CENTRAL PARK · NEW YORK
Pedicabs, carriages, the loop and the landmark stops.
Eight hundred and forty-three acres of paths, plazas and famous spots, and the rides that connect them. Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Strawberry Fields, the Mall, the Reservoir, the Ramble, all in a single afternoon if you pick the right route.
What the park does differently
Three ways New York keeps moving through Central Park.
Every city park has walking paths and a lake. Pedicabs, horse carriages, and a century of film history are what this one has that nowhere else does. Build the rest of the day around whichever one fits the pace you want.
On three wheels
Pedicabs through the park
Pedicabs cover the loop fast and stop wherever you point. Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Strawberry Fields, the Mall — an hour gets you the postcard list with a guide narrating from the front wheel. Almost no other park works this way.
- 1 Central Park Pedicab Guided Tours
- 2 Private Central Park Pedicab Tour
- 3 New York City: Private Central Park Pedicab Tour
Since the 1860s
Horse carriages along the loop
Carriages have rolled past the Plaza since the park opened. The pace is slow, the blanket comes out in winter, and the route hits the same handful of stops every cinema audience knows by heart. The tradition is older than the cars and older than the skyline.
- 1 Official NYC Horse Carriage Rides in Central Park since 1979 ™
- 2 Carriage Ride in Central Park (VIP – PRIVATE) Since 1964™
- 3 NYC: Guided Central Park Horse Carriage Ride
On screen
Walking the film locations
No other park has been on camera this often. Home Alone 2 at Bethesda Fountain. When Harry Met Sally at the boathouse. Elf running through the trees. Friends, Spider-Man, Sex and the City, Stuart Little. Guides walk you between the exact frames you grew up watching.
- 1 NYC: Central Park Celebrity Homes & Film Spots Pedicab Tour
- 2 Central Park TV and Movie Sites Walking Tour
- 3 Central Park Film Spots and Celebrity Homes Pedicab Tour
For first-timers
If you only have one ride in the park.
An hour and a half covers the postcard list: Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Strawberry Fields, the Mall. The route most visitors take home.
The classics
Central Park’s Most Popular Tours
Pedicabs, horse carriages, bike rentals and walking guides. The rides New Yorkers point first-timers toward when they ask “how do I see the park?”
By spot
Seven landmarks the tours all stop at.
Bethesda for the angel and the arcade. Bow Bridge for the cast-iron arc. Strawberry Fields for the mosaic. Belvedere for the castle. The Mall for the elms. Sheep Meadow for the lawn under the skyline. Wollman for the winter rink. Click any one to see every tour that visits it.
By tour type
Or pick your pace.
Pedicabs cover ground fast. Walking tours stop at every plaque. Bike rentals let you set the route. Carriages keep it slow and old-school. Plus e-bikes, scooters, photography sessions, film-location walks and combo tours that pair the park with the rest of New York.
Year-round park
Central Park doesn’t close for the season.
Cherry blossoms along the Mall in spring. Rowboats on the Lake all summer. Foliage through the Ramble in October. Ice skating at Wollman and Home Alone film stops in December. Pick the version of the park you’re visiting.
On two wheels
If you’d rather set the route yourself.
Six miles of paved loop, plenty of shorter cuts, and rental hubs at every corner of the park. These are the three that put you on a bike fastest, with guides or without.
On screen
Every Central Park scene you remember.
Home Alone 2 at Bethesda Fountain. When Harry Met Sally at the boathouse. Elf running through the trees. Friends at the fountain. Spider-Man across the Mall. The film-locations tours walk you through them in the order each scene was shot.
Slower pace
If you’d rather walk it.
Walking is the only way to actually read the plaques, hear the buskers under the arcade, and sit at the spots you choose. Three guided routes that catch what most riders blur past.
Park + the city
When the park is half the day.
Combo tours pair Central Park with Times Square, Rockefeller, or the Met. The right pick when an afternoon in the park is one stop on a longer day in Manhattan.
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