds, Hoboken also has a Shake Shack,...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 10
Garden Street
Kikilu quickly shot to the top of Hoboken’s must-see (and must-taste!) attractions with our guests. The family-owned shop makes its gelato on-site and is considered the best you’ll find outside Italy.
(Again, this is just one example of where we can stop!)
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 11
Newark Street
Along with (allegedly) having “the most bars per square mile” in the United States, Hoboken features countless bagel shops and pizzerias, creating ample opportunity for our guests to sample New York style bagels, pizza, and bacon-egg-and-cheeses (the classic American breakfast sandwich) – in this case from just across the river...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 12
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens is a top-100 American university perched on a hill above the Hudson River. The campus includes Castle Point, which is the highest point in Hoboken.
The campus offers still more spectacular views of New York City – including the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, One World Trade Center...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 13
Park Lane South
OPTIONAL: For guests who'd like to venture into Jersey City, we can head about half-a-mile (0,8km) south of the Hoboken Terminal to check out Newport Green Park, Newport Sand Beach, and Water's Soul by Jaume Plensa, the latter of which is an 80-foot tall sculpture at the edge of a...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 14
14th Street
OPTIONAL: For guests who'd like to venture into Jersey City, we can head about half-a-mile (0,8km) south of the Hoboken Terminal to check out Newport Green Park, Newport Sand Beach, and Water's Soul by Jaume Plensa, the latter of which is an 80-foot tall sculpture at the edge of a...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 15
The Oculus
OPTIONAL: If you select MEET IN MANHATTAN (PATH TRAIN) at checkout, I will meet you near one of the PATH train stations in Manhattan. PATH stations are located at 33rd St, 23rd St, 14th St, 9th St, Christopher St and World Trade Center (Oculus).
The tour price for this option...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 16
12th Avenue
OPTIONAL: If you select MEET IN MANHATTAN (FERRY) at checkout, I will meet you at the NY Waterway Ferry in Midtown Manhattan (459 12th Ave) or Lower Manhattan (Brookfield Place Terminal).
The tour price for this option includes a one-way ferry ticket for each member of your group. I will...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 17
Brookfield Place
OPTIONAL: If you select MEET IN MANHATTAN (FERRY) at checkout, I will meet you at the NY Waterway Ferry in Midtown Manhattan (459 12th Ave) or Lower Manhattan (Brookfield Place Terminal).
The tour price for this option includes a one-way ferry ticket for each member of your group. I will...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 18
Grand Central Terminal
OPTIONAL: If you select MEET IN MANHATTAN (42ND/PARK) at checkout, I will meet you at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. We will then walk to the PATH train to Hoboken together.
The tour price for this option includes a one-way PATH train ticket for each member of your group. I...
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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