8 Best Bronx Tours in NY

The Bronx is much more than danger and crime. The truth is that this neighbourhood, ranked as one of the most popular and well-known in North America, has much more to offer tourists.

This is a place you absolutely must include on your list of things to see and do in New York because it gives you a clearer impression of the different faces of the city—in fact, one of the most realistic faces of New York. Read on to find out about the best tours of the Bronx.

On this comprehensive tour of New York City, you will visit the city's most popular neighbourhoods, such as Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It is an experience of contrasts, because you will also have the opportunity to see Harlem, Little Italy and find good places to eat in Chinatown at your own expense.

Not only will you have the chance to take lots of photos of each of the places you stop at, but you will also learn about the history behind each of these places. Your Spanish-speaking guide will show you the contrasts of the city and teach you that New York is much more than 20 things to see and do in Manhattan.

This is a great tour for people who are visiting New York for the first time and want to see more than just the usual tourist attractions. But it's also an excellent tour for people who have been to New York before and have the impression that the Bronx is just criminal gangs and danger.

Details of interest

• Price: From £35 per person.
• Duration: The tour lasts approximately 5 hours.
• Transport: This tour is conducted by coach with all amenities.

This tour is especially for young people who appreciate urban art and want to discover the places in New York where they can see a lot of it. Almost the entire tour takes place in the South Bronx, where you can take all the photos you want of the street art.

You will also hear commentary from the tour guides, who will tell you everything you need to know about urban art and how it has taken over the city. This is a tour you can enjoy with your friends and family, but keep in mind that this is an experience you will only enjoy if you appreciate art in all its forms. If you want to continue with the graffiti tour, you can take a graffiti workshop in Brooklyn, very close to the Bronx.

Details of interest

• Price: This tour is available from €51 per person.
• Duration: The tour lasts approximately 3 hours.
• Transport: The entire tour is on foot, and if you want to be picked up at your hotel, you will be transported in a comfortable vehicle.

During this tour of the Bronx, your guide will focus on showing you all the places that pioneered the birth of the hip hop genre in the United States. During the tour, you will visit everything from the Hip Hop Museum to the most popular and common places where the movement began.

One of the most interesting things you will learn during this tour are the stories told by the people who started the hip hop legacy. So the tour is more than just places; it also includes stories and characters who recount their own development in this type of urban and popular music.

This tour is exclusively recommended for people who love the genre, and the best part is that you can form your own group and go on this adventure with your own friends and family, without sharing the experience with other people.

Details of interest

• Price: From £500 per group.
• Duration: This is a full-day tour that can last up to 8 hours.
• Transportation: The tour is conducted aboard a private bus with all the amenities.

On this private tour of New York's neighbourhoods, you will learn all about the urban culture of these popular areas. You will discover the lifestyle of families on this side of the city and, above all, you will have access to the most interesting tourist attractions in the Bronx or Queens, including those you would see on some of the best tours in Harlem or Brooklyn.

In a single day, you can see four of the five boroughs that make up New York City, and your tour guide will tell you everything you need to know about each one. You will also have the opportunity to stop at a restaurant to sample some New York cuisine.

You will visit the Coney Island boardwalk while taking lots of photos of the beautiful views this part of the Big Apple has to offer. It is a bus tour that you can enjoy with your family or friends, for a much more comprehensive experience than a trip to Upper and Lower Manhattan.

Details of interest

• Price: From £66 per person, price may vary depending on group size.
• Duration: This full-day tour lasts approximately 6 to 7 hours.
• Transportation: The entire tour is conducted on board a comfortable coach.

On this bike tour of the Bronx, you will see some of the most iconic places in this neighbourhood, such as the stairs where the popular Joker scene was filmed, and you will learn what it is like to visit Yankee Stadium and other sites of interest to tourists.

This tour, one of the best bike tours in New York, is accompanied by a tour guide who will always be attentive to all your questions and concerns. In addition, you will travel along the safest bike paths you will find in the Bronx.

Details of interest

• Price: From €114 per person.
• Duration: This tour lasts approximately seven hours.
• Means of transport: The entire tour is done by bicycle.

You will enjoy this walking tour because not only will you discover interesting places, but you will also see the Bronx as if you were a local, walking through its streets and learning about its culture. You will be accompanied by a tour guide and your safety will be guaranteed throughout the tour.

But on this tour, you will not only discover the most iconic places, but also those with a darker history, such as the criminal court, where crimes committed in the Bronx district are dealt with. During this tour, you will also have the opportunity to eat and drink at your own expense before continuing with the walk.

Details of interest

• Price: From €28 per person.
• Duration: The tour can last from 3 to 4 hours.
• Means of transport: This tour is conducted entirely on foot. You must make your own way to the terminal where the tour begins.

This is one of my favourite tours because it's all about food. It's really worth doing because although it starts in Manhattan, you're sure to visit other districts of New York such as the Bronx.

During the tour, you'll discover the best pizza places in the city, which are sure to be among the best places to eat in New York, and of course you'll have the opportunity to taste the pizza prepared at each of them.

After seeing the area and taking a food tour of Manhattan, you'll most likely end up somewhere in the Bronx's Little Italy trying the best American pizza.

Details of interest

• Price: From £59 per person.
• Duration: Around 2.5 hours.
• Transport: The tour is on foot, but you will need to make your own way to the departure point.

One of the most interesting and fun places for the whole family is undoubtedly the Bronx Zoo. During this tour, you will discover the animals that live in the Bronx Zoo and see how they behave in an environment that mimics their natural habitat.

Although it is not an urban tour of the entire Bronx neighbourhood, it is a good place to visit within the most popular neighbourhood in North America. On this type of tour, you not only pay for admission, but also for a guide who will tell you everything you need to know about the place and the species found there.

You can also take this tour on your own by purchasing only the admission ticket to the zoo. This way, you can explore the place at your own pace and see all the attractions within the grounds.

Details of interest

• Price: Tickets to the zoo are available from €41 upwards.
• Duration: These zoo tours can last from 3 to 4 hours.
• Transportation: This tour is conducted on foot within the zoo, but you must make your own way to the zoo gates.

These types of tours are usually short, lasting around two to three hours, although in most cases it depends largely on what you want to see as a tourist. It also has a lot to do with the agreement you make with whoever you have hired for the experience.

Another factor that determines the duration of these types of tours is how you are going to travel around the Bronx. If you go by car, on foot or by bicycle, it will take a little more or a little less time.

Depending on where you start the tour, the duration may be longer or shorter. But if it is a tour that starts and ends in the Bronx, then as a general rule, this type of tour should last between two and three hours, as I mentioned earlier.

Basically, on this type of tour, you will see all the activity that the Bronx has to offer, from commercial establishments to cultural attractions located in this popular New York neighbourhood.

Among the most interesting attractions you will find in the Bronx are Yankee Stadium and others such as museums dedicated to street art and hip hop, one of the most representative rhythms of this area of the city.

You can also visit the Bronx Zoo, where you can see animal species from all over the world gathered in one place. This is one of the best experiences you can have in the Bronx, especially if you are travelling with children.

• Always go with someone who knows the Bronx area well, including its busiest streets and safest places to walk.
• Do not carry too many valuable items with you, and if you do, be careful. It is not a dangerous area throughout, but there are some neighbourhoods that are.
• Do not walk down streets that are too deserted or inside the common areas of community buildings.