Having been to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island multiple times, this is the first time with a guide. Jimmy Hoffman (chicken man) was beyond knowledgeable as well as entertaining and personable. Five ⭐all the way!

Great your Sara did a wonderful job and leads great tour with fun, enthusiastic knowledge she was awesome and lead the group with great passion and energy

We had the most amazing day with Joseph as our guide! He was funny, informative, and welcoming. We learnt such a lot. We loved how friendly he was but also the tips he gave us for getting around quickly. Super helpful. We’d definitely use him as our guide again, Thankyou!

Worth the price to see both spots and get more info than doing it on your own. Daniel made the experience fun and engaging. We had a good amount of time at each spot.

Absolutely recommend this tour with City Tales! It’s easy to book, the meeting point is easy to locate, the guide we had was fantastic. The whole trip itself was brilliant - Matt (our tour guide) was so informative. He was passionate for history and delivered the tour in such a captivating way! Everyone was engaged in it. He was honestly so good and I believe the tour guide makes the tour worthy. If we hadn’t have had Matt, we wouldn’t have enjoyed it half as much. The ferries can get pretty full, but you’re reassured by the tour guide that they’re there if you need anything at all. You are really well looked after! We thoroughly enjoyed this thanks to Matt and we would 100% recommend. Matt even took photos of us all in the group from perfect angles! We didn’t feel rushed and it was all so timely. Timely, yet everything was covered and all questions were answered. Nothing was too much for Matt… even in the scorching heat!! Thank you!

You must book your tickets in advance, especially if you want to walk to the crown. Must be made about 3 months prior and the crown and pedestal are the same price. The wait for the elevator to the pedestal is long so take the stairs…they are not bad. If you are going to the crown, the stairs are very skinny, super steep and spiral. Think about time of year you go because on a hot day it will be sweaty and gross in the climb. Check out the museum with the original flame. Ellis island was my favorite! Very interesting so be sure you think about booking earlier in day so you don’t bump up against the last boats back (about 6 pm). Look up your family name! The line to the ferry to go back to NY can be long but moves fast. Lastly be sure you are always taking the appropriate ferry - NY vs NJ

We enjoyed the ferry ride to both islands. You get great views of the city. We had pedistal tickets for the statue. The info in the pedistal about the statue was great. We spent a little over an hour on liberty island. We then continued to Ellis island. This part was great. my two kids aged (11 and 9) really enjoyed reading and learning about what it was like to come to America. We could have stayed the whole day. Unfortunatelly, we had other plans that we had to get to. We stayed on Ellis Island for about 2 hours. We highly recommend exploring both islands.

It was excellent but looking at other reviews, if there is a guided option I would do that. I enjoyed it but my family was less enthused. There is a lot of history for both, the audio tour for the statue was good, less so for Ellis but I still quite enjoyed it. My only knock was getting back from Ellis, we had to wait for the third boat, they come about every 25 minutes. It was the end of the day and there were very few people from the statue tour that were exiting for the Ellis tour so not many people we allowed to board. It was hot and you are jammed in like cattle waiting. They should really have a dedicated boat only for Ellis later in the day.

Our guide, Daniel (Danyl) was wonderful. Very friendly and informative. He kept our interest and made sure everyone was together. He used his knowledge and sense of humor to keep our teens engaged and answered questions from my inquisitive husband. He made our visit memorable.

Mike our tour guide was fantastic a native New Yorker shared his own personal family connections to Ellis Island He was helpful kind funny and informative !

Had a great experience. Tour guide was Danyel and he did amazing. We visited Liberty Island and Ellis Island. Rich history.

Too much time spent by the guide. Had to listen a full 30 minutes on each island before we could get a look around. Ferries that take you around are also overcrowded. More ferries should be booked or numbers limited.

Our guide, Sara, is the key to our 5 star Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island tour experience. It was Sara's enthusiasm, knowledge, and love of her native city that combined for a unique view of the history behind both historial landmarks!

On my third trip this was the first time I had a guided tour. My best advice: The fewer things you have, the quicker you will get through security. The line is almost like going through the TSA at an airport. If you're ahead of others, you'll have the best chance of getting a seat on the top deck (but you probably won't want to sit because people will stand in front of you at the rails for photos and videos). So, sit on the right edge of the right side of the bench; that will make it easier for you to rise quickly and take photos/videos without weaving through a crowd. The Statue of Liberty will be on the right side when you leave the pier in New York. Our guide (Mike) was pretty awesome.

We had a wonderful guide, Daniel, aka Broadway, who was entertaining, knowledgeable and really took care to teach us while there.