Lower Manhattan Self-Guided Audio Walk: Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial and the Charging Bull
1 hour and 50 minutes
About this experience
Lower Manhattan is where New York's money began, and its buildings still wear the costumes money chose: a customs house with the god of commerce on every column, a bank built like a Florentine palace over a vault of gold, a skyscraper christened the Cathedral of Commerce. Start at Battery Park and the Charging Bull, find the tavern where Washington said farewell to his officers, and stand by the statue that marks where he took the first presidential oath on Wall Street, facing the Stock Exchange and Trinity Church. See the office block whose shadow led to the country's first zoning law, pause at the 9/11 Memorial pools and the Oculus, and end at the African Burial Ground, rediscovered in 1991. Twelve stops, about 3.5 km and just under two hours, in English and at your own pace. Start whenever you like; entry to the 9/11 Museum and other ticketed sites is not included.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 1 hour and 50 minutes
- Guide
- English
- Audio guide
- English
- Categories
- Walking tour · Cultural and theme tours · City tours
What's included
Self-guided audio tour in English: 12 stops, 3.5 km, 110 minutes Stops at Charging Bull, Federal Hall, Stock Exchange GPS map and walking directions in your phone browser, no app needed Lifetime access: start any day, at any hour, and replay it
What's not included
A live guide: you set the pace and the pauses A fixed start time: begin whenever you arrive Museum and monument tickets, all optional extras Tip or gratuity Food and drinks Entry or admission fee
Please note
To start the tour, enter the ticket code from your confirmation on the Roamer redemption page linked there. Do this before you set off, while you still have signal. The tour then opens in your phone browser, with no app to download. Bring a charged phone and earphones. Mobile data helps; if you have none, open the tour on wifi before you set off. Best time: A Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, starting around 11:30 am: Federal Hall is open on weekdays only, the African Burial Ground memorial is open Wednesday to Sunday, the 9/11 Museum is closed most Tuesdays, and Fraunces Tavern Museum opens at noon, about when you reach it from an 11:30 start. To catch everything open, walk Wednesday to Friday: Federal Hall is open Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm, and the African Burial Ground memorial Wednesday to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm (checked 30 September 2026). Pick one ticketed stop rather than all of them. The 9/11 Museum is the big one; Fraunces Tavern Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian are smaller, and the American Indian museum is free. The 9/11 Museum offers free admission on Mondays from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, with tickets released online at 7 am that day (checked 30 September 2026). Castle Clinton, at the first stop, is free and open daily 7:45 am to 5 pm (checked 30 September 2026). Statue of Liberty ferry tickets are sold inside. Trinity Church, St Paul's Chapel and the African Burial Ground visitor center have security checks, so allow a few extra minutes if you go in. In autumn 2026 sidewalk sheds are permitted at the Custom House, 14 and 40 Wall Street, the Equitable Building and the Woolworth Building, so their lowest floors may be hidden and the pavement narrowed (city permits checked 30 September 2026). The Federal Reserve Bank is not open to the public; its school museum visits are currently suspended (checked 30 September 2026). The African Burial Ground memorial is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays; on those days the final stop is seen from the Duane Street pavement. Trinity Church has announced early closings in early October 2026, including a full closure on Wednesday 7 October (checked 30 September 2026). Stone Street is paved in uneven stone setts and lined with restaurant tables; Broadway, Church Street and Broad Street are busy: use the marked crossings, and the signals where there are some. The route climbs a short flight of steps onto the plaza at William and Cedar Streets. The 9/11 Memorial is a place of mourning: keep voices low around the pools. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Battery Park: The Fort That Was an Island
Castle Clinton, Battery Park, Battery Place, New York
A round stone fort built offshore now stands deep inside a park. It became a concert hall, an immigrant depot and an aquarium before the Statue of Liberty ferry office moved in.
- 2Day 0
Bowling Green: The Bull and the Custom House
Evacuation Day Plaza, New York
The Charging Bull stands at the tip of the city's oldest park. At its far end, a customs house wears the head of Mercury on every column.
- 3Day 0
Fraunces Tavern and Stone Street: A Tavern Rebuilt to Look Old
85 Broad Street, New York
Washington said farewell to his officers in this tavern. It was rebuilt in 1907 with bricks shipped from Holland, beside the lane that became the city's first paved street.
- 4Day 0
Federal Reserve: The Gold Under Liberty Street
1 Fosun Plaza, New York
About half a million gold bars lie beneath this bank. Its building was made to look like a Florentine palace, facing a plain glass tower.
- 5Day 0
Wall Street: Federal Hall and the Stock Exchange
26 Wall Street, New York
George Washington took the first presidential oath on this corner. A Greek temple, a Roman portico and a Venetian bell tower stand within sight of each other.
- 6Day 0
Trinity Church: The Church at the Head of Wall Street
2 Wall Street, New York
A brownstone church closes the view down Wall Street, and Alexander Hamilton lies in its churchyard. Its land grant of 1705 now funds a six billion dollar endowment.
- 7Day 0
Zuccotti Park: The Building That Made the Zoning Law
Cedar Street, New York
Across Broadway rises the office block whose shadow changed New York's skyline. Its noon shadow led to the country's first comprehensive zoning law in 1916.
- 8Day 0
9/11 Memorial: The Twin Pools
180 Greenwich Street, New York
Two pools fill the footprints of the Twin Towers, edged in bronze names. The plaza is free; the museum beside it is ticketed.
- 9Day 0
Oculus and One World Trade Center: Wings and a Tower
Fulton Street, New York
A white station hall spreads its steel ribs like wings, beside the Western Hemisphere's tallest building.
- 10Day 0
St Paul's Chapel: The Chapel That Stood
Fulton Street, New York
This chapel survived the fire of 1776 and the attacks of 2001. George Washington came here to worship after his oath.
- 11Day 0
Woolworth Building: The Cathedral of Commerce
Park Row, New York
A five-and-ten-cent fortune built the world's tallest building in 1913. Its architect also designed the Custom House at Bowling Green.
- 12Day 0
African Burial Ground: The Ground Under the City
Civic Center, New York
Enslaved and free Africans buried their dead here until 1795. Builders found the burial ground in 1991, and a memorial now marks it.
Meeting point
Battery Park, New York Castle Clinton, Battery Park, Battery Place, New York, New York, US
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · Lower Manhattan Self-Guided Audio Walk: Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial and the Charging Bull
Standard Viator policy
- Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.