What You Will Do
A very modern trading hub, it is steeped in American History dating back to the 17th century - both triumphal and shameful. Its iconic skyscrapers are built alongside historic buildings like the Federal Hall. From the American Revolution to the Slave Trade, the founding of the New York Stock Exchange to the Great Depression, becoming the global financial superpower to the tragic events of 9/11, Wall Street is full of the stories that have made, broken, and remade modern America, and the wider world.
Enjoy an immersive and fascinating private walking tour of New York City’s famous financial district known around the world simply as “Wall Street”. A busy and vibrant area filled with historic buildings and skyscrapers, it borders the bright lights of theatrical Broadway and is steeped in America’s history, both tragic and triumphant.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Your guide will meet you at the entrance of Surrogate's Court building, 31 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007, United States
1
Federal Hall
30 minutes
Spend time where the Bill of Rights was written at the Federal Hall National Memorial
2
Battery Park City
30 minutes
Visit Battery Park, which played host to the British Army's 'Evacuation Day' of 1783 as the "world turned upside down."
3
Fraunces Tavern Museum
30 minutes
Walking within the heart of the old Dutch City, you will also venture down Broad Street – built on the site of a filled-in Dutch canal – to Fraunces Tavern where George Washington dismissed his officers in 1783.
4
St. Paul's Chapel
30 minutes
See George Washington’s pew in St Paul’s Chapel
5
Zuccotti Park
30 minutes
Walk through nearby Zuccotti Park - where the first coffee house was established in 1696 and where the first mass protests against British taxation, the Tea Act, and the East India Trading Company took place.
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