Downtown Route (Red Route)

Operating Schedule: The Downtown Loop runs daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, starting at Stop #1 - M&M’S World.

The bus arrives every 20 minutes, and the complete route takes approximately 90 minutes.

1. M&M’S New York
Stop 1 - 7th Ave & W 48th St

2. Times Square
Stop 2 - W 42nd St and Broadway

3. Empire State Building
Stop 3 - Empire State Building/KoreaTown - 5th Avenue & West 32nd Street

4. Flatiron District
Stop 4 - Flatiron District (in front of Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop) - 5th Ave & W 23rd St

5. SoHo
Stop 5 - West Broadway & Spring Street (in front of the Nike Store)

6. Chinatown
Stop 6 - Chinatown/Little Italy (near the corner with Walker Street) - 100 Lafayette St

7. Brooklyn Bridge
Stop 7 - Park Row & Beekman St

8. Wall Street
Stop 8 - Wall St/Statue of Liberty

9. Statue of Liberty
Stop 9 - Trinity Church located on Trinity Place and Cedar St

10. World Trade Center
Stop 10 - Church St & Vesey St (across from the Post Office)

11. Pier 57
Stop 11 - 11th Ave, between W 15th St & W 16th St (across from Pier 57, in front of the NBC Building)

12. 20 Hudson Yards
Stop 12 - 12th Ave & 30th St (northeast corner)

13. Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
Stop 13 - 12th Ave & 40th St (opposite Pier 81)

Points of Interest

• Empire State Building

• Rockefeller Center

• Times Square

• Flatiron Building

• Battery Park

• Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)

• SoHo

• Greenwich Village

• Little Italy

• Bryant Park

• New York Public Library

• Union Square

• Herald Square

• The High Line

• Madame Tussauds New York

• Brooklyn Bridge

• The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum

• One World Observatory

• Trinity Church

• Statue of Liberty

• Edge NYC

Uptown Route (Blue Route)

Operating Schedule: The Uptown Route operates from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, departing from Stop #14 Hope Sculpture.

The bus departs every 30 minutes, with the tour lasting approximately 90 minutes.

1. Hope Sculpture
Stop 14 - 7th Ave & W 53rd St (in front of Chase Bank)

2. Times Square
Stop 2 - 42nd and Broadway (In front of the Knickerbocker Hotel)

3. Rockefeller Center
Stop 15 - W 49th St & 5th Ave (In front of Michael Kors)

4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stop 16 - 5th Ave & E 83rd St (outside the museum near 83rd St)

5. Central Park Zoo
Stop 17 - 5th Ave & E 66th St (opposite 845 5th Ave)

6. Columbus Circle
Stop 18 - Central Park & Columbus Circle (Southwest corner of Central Park, next to Main Monument)

7. Carnegie Hall
Stop 19 - 7th Ave & W 57th St (in front of Trattoria Dell’Arte)

Points of Interest

• Carnegie Hall

• Columbus Circle

• Central Park Zoo

• Frick Collection

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Grand Central Terminal

• Bryant Park

• Times Square

• Madame Tussauds New York

• Empire State Building

• Fifth Avenue

• Central Park

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• Live English guide on Circle Line, audio guides in other languages
• Digital commentary in multiple languages on Big Bus
• Big Bus app for live tracking and route info

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• Circle Line audio guides available: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
• Big Bus audio available: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese
• Circle Line and Empire State Building can be separate days. Select date and time at redemption or visit bigbustours.com/manage-my-booking
• Cruises operate daily from Circle Line Cruises at Pier 83, 42nd Street in Hudson River Park The nearest Big Bus Tours Stop is #12: Circle Line Sightseeing
• Cruise duration is 60 minutes for the Liberty Midtown Cruise or 90 Minutes for the Landmarks Cruise
• Cruises feature an onboard café and full bar, restrooms, outdoor deck space, air conditioning and indoor seating with large windows.
• Guests may activate ticket in two ways: 1. Download and open the Big Bus app. Tap “Add Booking” and enter your booking reference. On the day of travel, open your ticket and press “Activate” then show your activated ticket to the driver at any stop along the route. Plus, use the app for route information and live bus tracking. 2. Redeem voucher and activate with Big Bus staff at 7th Ave & W 48th St (Outside M&Ms World), or with a driver at any stop along the route.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.