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Rita

DeCassia

24 years of experience
New York
United States of America (USA)

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Tours Offered & Destination Knowledge

Bus ToursGeneral Walking ToursLarge Group ToursLocal GuidePrivate Tours

Below are the tours I provide in English, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. Most tours can be edited and combined. 

MANHATTAN SIGHTSEEING with *private or *public transportation, and some walking:

-Uptown Tour including Harlem; Gospel in local church on Sundays

-Downtown (with option to extend to Brooklyn Heights and/or DUMBO).

*Transportation/attractions/meals or service other than guiding and Harlem Gospel Mass, are to be arranged thru visitors' agency or hotel concierge.

WALKING TOURS (up to 15 ppl). Some *public transportation may be needed:

-Midtown Manhattan:  Times Square, Bryant Park, the New York Public Library "Main Branch", the Empire state Building, Grand Central Terminal, 5th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, international boutiques row, The Plaza Hotel, and more.

-Financial District: Origins of New York, view the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island from the shore, meet the Charging Bull, walk on Wall Street. Visit the 9/11 Memorial, the Santiago Calatrava's Oculus, and more. 

- Central Central Park from 59th St. to Strawberry Fields and the Dakota: the Zoo 'from Madagascar" (the public area), the carrousel, Alice in Wonderland, other delights and famous spots from various films. 

-Below West 34th:The Village, its Bohemian hang outs, its quiet streets, Meat Packing District, get on the High Line through Chelsea to Hudson Yards and Vessel. 

-SoHo-Little Italy-Chinatown: Cast iron buildings galore, hip boutiques, art galleries. Then, time for some canoli! Try a dumpling next door. Learn about these neighborhoods past and present. 

-Civic Center-Brooklyn Bridge-DUMBO-Brooklyn Heights: Once one of most infamous slums in the world to the home of courts, and other official institutions. We cross the great “East River Bridge” to the former "Walled City" of warehouses to presently hipster DUMBO and the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Heights offers the contrast of a stayed residential area. 

-Roosevelt Island: Ride its famous tram*. when open, visit the island’s first art gallery. check out Cornell-Technion’s campus’ bold architecture, Louis Khan’s FDR Four Freedoms Park, Amanda Matthews's Nellie Bly Monument Girl Puzzle, and learn about this first American true investigative journalist. Enjoy amazing views of Manhattan and the UN. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gateway Airport(s)

JFK, LGA, EWR

Licenses

New York City (NYC)

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Language(s)

English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

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