Best of NYC Cruise by Circle Line

The Circle Line’s ‘Best of NYC Cruise’ is one of our favorite boat tours in New York and is considered one of the most popular sightseeing cruises among tourists. This is one of the longest sightseeing cruises you will find here in NYC, lasting 2.5 hours with a full island tour circling Manhattan by the Hudson, East and Harlem rivers.

Like most of the New York cruises, this cruise will let you see up close the most famous landmarks in New York like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center and more. But because this is a full island boat tour, you will also see hidden spots that most cruises are missing, like the Yankee Stadium, The Cloisters, Grant’s Tomb, Gracie Mansion, and the Little Red Lighthouse.

The meeting point for the cruise departure is Pier 83 which is located in mid-Manhattan. The route heads south from Pier 83, going down through Hudson River until it reaches the Statue of Liberty. From there, it moves north through East River and Harlem River until it gets back to Pier 83.