New York City: Dutch Roots of Manhattan Audio Tour
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About this activity
Audio tour
Audio tour in English
Route length: 2 miles
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Duration 1h 30min
Instant access on your smartphone
After purchase, open the tour from the link we send you. No app is required.
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Start, pause, and continue the tour whenever you like.
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Listen online in your browser or download the tour and tickets in the WeGoTrip app for offline access.
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Hosted by Dutch Heritage World Tours
- You'll receive a self-guided audio tour right after booking
- •Follow this private in-app audio tour to discover the Dutch heritage of New York
- •Catch up with New York City's aspiring Dutch past that ensured its bright American future
- •Get to know how beavers influenced New York City's history and helped spur the city's development
- •Solve the puzzles of the Manhattan's financial district streets' names rooted in the Dutch era
- •Find out how much it cost to purchase Manhattan Island from the Native Americans
Take this in-app audio tour to reveal the glorious history of the city, founded by the Dutch colonists in 1625 as New Amsterdam, to become the cultural capital of America, and the whole world!
With its rustic windmill, New York once took just a few blocks of today's city, from Battery Park to Wall Street, and left a legacy of street patterns and place names that is insightful to embrace.
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What's included
- Self-guided audio tour for your smartphone on the WeGoTrip app
- Detailed route with step-by-step navigation from one stop to another
- Recommendations on the historical Dutch breweries and restaurants to visit
- Earphones — you should use your own
- Earphones and smartphone are not included – bring your own
- In-person tour guide
- •To ensure the quality of the download, please remember to do so before your visit
- •The tour is available only on the WeGoTrip app. This is a different app from the source or app you booked the tour if it's not WeGoTrip site or app
- •Please note that there is no staff at the meeting point or staff on site for this tour. You can start the tour at any time from the meeting point
- •An Android version 7.1+ or an iOS smartphone version 12+ is required for the audio guide. You will need around 100 MB of free space for the download
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