Visiting NYC is a memorable experience with Martha as your personal tour guide
Welcome! I am a life-long New Yorker, born and raised in Queens! I am a Manhattan-based tour guide and the owner of Explore New York® since 1999. My tours are designed to offer you, the visitor to NYC, the life and pulse of this incredible city.
Visitors to NYC are what make my tours a success. It is our collaboration that gives life to this incredible city.
I have over thirty years in professional theatre and five Broadway Shows under my belt, as well as cabaret, regional theatre, film & TV. Listening to what tourists want is my specialty! We work together to design a customized tour that fits your needs.
“I enjoyed our time together . . . You did a great job as always. I heard several compliments. We will definitely be reaching out the next time we head this way. Wishing you all the best!” — Jerry, Making Memories Tours, MO
Follow the Yellow Umbrella!
My group of students from Massachusetts staring at the sky during eclipse.
Enjoyed my walk in CENTRAL PARK with my fun Canadian group.
HUDSON YARDS with my group of senior citizens
“I cannot tell you enough how I appreciated your moving us along without feeling rushed; showed us grand hi-lights as well as tiny bits of hidden interest; and when hungry teenage boys – along with their “wilting” grandmother -- needed an immediate lunch, you walked us through the door of a perfect, quick respite. Martha, you are so talented to keep all this information in your head and then deliver it in a manner which engages the company!” — Pauline, MA
At LOUIS VUITTON 200 Pop-Up Exhibit
Bonding with my tour escort, Ellen, from Utopia Tours
My First Big Tour Group Post-Pandemic at Brookfield Place
Fun in Times Square
Tour Group photo — THAYER FAMILY ASSOCIATION REUNION — 2015
Tour Guiding All in a Day’s Work!
Martha focuses on giving quality and in-depth tours of this amazing city
Whether you are a baby boomer or independent traveler, I guide you so that you may become more independent.
If you are coming in with a bus group, I shepherd you around in the most comfortable and fun way possible.
Pitt Program Council - Having Fun With University of Pittsburgh Students
“Martha, thank you so much! You are wonderful and the guests loved the tour. Hope to work with you again.”
— Toni, Holiday Vacations, WI
“Thanks for a great tour yesterday. You are the perfect combination of nice, knowledgeable, great voice, pretty, and reassuring to travelers who are in a "foreign" city to them. I'll get in touch with you again…because I would like to have you step on the bus next year. Thanks again…”
— Bob, Bob's Baseball Tours, MN
“Thank you for all your wonderful tour guide service — my groups love you! I have to “clone” you — not possible…”
— Lois, Hello New York, NY