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CentralPark.com Launches Walking Tours
September 28, 2007
CentralPark.com is very proud to announce the launch of two exclusive new complimentary walking tours of Central Park which will be available to members of CentralPark.com, as well as Jumeirah Essex House Hotel guests.From nature lovers to culture vultures, from history buffs to children, the tours will appeal to groups of all ages and are sure to please any visitor discovering for the first time or revisiting New York City’s famed urban oasis. The tours range between 1 and 1½ hours in length and individuals are encouraged to walk at their own pace.
Consisting of the Family Tour and an Arts and Architecture Tour, both have been designed to provide visitors with background information and history as well as highlighting many of the Park’s cherished and beloved statues, buildings, monuments and scenic parkscape. Equipped with podcasts, interactive guides and downloadable maps, walkers can venture out in the Park on their own, unencumbered by large tourist groups and noisy guides.
The Family Tour contains all of the Park’s most popular attractions, including the Zoo and the Children’s Zoo, Balto (hero sled dog) statue, Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, statues of Hans Christian Andersen and Alice in Wonderland (one of the Park’s most beloved monuments), historic Loeb Boathouse, majestic tree-lined pedestrian Mall as well as the Dairy, Carousel and Wollman Rink/Victorian Gardens.
The Arts and Architecture Tour includes features of the Family Tour, but then extends further north into the Park, to include the Obelisk, Belvedere Castle (a Victorian “folly” building), the Swedish Cottage, Strawberry Fields/Imagine Mosaic (commemorated after the death of John Lennon and named after the famed Beatles song), Cherry Hill and the graceful and beautiful Bow Bridge, designed by Park landscape architect, Calvert Vaux.
Both walking tours consist of:
Downloadable audio tours – Mp3 files that can be loaded into your ipod or other music player.
Downloadable maps - Pdf files that can be downloaded and printed that outline both of the walking tours
Online interactive maps - site pages powered by Google Maps that enable park lovers around the world to follow the audio tour from any location.
For more information, and the oportunity to take your own tour of Central Park, click the link below.
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