Walking Tours

Leave the buses behind and walk the streets of Harlem and feel the sights of our home. All walking tours are conducted by those who actually live and work in Harlem – come get an insiders view of the community. Re servations required for all tours and private tours are available. If you do not see a tour available on the schedule/calendar page that is comfortable for you, call us at 212 280-7888 or email: loveharlem@aol.com and we may be able to accommodate you.

Obama Fanatics Harlem Walking Tour

National Action Network – 106 W. 145^th St. #3 express (IRT – Red line) trains arrive to 145^th St, a few feet away from meeting location. Community Organizing served as the platform for Barack Obama to rise to the highest office in the world: the Presidency of the United States. Walk through Harlem as we identify community organizers/organizations that are making a difference in Harlem. Sights include but not limited to: National Action Network, Harlem Children’s Zone, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Harlem Business Alliance + more.

Days:	Saturdays
Time:	11:00 AM -1:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person
Meet:	National Action Network, 106 W. 145th St. #2, #3 trains arrive a few feet away from meeting location.

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Take the A Train Tour – Harlem at its Best

Harlem Heritage tours and the Apollo Theater have collaborated to present the “Take the A Train to Harlem Experience”. Meet us downtown and ride the A train uptown to the cream of New York City – Harlem. Exit the subway and immediately you feel the pulse that inspired Duke Ellington to write the legendary tune. Guided by a born and raised Harlem resident, you will walk some of the most historic streets in the area, followed by a sit down soul food meal at a community Restaurant. We will end the excursion with “Amateur Night at the Apollo”. This is the event that has launched the careers of countless entertainment giants such as Michael Jackson and James Brown – Harlem at its best.

Days:	Wednesdays
Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$35 Per Person.
Meet:	135th St. & Malcolm X Blvd. on northwest corner. Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street

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Jazz Nights in Harlem Multimedia Bus / Walking Tour

Harlem Nights are HOT – when the sun goes down come uptown and relive the jazz yesteryears of Harlem. Night starts with tour of the community that will visit sights associated with jazz icons of the past: Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins and many others. We will also showcase some of the new clubs/bars that are emblematic of the current renaissance in Harlem. After tour we will end with a set of live jazz at a legendary Harlem club. Throughout the tour you will be guided by a community resident who was born and raised in Harlem – authentic.

Time:	6:30 PM – Midnight
Price:	$125.00
Meet:	New York City Visitor and Information Center – 810 Seventh Avenue, between 52nd & 53rd Streets across the street from the Sheraton towers.

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Spanish Harlem Walking Tour

Visit Spanish Harlem and explore the history of Salsa music while seeing and feeling one of New York Cities best kept cultural secrets. A historian will explain the evolution of Salsa music and guide you to residences associated with innovators such as Tito Puente, Machito Grillo, Joe Cuba, Marc Anthony, “Chocolate”, Tito Allen, “Rigo” Malcon, and Justo Betancourt + more. See sights such as botanica’s, former social clubs & night clubs and institutions of art & culture.

Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person – $20.00 Per Person for groups of 15 or more.
Meet:	110th Street & 5th Avenue & Central Park. 2, 3 express trains (IRT red-line) arrives directly to 110th Street & Malcolm X Blvd. Walk one avenue east to 110th Street & 5th Avenue.

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Apollo Theater Walking Tour

Come to Harlem during the 2007 and help us celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the world famous Apollo Theater. The Apollo stage has been the launching pad to stardom for some of the world’s greatest entertainers via its “Amateur Night at the Apollo” showcase, which has been in place since 1934.

Walk the streets with us as we visit sights associated with Apollo greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sandman Sims, Count Basie, Willie Bryant, Duke Ellington and many others. The tour ends with a visit inside the Apollo Theater and you can actually walk across the stage, rub the historic log and see if you got what it takes to be an Apollo star.

Dates:	Wednesdays
Time:	12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$35.00 Per Person
Meet:	135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd., on northwest corner in front of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 2, 3 express (IRT – red line) trains arrives directly to location.

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Taste of Harlem Walking Tour

Harlem is a known for its great restaurants and eateries – come with us and taste a little bit of this and a little that as you sample foods from some of Harlem’s best known places and visit a few that are off the beaten path. Lots of historic sights along the way such as the Mt. Morris Park Historic District, historic YMCA and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Time:	12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$39.00 Per Person.
Meet:	Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center – 104 Malcolm X Blvd, between 115th & 116th Streets on uptown side of Malcolm X Blvd. 2, 3 express trains arrive directly to location on (IRT – red line).

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Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Walking Tour

Some of Manhattan’s most beautiful architecture exists in this culturally drenched Harlem neighborhood. Visit the house originally inhibited by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790’s. This part of Northern Manhattan is called Sugar Hill, due to the fact that historically, this is where the moneyed class lived. Life is said to be sweet on Sugar Hill. Some of Harlem’s most celebrated heroes and heroines have resided in this area: W.E.B DuBois, Walter White, Paul Robeson, Count Basie, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, Adam C. Powell Sr. and Eulalie Spence. The atmosphere of Sugar Hill/Hamilton is breath taking – come and take a cultural bath in Upper Manhattan.

Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person – $20.00 Per Person for groups of 15 or more.
Meet:	141st Street & Convent Ave., on northeast corner in front of Alexander Hamilton Grange. A, B, C, D trains arrive to 145 & St. Nicholas Ave. – walk west to Convent Ave., and then south to 141st Street.

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Harlem Gospel Walking Tour

Experience the spiritually uplifting sounds of a Harlem Baptist church gospel choir at one of Harlem’s most renowned churches, then tour the historic streets of the community. See various religious houses of worship and sights of cultural significance such as the Lenox Lounge, Minton’s Playhouse and the Theresa Hotel.

Days:	Every Sunday
Time:	10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Price:	$39.00 Per Person
Meet:	Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center – 104 Malcolm X Blvd, between 115th & 116th Streets on uptown side of Malcolm X Blvd. 2, 3 express trains arrive directly to location on (IRT – red line).

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General Harlem History Walking Tour

This tour is designed to provide a general introduction to the history of Harlem. Tour features a mix of Harlem sights including churches, jazz clubs, speakeasies, elegant neighborhoods, institutions of art & culture, famous residences, and eateries. The tour will explain Harlem’s history from the beginning (mid 1650’s), to the present with special attention paid to the current renaissance happening in the community.

Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person – $20.00 Per Person for groups of 15 or more.
Meet:	Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center – 104 Malcolm X Blvd, between 115th & 116th Streets on uptown side of Malcolm X Blvd. 2, 3 express trains arrive directly to location on (IRT – red line).

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Harlem Renaissance Walking Tour

This walking tour transports you back to the days of the Harlem Renaissance, when the community was loaded with talented civil rights leaders, artists, writers and musicians. Tour speakeasies, jazz clubs, elegant neighborhoods, churches, and residences associated with 1920’s Harlem. Sights include the original location of the Cotton Club, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Dark Tower (property associate with Madame C.J. Walker & daughter A’lelia Walker), the Langston Hughes House, home of Wallace Thurman, Savoy Ballroom and many others. Tour complimented by photo’s and Harlem Renaissance music.

Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person – $20.00 Per Person for groups of 15 or more
Meet:	135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd., on northwest corner in front of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 2, 3 express (IRT – red line) trains arrives directly to location.

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Harlem Civil Rights Walking Tour

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was a time of monumental change and Harlem served as both stage and player during the period. We will revisit a time when Blacks felt a closer association with Africa and a heightened since of racial pride – “BLACK POWER” was the slogan of choose for many. See the very mosque where Malcolm X was a leader, visit the church once lead by Wyatt Tee Walker (top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), visit energetic 125th street and take a picture in front the new statue dedicated to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. + more. Walk complimented with multimedia Civil Rights exhibition at the Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center.

Time:	1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Price:	$25.00 Per Person – $20.00 Per Person for groups of 15 or more
Meet:	104 Malcolm X Blvd. Harlem Heritage Tourism and Cultural Center 2, 3 express (IRT – Red line) trains arrive directly to location at 116th Street.

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