This is the experience of the New York Contrasts Tour: prices

In your tourist trip to New York, In the east coast of the United States, the usual thing is that you concentrate your visit on the Manhattan Island, specifically, since Central Park towards the south, until Wall Street y Battery Park.

In general, tourists avoid going to other neighborhoods that have a certain reputation for conflict.

But precisely the most popular of the excursions in New York Its focus is on these other neighborhoods of the city.

When I started developing this blog a few years ago, I was already aware of the fame of the excursion in spanish known as Contrasts of New York., very well valued in the Reviews of the tourists we have done.

Contrasts, the most popular tour in New York

This excursion has become the most popular tour among tourists who visit New York, and currently it is carried out by various tourism companies, such as Civitatis.

El Contrasts of New York Tour precisely allows you to visit the most interesting places of those surrounding neighborhoods Manhattan,

Specifically I mean Bronx, Queens y Brooklyn, which together with Harlem y Staten Island They make up the municipality of the North American city.

This way you can have a very different vision of the characteristic image that you will have of New York associated with Manhattan, with its skyscrapers, monuments and corners, in many cases true cinematographic icons.

You will also have an approach to the environment and way of life of great ethnic communities who reside in this enormous city, such as the black, Latinos or orthodox jewss.

Taking advantage of my last trip to the united states, I finally signed up for the excursion Contrasts of New York. In my case, with the agency Gerardo Giraldo.

And it hasn't disappointed me at all; On the contrary, it has exceeded my expectations.

What is the Contrasts of New York excursion like?

El tour Contrasts of New York is a excursion in spanish aimed at Spanish and Latin American tourists that lasts five hours, so they will meet you at 8 in the morning at a central hotel in the western sector of Manhattan.

Then on a bus you will go up the West Side Highway until Upper Manhattan.

On the tour you will see the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid, which is visitable.

And now in the upper part of the island, you will pass by the building of the Hispanic Society of America, a museum that I advise you to visit during your stay in New York to see the impressive collection of paintings of Sorolla.

What to see in the Bronx in Contrasts of New York

From there you cross a bridge to enter the neighborhood Bronx, where you will have the first stop in the Yankee Stadium, the most important baseball stadium in the world.

During the tour of Bronx, they will tell you various stories about gangs and police, and you will see several graffiti that tell you the history of this neighborhood with a conflictive reputation.

At a stop you can take photos in front of those graffiti, as well as before the police station who was the protagonist of the movie District Apache, the Bronx.

What to see in Queens in Contrasts of New York

As a contrast, after going through these zsemi-marginal girls from the Bronx, you will enter the neighborhood of Queens through a high-level residential area, in order to reach Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

If you are a tennis fan, you will know that these are the facilities where every August the Open USA. 

And if you travel in said month to New York, you will see that the city center is covered with posters announcing this event.

TOURS and EXCURSIONS in NEW YORK

- Complete tour of New York
- Contrasts of New York
- Excursion to Washington DC
- Niagara Falls Tour by Plane
- Excursion to Boston
- Helicopter ride over New York
- New York Explorer Pass Card
- Empire State skip the line
- Tour to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Transfers in New York

An interesting visit is the Queens Museum of Art, where optionally ($4) you can enter to see an impressive New York model.

What to see in Brooklyn in Contrasts of New York

From there the excursion enters the neighborhood of Brooklyn and goes to the sector of Williamsburg, where you will undoubtedly be shocked by the way of life of the Orthodox Jews.

Finally it's time to return to Manhattan, what you will do crossing the manhattan bridge to finish the excursion in the area of chinatown. 

And if your arrival time is right, you're sure to eat at one of the restaurants in the area, like the historic pizzeria Lombardi from the nearby neighborhood of Little Italy.

In short, it is not a mere excursion, but a great experience to get to know the “another New York".

Contrasts New York Tour Price

The excursion schedules Contrasts of New York with Real Tours NYthrough Civitatis, are every day of the week, with departures in the morning, at 9,15:14,15 a.m., and in the afternoons, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

On this excursion you have four departure points, in well-known hotels in Manhattan, and in the case of doing the excursion in the afternoon, in the Hotel Row (700 8th Ave), almost in front of the bus station Authority Port Bus Terminal, Near Times Square.

Here you can check the tour price Contrasts of New York with Civitatis, which may vary depending on specific offers or specific times of the year.

What is the Contrasts of New York VIP excursion like?

You also have the option of signing up for Contrasts of New York VIP Tour in which you will go minivan in a maximum group of 15 people.

This excursion takes place most of the year, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

They will pick you up at your hotel, and you will have an additional stop at Long Island to see the best skyline from Manhattan.

I assure you that you will not regret taking this excursion Contrasts of New York.