New York City bus, boat and walking tours

Guide Joyce Gold is an NYU instructor and guidebook author whose history tours focus on Manhattan and Brooklyn. This two-hour Village walkabout, one of many that Gold offers, presents the essential history, from its early years, when it was a refuge from a yellow fever epidemic, to later decades as an enclave for artists, nonconformists and dissidents. Historic highlights include the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, coffeehouses of the Beat Generation, and background on literary figures including Henry James and Willa Cather. $20, 212-242-5762, joycegoldhistorytours.com

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Traveling with a family group has its challenges, for sure. And perhaps there’s no greater one than agreeing on a tour. The kids can’t sit still on a bus. Mom wants to walk. Grandpa can’t go for long. Fortunately, Manhattan, that great hub of multigenerational vacations, offers enough walking, bus and boat tours to make splitting up, or doubling up with compromises, easy to schedule. Here are a dozen tours worth taking.