This isn’t your average hotel lobby stroll. Step inside the grand halls of Midtown NYC’s most storied hotels, where the marble is polished but the history is messy. From Marilyn Monroe’s affairs to presidential stays to celebrity scandals that tabloids couldn’t invent, these five-star institutions have seen it all.
Along the way, you’ll uncover secrets behind some of the biggest Midtown NYC attractions: the bar where the Bloody Mary was invented, the room where the Ghostbusters reboot shut down a landmark, and the penthouses that doubled as playgrounds for Hollywood royalty. Forget dusty facts—this is history with gossip, glamour, and just enough grit to make it stick.
$40
3pm
Outside The Warwick Hotel at 65 West 54th Street, on the corner of 6th Ave
Every day
2 hours
Max. 20
A look at five-star locales that have lodged the loathsome behavior of
Room service
The ability to navigate roughly a mile’s worth of walking.
Bill’s tour of Turtle Bay is highly recommended. He’s full of knowledge, charm, not to mention energy, and has great stories about some of Turtle Bay’s more famous residents, particularly stars of the past.
Even though, it’s my neighborhood, I learned a lot from Bill.
Fun interesting Manhattan Turtle Bay Tour with Bill Schulz
Informative, interesting and fun, A tour around Turtle Bay, an eclectic mix of history, celebrity and quirkiness with some wonderful hidden gems. The walking tour was about a mile, paced well with an extremely knowledgeable historian who lives in the neighbourhood.
I would highly recommend this tour.
Bill Schulz was an engaging and super-fun tour guide!
Loved me the Turtle Bay/Midtown East walking tour guide Bill Schulz gave yesterday! I’ve lived in the neighborhood for a long time, and not only did i learn some totally new, eye-oping factoids, but Bill also delivered a lot of smiles and laughs along the way. I’ll def try a couple of Bowery Boys’ other tours this spring/summer!
As loyal fans of the TV series “The Gilded Age”, we were very excited for the Bowery Boys’ Gilded Age walking tour, and the tour delivered a fun and fact-filled two hours of architecture, history and scandal. Our tour guide Bill was both informative and entertaining – we highly recommend this tour!
The Bowery Boys tour of the New York neighborhood Turtle Bay was very interesting, entertaining and informative. An actual Turtle Bay resident himself, our guide Bill shared insider knowledge of the area. Plus being a professional, he shared great stories gleaned from research. Bill is a terrific storyteller. And funny, too!
It was a great tour, Bill, our guide, did a good job in showing us around and telling stories about the people who lived in the houses that we visited.
Bill was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable
