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NYC Hop-on Hop-off Tour: Empire State Building Access

3.4

69 Ratings

Experience the best of New York City with a Hop-on Hop-off Tour and access to the iconic Empire State Building. Explore famous sights, museums, and more!

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Explore Downtown (Red Route) (Route)

Operating Schedule: 9:30 AM (from stop 1 - M&M’S World) - 4:30 PM

Every 20 to 30 minutes, totally route takes 90 minutes

Customers are advised to visit our website or to download our app to find out more about our new health and safety measures and for the most update service information.

1. M&M’S New York
Stop 1 - 7th Ave & W 48th St

2. W 42nd St and Broadway
Closed until further notice Stop 2 - Times Square East

3. 5th Avenue & West 32nd Street
Stop 3 - Empire State Building / KoreaTown ( (in front of CVS Pharmacy)

4. 5th Ave & W 23rd St
Stop 4 - Flatiron District (in front of Eisenbergs Sandwich Shop)

5. Broadway/Spring St
Stop 5 - SoHo (in front of the Nike Store)

6. 100 Lafayette St
Stop 6 - Chinatown / Little Italy (near corner with Walker Street)

7. Park Row & Beekman St
Stop 7 - Brooklyn Bridge (across from 33 Park Row)

8. Broadway & Wall St
Stop 8 - Wall Street / Charging Bull (Southwest corner near Rector St)

9. PX3P+85 New York
Stop 9 - Statue of Liberty / Battery Park

10. Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
Stop 10 - 42nd St & 12th Ave

Points of Interest

Times Square
Empire State Building
Flatiron Building
Greenwich Village
Battery Park
The High Line
SoHo
Little Italy
Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)
New York City Hall
Bryant Park
Madame Tussauds New York

What's Included

Hop-on hop-off open-top bus tour
On-board Wi-Fi access
Entry to the Empire State Building included

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Information

Experience the wonder of New York City with an Open Top Bus Tour and behold the City from the renowned Empire State Building, a landmark that shapes Manhattan’s skyline. Look forward to a day of endless rides across the city, with the flexibility to board and disembark as many times as you wish and for as long as you desire. Discover all the celebrated attractions in Midtown, Downtown, and Uptown, such as Times Square, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and the Statue of Liberty. Enjoy some leisurely time roaming Central Park, or choose to disembark at globally-renowned museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

3.4

(69 Ratings)

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Candicern2011

Dec 18, 2023

Santana is the bomb! 💣 - Santana was the best driver that we had. We got on her bus multiple times and she went above and beyond to make sure we knew what was around us and the history of NYC! She also was funny and had a great personality. Your other drivers were not as friendly and did not speak! Santana was the bomb!!!

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Michael_b

Oct 7, 2023

Many attendants around... - Many attendants around the city to answer questions. Easy access. Most audio boxes worked, but not all.

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Estelar_c

Aug 6, 2023

The whole tour was... - The whole tour was amazing , we included tickets for the Empire State Bldg visit with breathtaking views. Enjoyed the tour very much.

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Donna_b

Oct 26, 2023

Great tour…bit of a rough start! - We very much enjoyed the Big Bus hop on & hop off tour with entry to the Empire State Building after a bit of a rough start. The reps are easy to spot at their designated location to pick up your vouchers. I would recommend doing a 2 day pass if you really want to do both loops. I would have given Big Bus a 5* rating except they had the wrong time slot. We had purposely booked the 9:30am time slot to visit The Empire State Building so we wouldn’t be on a strict timeline to get back there. When we picked the tickets up our time slot was 12:45pm…Rep was no help, said maybe we were from a different time zone..not the case. We went anyway for 9:30am & because it was the first time slot and not yet crowded they let us go up.

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Vincent_c

Jul 27, 2023

Not so great start - The meet up place on 42nd and 12th was non-existent. Had to hustle back to Time Square and almost missed our slot. The location by Tome square is adjacent to M&M Store. Why not say that! You can do better! We lost hop off and on time!

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Sara_m

Aug 7, 2023

Taped audio and music, yeesh - The audio tour was weak. Lots of music and not as much information about the city as I was hoping for. Less banter and more useful facts would have been good.

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Angelica_a

Dec 18, 2023

Terrible - Well it didn’t happen! Very disappointed! I went to two locations to redeem my voucher for tickets and no one was there. I went to a pick up spot to hopefully get some help. The bus driver wasn’t any help and rude. I want my money back. This was a terrible experience.

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Peter_m

Oct 4, 2023

Raining very hard - bad... - Raining very hard - bad directions to starting point - too rainy & foggy to see anything - you should give us a full refund. Not sure if that day’s excursion even happened. Please call me at 361-648-7248.

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Florin_p

Aug 29, 2023

Tourist trap - The buses are overcrowded and dirty, and traffic around Times Square is horrible. It took 45 minutes to get to the next stop. We ended up only taking the hop-on bus to get to Wall St, then spent our time walking around there. By the time we were done, the bus schedule was done for the day. So at $85 per person, this was the most expensive bus ride downtown. Do yourself a favor and take the regular bus or metro to the destinations you want to get to

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Lalatendu_s

Aug 12, 2023

Never buy empire building combo tickets from viator. - Never buy combo tickets from viator. We bought tickets for one day hop on/off plus empire state admission tickets from viator. Viator sent us a voucher and asked us to redeem with any street agent. The next day morning we went to empire state and redeemed with a big bus street agent. The agent gave us tickets only for the hop on/off bus but not empire. Upon enquiring he instructed us to go directly go to empire and show the viator voucher. We went inside after clearing security and scanned the voucher at the entry scanners which did not work. The security lead us outside and asked to check the tickets with the agent. I contacted viator but they did not provide any assistance. The agent on the phone only told they will contact the provider(Big bus) and let us know. We spent 2 hours and cancelled the plan that day. I got an email from viator in the night with a link to download empire tickets which they said is valid for 15 days. The next day was our last day in newyork but we decided to use the tickets. So I checked out of our airbnb and again parked our car by paying additional amount. We again went to empire with the new tickets and again the tickets did not work at the scanner. This time I decided to buy new set of tickets at the counter as I w could not disappoint my family anymore. So we bought the tickets directly at the empire state counter and visited. Completely disappointed with the unprofessional behavior of the street agents and the viator phone agents. They did not help me at all. I ended up paying twice.

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