Big Apple Fanatics Tours

Secrets of Governors Island Walking Tour is Saturday. Come see where the bodies are (actually) buried. Meet in Battery Maritime Building at 10:30 am. Get tickets here: https://bigapplefanaticstours.com/secrets-of-governors-isl/

When I lead walking tours of Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, I always visit the grave of this illustrator: July Fourth - cover art by J. C. Leyendecker from The American Weekly magazine; July 4, 1948. He is buried next to his brother, Frank, also an artist, and parents. Happy Independence Day #travel

The National Park Service announced the Governors Island National Monument will reopen tomorrow after its long closure. It will only be open weekends from July until October. We are booking tours to it now.

Updating the calendar is ongoing. Everything from cocktail tours and trips to Governors Island. Like our page and subscribe!

A great tour of Broadway and Vaudeville History in Times Square. Our first tourist from California in more than a year. Time to take a NYC trip!

If you are on Twitter join us at 9 PM ET Wednesday 1/20 for a special #ParkChat where Big Apple Fanatics Tours is the host. The theme is the Inauguration and the chat will be all things presidential. NYC has lots of ties, of course! Just go to the hashtag #ParkChat and join in the conversation.

Merry Christmas from Rock Center!

Sunday walking tour, tickets available now.

Happy Turkey Day from the Babe and Big Apple Fanatics Tours!

We had such a wonderful tour yesterday, we are doing it again on Black Friday! Noon in Times Square for Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald tour, everything Gatsby and their personal lives #travel

Next walking tour is Sunday 11/22 at Noon: Dorothy Parker's Upper West Side. We use WiFi smartphone app so you can hear crystal clear from a block away what the guide is saying with a mask on. Explore the world of Dorothy Parker from the 1890s-1930s. Tickets on sale now for a small group. https://bigapplefanaticstours.com/dorothy-parker/

Saturday morning 11:00 AM ET join us!

Save the date! Wednesday, May 28, 7pm, I am leading a virtual tour of The Bronx with WFUV Radio. Watch from home, we'll be talking about many of the places from my award-winning book "111 Places In The Bronx That You Must Not Miss." Watch via Facebook.com/WFUVnews

What are Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks doing? They are letting you know that the virtual tour of WWI New York City sites is today at 11:00 AM. See scores of sites related to the war. Tickets on EventCombo https://WW1tour.eventcombo.com

Take a live virtual tour to climb to the torch of the Statue of Liberty. A one hour guided tour with a tour guide who has been there 350 times. Perfect for remote learning kids at home. Book tickets now; tours offered LIVE Tuesday-Saturday at 11:00 AM ET. https://www.eventcombo.com/e/statue-of-liberty-virtual-tour

With so many New York landmarks closed, the only way to tour them is by a virtual visit from your computer or other device. Today we launched the Statue of Liberty Virtual Tour to the Flame. This 60-minute tour explores the history and creation of the landmark, plus we climb to the top of the pedestal, into the crown, and up a 40-foot ladder inside the right arm to the torch. https://www.eventcombo.com/e/statue-of-liberty-virtual-tour

The virtual tour calendar is here. I am the creator of the virtual tour to the Statue of Liberty’s flame, Babe Ruth Slept Here, Dorothy Parker’s NY, the Algonquin Round Table Tour, and World War I New York. See the calendar and book tickets here.

This is a 1902 brick from the Algonquin Hotel. Why did the hotel GM give it to author Kevin Fitzpatrick 8 years ago? Found out today on the virtual Algonquin Round Table tour at 2pm. Tickets here on AlgonquinRoundTable.org #newyorkcity #tour

Friday join a virtual tour to the 1920s!