NYC Grand Central Terminal Self-Guided Walking Tour
New York City, USA
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Art & Culture
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Walking Tours
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History
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City Highlights
Date
Today
May 22, 2025
What You Will Do
Welcome to the most famous train station in the world: Grand Central. This walking tour will take you through this entire magnificent terminal, from the awe-inspiring Main Concourse to the often-missed Whispering Gallery and beyond. Hear the story behind the station’s construction, the absurdly wealthy Vanderbilts who funded it, and all the iconic sights which make this terminal so special.
After booking, check your email to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action, enter your unique password, and access your tour. These steps require good internet/Wi-Fi access. From there, follow the audio instructions and the route.
Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
This isn't an entrance ticket. Check opening hours before your visit.
What's Included?
- Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
- Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
- Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
- Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
- Comprehensive route and stops: See it all, miss nothing, leave no stone unturned!
- Go at your own pace: Start anytime, pause anywhere, enjoy breaks for snacks and photos freely!
- Learn more: dive deeper into any story you enjoyed with extra stories.
- Hands-free: audio stories play on their own based on your location. Easy to use!
What's Not Included?
- Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
After booking the tour, search your emails for "self-guided tour." Your tour is VALID FOR ONE YEAR so follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
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Grand Central Terminal
1 hour
Grand Central Terminal is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines, serving the northern parts of the New York metropolitan area. Note: This 0.1+mile-tour covers the essentials of Grand Central Terminal in 1-2 hours Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
Additional Information
This activity is operated by Drive with Action
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- How to access: Once you book a tour, you’ll get a confirmation email and text with instructions: • Download the separate tour app by Action • Enter the password • Download the tour MUST DO while in strong wifi/cellular Works offline after download
- How to start touring: Open Action’s separate audio tour guide app once onsite. • If there is just one tour, launch it. • If multiple tour versions exist, launch the one with your planned starting point and direction.
- Go to the starting point No one will meet you at the start. This tour is self-guided Enter the first story’s point and the audio will begin automatically Follow the audio cues to the next story, which will also play automatically. Enjoy hands-free exploring. If you face audio issues, contact support. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
- Travel worry-free: Use the tour app anytime, on any day, and over multiple days. Start and pause the tour whenever you like, taking breaks and exploring side excursions at your own pace. Skip anything you don’t care about or explore bonus content for everything that interests you
- Savings tips: Walking tours: couples can share one tour by splitting headphones
- Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
Guide Options
- Audio Guide - English
Customer Reviews
Ok tour, worth the price
2025-04-07
Very confusing to figure out how to get the actual tour on your phone. Once you do, it's a quick tour, interesting history mostly about the Vanderbilts. Don't expect much of anything about the art and architecture.
Easy, informative self- guided tour of Grand Central Station NYC
2025-01-14
The instructions were very clear, and once begun, the tour was easy to follow - easy to pause when necessary and then to resume. Selections were short but full of information - highly recommended! (One suggestion: we booked for 2 adults. Instructions about how to access the tour for each individual through one booking could be made more clear / easier ). We'll book more of this author's tours - very well done!
Great All-Around Tour
2024-12-28
We saw and learned so much more than we would have seen on our own. The self guided tour’s navigation directions were easy to follow.
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