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A Slice of Brooklyn Christmas Lights Tour
Activity Schedule
Key Highlights
- Don’t miss this opportunity to see a side of New York most visitors see
- Dyer Heights is renowned for its Christmas lights, the residents vie to have the biggest and best decorations
- On the tour bus you will be shown a video with the very best of US Christmas TV
- Included Cappuccino and Cannelloni at one of Brooklyn’s finest pastry shops
- This is a small group tour which makes for an intimate yet sociable experience
- Your tour is led by an expert Brooklynite with an incredible passion for the Borough
Overview
Be dazzled by the brilliant display of over-the-top seasonal illuminations created by Brooklyn’s Italian American community. Gasp at the ingenuity and imagination that created the amazing mechanical reindeer, animated Christmas toys, glowing nativity scenes and 30-foot wooden soldiers.
Sample an authentic cannelloni and cappuccino at a well-known pastry shop and enjoy nostalgic holiday cheer as you view an entertaining audio-visual, including clips from vintage Christmas TV shows.
Tourists and native New Yorkers alike will love this Brooklyn tour!
Itinerary
The A Slice of Brooklyn Christmas Lights Tour starts at 145 Fourth Avenue in the Union Square area of Manhattan. It can be reached by taking the L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5 or 6 trains to the ‘14th Street - Union Square’ station. From there it's just a short walk over to the meeting location.
You will set off with your English-speaking driver/ guide in an air-conditioned coach for this small-group tour. You will first head for Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge to see the fantastic Christmas decorations. There will be a stop so you can get off the bus to view one of the most elaborately decorated homes.
You then drive over to Dyker Heights. Each year the Italian-American residents of this district vie with one another to have the biggest, best, and brightest Christmas yard displays. The dazzling results of all this competition were immortalized in the PBS documentary ‘Dyker Lights’.
In Dyker Heights you will leave the coach for an escorted tour around the section. As well as the eye-popping profusion of Christmas lights, there are large inflatable Christmas decorations, animatronic toys and motorized displays. You’ll also see mechanized reindeer, nativity scenes and 30-foot high wooden toy soldiers.
You may be hungry after all this and your tour makes a half-hour stop at the Mona Lisa Pastry Shop for a delicious cannelloni and cappuccino, included in the tour price.
On the way back to Manhattan, you will be treated to an audio-visual show (in English) in the coach. This is played on a DVD system and shown on TV monitors so headsets are not needed. It will show old Christmas television variety specials from the 1950s to the present.
Your tour ends at the start point at 145 Fourth Avenue in the Union Square area of Manhattan.
Inclusions
- Transportation in an air-conditioned coach
- English-speaking driver/ guide
- Audio-visual onboard English commentary
- Cannelloni and cappuccino at Mona Lisa Pastry Shop
Exclusions
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Please note
Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to start of the tour for reconfirming departure details
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