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Private Sex and The City Tour in New York with Movie Scenes from famous TV show

3 Hours Round trip from New York Moderate pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Private 3-hour Sex and the City themed tour in New York
  • 02 Visit filming locations connected to Carrie, Big, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte
  • 03 See Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment exterior in the West Village
  • 04 Stop by the iconic Magnolia Bakery
  • 05 Visit Buddakan, featured in Carrie and Big’s rehearsal dinner scene
  • 06 End at Oniel’s bar, known in the show as Scout
  • 07 Explore the city on foot with the use of subway
  • 08 Led by a friendly local guide

Follow in the footsteps of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha on a private New York tour inspired by Sex and the City. Over 3 hours, you’ll explore some of the show’s most memorable locations, from Carrie Bradshaw’s famous apartment exterior to Magnolia Bakery, Buddakan, and the bar that stood in for Scout.

This experience is ideal for fans who want to relive iconic scenes while discovering the city through the lens of the series. Led by a local guide and using the subway along the way, the tour combines recognizable filming locations, photo opportunities, and plenty of pop-culture nostalgia in the heart of New York.

Follow in the footsteps of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha on a private New York tour inspired by Sex and the City.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Moderate
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City New York
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

This tour is offering you the morning and evening departures where the bus will take you through 40 locations featured in the show. Some spots will include Carrie's Apartment tour

Our tour will also include the visit to the Buddakan where the legendary Carrie & Big's rehearsals dinner was featured. We also will visit the iconic Magnolia Bakery and try favourite cupcakes of our Se and the city characters.

The final destination is the Oniel's bar AKA Scout which is known as the bar owned by Steve and Aidan in the show. Here you can enjoy some drinks and imagine yourself been part of the Sex and the city show.Visit the iconic location of the show where 19-storey luxury Plaza hotel has become the landmark of NYC because of the Sex and the City show. It was opened in 1907 and was featured

many times in the show. However, the unforgettable scene was at the end of season two when Big broke the heart of Carrie while hosting his engagement party with Natasha. The Plaza Hotel will take you back to the moment when Carrie asked Big why he would not marry her and the memorable quote from the 1970s drama The Way We Were.

The visit to the Plaza is the first step to dive into the story of the characters and live their feelings with them. Our tour guide will recommend taking some tissues since some crying moments are guaranteed.The legendary apartment of Carrie Bradshaw where exterior scenes were shot at 64 Perry Street. Nevertheless, this spot has its history. For example, the owners of the residence have moved the number from 64 to 66, and they also encountered some long disturbances and property invasions from the Sex and the City fans. However, Carrie Bradshaw's address in the show is 245 east 73rd Street with the glamorous gigantic closet, indeed this rent-stabilized apartment was in the West Village. Nonetheless, the 66 Perry street has become on the main hotspots of the show and the owners even had to ask tour buses not to stop in front of the residence as well as blurring out the image of the house from the Google Maps.Even though the Magnolia bakery was shot less than a minute on season three of the show, it still became the cultural phenomenon for the Sex and the City fans. After the clip from the show where Carrie and Miranda ate cupcakes outside of the small corner at Magnolia Bakery. The original location of the bakery at Bleecker Street has started to be the tourist and fans favourite spot to come back to the episodes of the legendary show in real life. The Sex and the City gave the Magnolia Bakery the popularity and in the years since the company started to expand to more than 20 locations all around the world.The Sex and the City watchers will identify this restaurant as the place of Carrie Bradshaw's rehearsals dinner before Carrie and Big's wedding. The restaurant will take you through the night of warm and friends atmosphere. You might have the flashbacks when Samantha was giving her toast with her iconic phrase addressed to Big: «Hey, dick-wad, I'm speaking».

You can also enjoy yourself with some delicious meals and must orders such as Pork Buns, Crispy Cauliflower Lollipops and many more. While you are waiting for the table the bar with playful drinks is welcoming you. At Buddakan you may recall the scene when Steve was getting

into a taxi and speak to Miranda and she realizes to tell Big how crazy he is to get married. All these scenes from your favourite Sex and the City will come back to you when you will enjoy your dinner at the Buddakan.Oniel's has become known for being a part of the HBO Sex and the City TV Series. The bar stood in for SCOUT and owned by Carrie and Miranda’s ex-boyfriends, Aidan and Steeve. The bar proudly claims that it is famous for being the replacement for that “casually hip” bar. The main feature of the Grand Street Bar for any Sex and the City watcher is the interior and furniture design that Carrie made for her first boyfriend Aidan. The interior mostly consists of dark, shiny and hand-carved wood, but most importantly it feels like the bar was specifically built for the show and Aidan. The fans of the series would confirm this claim if recall Carrie’s quote upon her first time looks at the SCOUT: “There was no sign for him, but he was everywhere. In the mahogany bar, wood floors. Carved ceiling. The whole place looked and felt just like Aidan.”

The Oniel’s Grand Street Bar should definitely be on the must-see list of every Sex and the City show fan.

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Friendly local guide
  • Must see and off the beaten path
  • Iconic places for photoshoot
  • Expert advice where to go and what to do after the tour
  • Private walking tour with the use of subway

What's Not Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Sex and the City and all related characters are the property of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Sex and The City Productions, Inc., Home Box Office, a Division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. Friendly Local Guides is in no way associated with the aforementioned companies. The suggested itinerary of this tour is within the realm of the Public's Right of 'Fair Use' and no copyright infringement is intended.
  • Private walking tour with the use of subway

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
New York, US
Tour start
New York, US
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 3 hours finish where they began, in New York.

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