New York City

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Like A Local Guide is run by the team behind Like A Local Tours - New York's award-winning, woman-owned food tour company, consistently ranked among the city's Top 10 and led by guides who are working actors and real New Yorkers. Every tour supports the small businesses that give each neighbourhood its soul: last year we put $147,728 into local small businesses and $29,550 into our social impact partners.

NewFrom $55NYC's Ultimate Lower East Side Pizza Tour2 hours · Lower East Side + Nolita · come hungry!Saturdays & Sundays, 11:30am & 2:30pmSee dates & book

From $68Immigrant New York Food Tour3 hours · Lower East Side, Chinatown & Little ItalySaturdays, 12pmSee dates & book

From $68Chelsea Market + High Line + Hudson Yards Food & History Tour3 hours · Chelsea, Market 57, High Line, Hudson YardsRuns 7 days a weekSee dates & book

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New York City at a glance

Ideal stay: 3 to 5 days
Best time to visit: spring and autumn
Highlights: Central Park, The High Line
Where to stay: Midtown East, Murray Hill
Getting around: subway, walking and ferries

Local tips for New York City

Stories and neighbourhood know-how from our local guides.

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Five boroughs, endless energy. New York packs world-class museums, Broadway, iconic skylines and food from every corner of the globe onto one electric island and beyond. Whether it is your first visit or your fiftieth, there is always something new – here are the places locals actually love.

Good to know

800+

languages spoken – more than anywhere else on Earth

472

subway stations, the most of any transit system in the world

843

acres of Central Park – bigger than all of Monaco

26,000+

restaurants serving virtually every cuisine on the planet

Local tips

Get an OMNY tap-to-pay or a MetroCard and ride the subway – it beats a cab in traffic every time.
Many museums (the Met, MoMA) have pay-what-you-wish or free evening hours – check before you go.
Grab same-day Broadway seats at the TKTS booth in Times Square for up to 50% off.
Tipping 18-20% at restaurants and bars is expected.