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New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

Overview

With a 1-day Big Bus ticket to New York City, you can follow two hop-on hop-off routes—downtown and uptown. In addition, gain entry to the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building and enjoy convenient transport service to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty National Monument via round-trip ferry. Rather than booking separately, save time and money with one ticket.

- Board a hop-on hop-off Big Bus at any stop along two routes
- Explore the sights of downtown and uptown Manhattan
- Admission ticket to the Empire State Building observation deck included
- Travel round-trip by ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island

City: New York City

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $106.50

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Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $106.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Ferry to Liberty & Ellis Islands

Admission to the Statue of Liberty Island (only)

Audio commentary on board

Audio Tour for Liberty & Ellis Islands

2 Routes - Uptown and Downtown

Admission to the Empire State Building observation deck

1-day hop-on hop-off bus pass

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Tickets claimed after 3pm are valid for the next day
The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Ferry operates from 9:00am to 3:00pm with regular departures from Battery Park. You will need to redeem your ticket voucher with a Big Bus Tours staff member before heading to the ferry terminal
This ticket includes a ferry journey to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, but not interior monument or museum access.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (144)

kailno

Feb 2020

Would recommend to everyone travelling to New York. It is a very varied tour as there is lots to see. If you get tickets make sure to do the night tour. All our tour guides were great but I have to give a special mention to Baynes as he was excellent. He really made the tour interesting and engaged with everyone on the bus which added something special to the experience.

Jcdeba

Feb 2020

On the morning of Sunday 24th November, my 76 year mother and I had a very bad experience on the first bus of the Brooklyn Route. We sat down on the upper level, and after a couple of minutes the tour guide sat down right behind us (and behind everyone, as we were in the last occupied row). We found this akward as in the other buses we took with big bus, tours guides were always standing up in front of the customers. I have the chance to understand english, and after realising that the translation in Spanish was not as frequent as the live guide comments, I have decided to translate to my mother some things as the guide was speaking (I was not translating everything, but just interesting facts, and in low voice). This seemed to disturb the guide, that remind us two times that there was a Spanish translation available for my mother. When I repeated to him that I prefered to just translate some things myself, he told me « then you will have to do it lower as you are disturbing me». Incredible! I found this behaviour unpolite, unproffesional at not nice at all. As far as I see it, I have the right to speak to my mother in my own language if I want inside the bus (which is big enough to not having to seat down right behing a customer, invading his privacy, and end behaving like this). I understand that translating the comments of the guide in a walking tour with a little group can be anoying for the guide, but being on a sighseeing bus I think it should be possible. I was talking with my mother in low voice, and more than he complaining to us for disturbing him, I should have complained myself for him disturbing us beging right behind us and talking in a much upper voice than we did! This was by far our worst experience during our New York trip. I will not repeat with Big Bus. I felt generally threathed like a number not like a person. And I really hope something like this will not happen to any other non-english speaking customers in the future.

Response from Host

Feb 2020

Good Afternoon Jcdeba, At Big Bus, we care about all of our customers because we pride ourselves in running a respectful and compassionate company, anything less that goes against our core values.We don't tolerate the conduct you've witnessed with our staff. Outstanding customer service is a top priority, and we trust every employee to handle every guest with the highest dignity, integrity and appreciation. Any other behavior that is short of exemplary is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Please contact [email protected] and provide a description of the guide, as well as tour date, time, location and route. We would like a chance to investigate this incident, as senior management will be notified and immediate disciplinary action will be taken. We hope to find a quick and right solution, and the rest of your trip was enjoyable. Kind regards, BBTNY

chrisito58

Jan 2020

We did the 3 day tour with statue of liberty cruise & Empire state entry. The tour on all 3 days was very hit and miss depending on who you got for a guide, some were great and informative, others seemed to hate their lives. We did the 3 day ticket as we thought it'd be more useful than getting the subway and the extra tours you could get would make it worth it. Thankfully we were in a hotel close to where the tours started as the brooklyn, night tour and Harlem loop all start there, hardly stop anywhere else and are pretty pointless.Those extra tours only go for about 3 hours and were pretty pointless. The main reason I would mark this down is because big bus seemed to have much fewer buses than other companies, when we were in harlem for example we waited 30 minutes for our bus when every other company seemed to pass us by at least twice.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Good Afternoon chrisito58, We have licensed guides who all go through extensive training to provide our guest with an enthusiastic commentary that is both informative and enjoyable, filled with rich and interesting facts about NYC. Please know, although, we face a high volume of customers we still include additional buses at peak times to avoid long waits. With that in mind, we can not speak for the competition, but the Harlem route operates three times a day, 10 am,12 pm, and 2 pm and this is posted on all of our information platforms. We aspire to meet the needs of our clients at all levels, and hopefully we can do that for you the next time you visit New York. Kind Regards, BBTNY