• See the sights of New York in a bus, boat or helicopter.New York Skyline image by sival from Fotolia.com
  
  With a deluge of tourists each year, New York has plenty of tours to cater to them. If you're looking for tours that don't involve walking, you could add to the more than 1.6 billion rides taken on public transportation each year, or you could go for a more formal tour in the air, on the water or on the ground.
  
  

Bus

• See the highlights of New York City from a double-decker bus with City Sights NY's selection of tours. The tours allow passengers to hop on and off at their leisure at dozens of stops. The Downtown Tour includes stops at Times Square, Carnegie Hall and the Empire State Building, while the Uptown Tour includes the Harlem Market, the Apollo Theater and the Central Park Zoo. The company also offers tours via helicopter and boat.
  
  City Sights NY
  
  234 W 42nd St.
  
  New York, NY 10036
  
  212-812-2700
  
  citysightsny.com
  
  

Helicopter

• Get a bird's-eye view of the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and other grand New York sights when you take a helicopter tour. Pegasus Tours offers 30-minute tours and 60-minute tours, as well as a Proposal Tour that includes a dozen roses, champagne and the opportunity to hover over the location of your choosing during the proposal. Also available are dinner tours that involve a drop-off at an elegant restaurant along New York Harbor.
  
  Pegasus Tours
  
  Linden Municipal Airport
  
  1101 West Edgar Road
  
  Hangar 500
  
  Linden, NJ 07036
  
  888-PEGA-FLT (888-734-2358)
  
  pegasusflight.com
  
  

Boat

• Circle New York Harbor and see some of the most famous sights of New York, including the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. The New York Water Taxi offers hop-on/hop-off service that makes stops at the South Street Seaport, the Fulton Ferry Landing and the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Other cruises offer night-time cruising, views of the Fourth of July fireworks or fall foliage cruises that head up the Hudson Valley to check out the changing of the leaves.
  
  NY Water Taxi
  
  499 Van Brunt St. # 8B
  
  Brooklyn, NY 11231
  
  718-643-0201
  
  nywatertaxi.com