GANYC is the association of professional tour guides in New York City. Learn More
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GANYC guides are the best value in New York tourism. You will get fully-vetted guides who cover all aspects of New York. Many of whom speak multiple languages. Find a guide who’s right for you!
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GANYC Events and Public Meetings
Our monthly meetings are open to the public and take place in venues across the five boroughs. GANYC members are also welcome to exclusive site visits and FAM (Familiarization) tours offered by fellow guides. GANYC guides offer FAM tours to their peers to receive invaluable feedback and to practice new tours.
GANYC Opposes New Measures for Visitors from Visa Waiver Eligible Countries
The Guides Association of New York City stands in strong opposition to proposed federal regulations that would require visitors entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to disclose extensive personal information, potentially imposing significant new barriers to travel.
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Any licensed NYC tour guide is eligible for GANYC membership! Join us at our next monthly meeting and learn the benefits of being a GANYC Guide.
Ciao! I'm Laura, a Sicilian jazz vocalist & songwriter turned NYC tour guide – Sicilian by birth, New Yorker by choice!With over 20 years of performing experience around Europe, the US and Canada, I moved to the Big Apple in 2011, and in 2018 I found in tourism a great new love. I am a licensed…
Fraunces Tavern® Museum to Celebrate Martha Washington in its latest Special Exhibition
Martha Washington – familiar to many, but few people have come to know the person behind the name. Fraunces Tavern Museum is delighted to announce our new special exhibition Martha, The First Founding Mother Revealed in the Adeline Moses Loeb Gallery. As part of the Museum's broader Path to Liberty…
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GANYC FAM Tour of New Amsterdam
Governors Island FAM Tour
Brownstone facade
Ayinde Stevens
January 2020 Meeting at the N-Y Historical Society
Spanish Harlem tour
Leigh Hallingby
Happy 400th Anniversary NYC in Times Square
Harvey Paul Davidson
Canal Street looking downtown
Emma Guest-Consales
Boat Ride to Dead Horse Bay
Chrysler Building and Grand Central facade
Ayinde Stevens
GANYC Members tour the High Line
NYC Rat Tour
Marc Landman
Magnet and cast-iron detail in SoHo
Ed Perlmutter