Join a welcoming and informative tour!

Duration

1.5 Hour

About

Our guided tour is a premium VIP experience offered once daily. It’s a docent tour led by a cathedral historian, showcasing many of the off limit areas below St. Patrick’s. The tour gathers at a private entrance and winds through the lower labyrinth of halls and staircases leading to the sacristy, below the main altar and near the crypt. Your guide will share the history of St. Patrick’s and answer questions. Your group will then be led up the marble stairs and into the heart of the cathedral.

More Information

From Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan: During my installation as Archbishop of New York – which took place on April 15, 2009 – I said: “The Church is at her best, faithful to her mission, when she invites people to open the door and ask Jesus in. That’s precisely the invitation this Archdiocese of New York extends; that’s the proposal the Church makes to the world.”

This is why St. Patrick’s Cathedral is so important. Every year, more than five million people of every different nationality and faith enter this Cathedral. Some come just as a tourist, but many more come to participate in the life of the Church. Regardless of why people visit this magnificent Cathedral, everyone who crosses our threshold is invited to open their hearts to God.