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Activity New York City, USA
Alexander Hamilton, New York: Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour
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About this activity
Skip the ticket line, the live guide, and the fixed schedule. This self-guided walking tour, with VoiceMap, puts Alexander Hamilton's real New York in your headphones — the streets, taverns, and institutions where the Founding Fathers built a nation, decades before anyone set it to music. Walk the real ground: Bowling Green, Federal Hall, Fraunces Tavern, the Federal Reserve, and Trinity Church, where Hamilton worked, banked, dueled his way into legend, and is buried. A historian-narrated audio guide tells the true story of his rise from immigrant clerk to Treasury Secretary, his rivalry with Aaron Burr, and the birth of American finance — no reservation, no live guide, no fixed start time. Open the free VoiceMap app, start whenever you like, and let GPS-triggered narration guide you at your own pace, with offline playback and lifetime access included. At $19.99, it's a fraction of the cost of a guided Hamilton tour.
At a glance
- Duration
- 1 h 15 min – 1 h 30 min
- Confirmation
- Instant confirmation
- Ticket
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group
- Your group only
- People per booking
- 1–15
- Audio guide
- English
- Guide
- English
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
Ages: Children (6–12 years) · Youth (13–20 years) · Adults (21–60 years) · Seniors (61–99 years)
What is included
Included
- Included: Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
- Included: Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
- Included: VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
- Included: Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Included: Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Included: An historical experience
Not included
- Not included: Smartphone and headphone
- Not included: Transportation
- Not included: Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Itinerary
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Passing by
Starting in front of the Charging Bull statue in New York’s oldest park, Bowling Green, you’ll walk nearly the entire perimeter of the original city to Trinity Church, where our tour ends.
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Stop 2
Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Castle Clinton National Monument
Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Passing by
On this self-guided audio tour, you'll see Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington hosted his farewell dinner to the Continental Army.
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Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Stop 7
Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Passing by
Starting in front of the Charging Bull statue in New York’s oldest park, Bowling Green, you’ll walk nearly the entire perimeter of the original city to Trinity Church, where our tour ends.
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Passing by
See New York City’s evolution through the eyes of one of its most famous and influential citizens, Alexander Hamilton, often called “the architect of the American financial system”. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll walk in the shoes of Alexander Hamilton and his colonial neighbors.
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Passing by
Starting in front of the Charging Bull statue in New York’s oldest park, Bowling Green, you’ll walk nearly the entire perimeter of the original city to Trinity Church, where our tour ends.
Meeting point and pickup
Everyone meets at the meeting point.
Meeting point
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This self-guided audio tour starts in front of the Charging Bull sculpture. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
End point
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This self-guided audio tour ends in front of Trinity Church.
Using your ticket
VOICEMAP CODE
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Please check your email at the address you provided when you made this booking. You've been sent an eight character code you'll need to redeem your tour.
This code can be used by every member of your party. If you've booked for three people, for example, three people can download this tour using the same code.
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
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Once you've received your code, please follow these steps:
Install the VoiceMap Audio Tours mobile app
Create an account
Select Tour Codes from the menu, then select Enter Codes
Enter your code then select Download Now
PLEASE NOTE
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You can download the tour at any time, before or after your booking date. It’s best to download the tour before you set off for the starting point.
This tour follows a set route and includes turn-by-turn directions. It works best if you start it in the right place and follow the directions from one location to the next.
When the download completes, you’ll see a screen with a photo of the starting point and directions to it. The red start button will become active when you are at the starting point.
Remember to bring your own headphones, unless you have booked a driving tour.
SUPPORT
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For technical support and other queries, please email [email protected]
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
| If you cancel | You get back |
|---|---|
| At least one day before | 100% |
| Less than a day before | 0% |
Good to know
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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"The total tour time includes walking the route and passing by the attractions"
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