What a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Huda was an enthusiastic and friendly tour guide who…read moretook us to four different iconic pizza places. Unlike many food tours where you are offered sample sized portions, this tour includes full sized slices with boxes provided for leftovers. At the end we voted on our favorite crust, sauce and cheese. Beer and wine and specialty sodas were included at each stop. By the 4th stop our group of 16 all became great friends with full bellies and ideas on which restaurants we wanted to revisit.

Colin is amazing and the group French Fry Tour was so awesome!…read more I feel like growing up in the Hartford area, I have always been pretty clueless when it comes to all things New Haven. Well, luckily having the job I have and also meeting people like Colin that are great teachers- I can say that I am much better now! And...what a fun way to learn---with french fries! You need to do this tour! The Fries Around Town Tour is four hours with four stops. It's a 1 1/2 mile walk through historic Downtown New Haven & Yale with lots of fries and beer! Our first stop was at The Trinity Bar for fish & chips & Guinness beer. Yum!! Second stop was Sherkaan for okra fries & Taj Mahal beer. This was a favorite of mine! Next up was pickle frites and New England Brewing beer at Three Sheets! Always great to see Sara! And the last stop was Union League Cafe for their delicious pomme frites with a knock out aioli and Belgian beer. Our group had such a blast and I would recommend doing this to anyone! I can't wait to try the pizza tour next! Colin- it was a complete pleasure! I walked away with a new friend. Thanks, Colin! You rock!

What a fun time this was! Joy, the tour guide, was perfectly friendly and has an absolute knack for…read moreteaching history and recounting local tales of the paranormal. At the beginning of the tour, she also made it known that if anyone wanted her to perform a spiritual cleansing/blessing afterward then she would do so. This is very much an activity for people of all levels of interest in supernatural things, from a passing curiosity all the way to dead serious (ba-dum tss) It's also well-suited to new Yale students or anyone with friends/family that go there. A nice portion of the tour dealt with the university, and will give plenty to talk about.

Really enjoyed this tour. Got a lot of information including the city's history/events/dates,…read morelandmarks and their backgrounds, and of course ghost/haunting histories. Our guide was great (Chrystyne)- she kept everyone's attention, provided time for questions and had a great knowledge base. She is also a medium so that added to the experience! Some cool pics I got of the same window (pics taken in rapid sequence but different image inside same window pane, resembling a small face); also pics of some of the landmarks I liked.

I did a ladies' day wine tour with several friends and had an awesome time. We had a guided tour…read morewith Mitch and Joe driving. They were great and took good care of us, even going above and beyond by stopping for ice cream on the last stop . We went to Paradise Hill, Gouveia, and Arrigoni and the guys arranged for pizza delivery at one of the stops and supplied snacks and water in between. I will definitely be booking again

The day was full of fun laughter and friends. Being on the van allowed me to have fun and not worry…read moreabout anything but having a great time.

I had heard of pedal taverns but never a pedal cruise. What a fun concept. Although most of us were…read moretoo lazy to pedal, we still had a wonderful time. They have 10 seats set up at a bar top style long table where you can pedal away and reach into the coolers in front of you to grab your drinks, which are BYOB. We brought lots of snacks and sandwiches also. Although there are only 10 seats, there are plenty of extra seating areas on the cozy boat. We had 19 guests with us. Captain Dave and first Mate Michelle were great hosts. We hooked up our phone to their Bluetooth speaker to play all our favorite songs. We went on the Sunday afternoon Cruise, which took us out along the shoreline out to the Island area and back. It was a lot of fun, laughs, and an overall enjoyable afternoon.

Bring ear plugs to save your hearing. Bring motion sickness pills to save your stomach. Don't sit…read morein front, cause you will get wet. Really an annoying boat right.

Booked this 4 hour tour cause it was one more hour than the one we all know that did not go so…read morewell....just kidding! We headed out and the scenery was really great. The boat seems a bit old but solid. I will echo what many have said about the food onboard. We didn't have any. Also no drinks for us. It was rough seas so not sure how they would settle. We did not see one whale in 4 hours. I know it is not the guys on the boat's fault but it was a bummer. Riding around on the boat for 4 hours hot old after the first 2. We left a little disappointed.

Didn't see any whales in 4 hours. The food was gross and they won't let you bring any outside food…read more Way too expensive too

My coworkers and I recently did an Elm city party bike tour and what a time we had! Shout out to…read moreShane and Emily, our awesome guides and host. They were super helpful and friendly throughout the entire time. Our tour stopped at four different bars and was a little over two hours total. I definitely think it's worth it for a great time, especially if you are visiting New Haven or are unfamiliar with the area. The only thing I wish there was were seatbelts on the seats. It felt a tad not secure peddling without any seatbelt. Besides that I had a fabulous time and would definitely recommend it!

We celebrated our friend Jodi's birthday with Elm City Party Bike, and wow -- what an incredible…read moretime! For most of us, it was our first ride, and it absolutely did not disappoint. Calvin and JD were amazing hosts -- super fun, friendly, and made sure everyone was having a blast the entire time. The vibes, the music, the laughs -- everything was on point. Definitely an experience to remember and one we can't wait to do again! Highly recommend for birthdays, celebrations, or just a fun night out in the city!

My boyfriend and I went for a mini vacation in Norwalk, CT and I booked the Sunset Harbor…read moreLighthouse Tour which we went on this past Sunday evening from 6:30-8:30, on 8/10/25. This tour was definitely a highlight of our trip! Captain John and Charlie were great and all the passengers aboard had a great time! We passed three lighthouses-Peck Ledge LH, Sheffield Island LH and Green's Ledge LH. Charlie, co-captain of Captain John, had just toured the inside of Green's Ledge LH the day before which is listed on Airbnb for $6,000! He went around the ship showing everyone the floor plan. It especially exciting to be on the Long Island Sound and to see the red and white towers from Northport, since I live on Long Island!! We were able to see several different viewpoints of the sunset and osprey nests as well. Definitely recommend to residents of Norwalk AND tourists alike!

Like a lot of other dork type middle age dudes I'm a sucker for a good lighthouse. Actually I've…read morebeen to a few clinkers which says that I'm apparently I'm also a sucker for a bad lighthouse as well but there's no need to worry about that at Sheffield because it's all good here. So if you want to come you've got two legal options. 1. Show up via kayak (or I suppose boat then taking a short swim) during hours when they are running tours and you will be met on the shore by a volunteer who will ask you to pay a few dollars for the privilege of taking the lighthouse tour/hanging out on the island. 2. Or, you come via the regularly scheduled boat that runs from the dock on North Water Street in Norwalk from late May until the end of September. There are various public & private decks for parking all around the area so it shouldn't be too hard to find a close space. I don't remember what the price is for option #1 but for option #2 the below currently apply: Adults: $22.00 - Children 12 & Under: $12.00 Senior / NSA Member $20.00 Active Military with ID $10.00 Children 3 & Under: $5.00 Family 4 Pack (2 Adults, 2 Children) $55.00 A few random facts: Boats depart weekends only every year over Memorial Day weekend and eventually go daily from July until Labor Day and then back to weekends only until the end of September. Check seaport.org for the current schedule and for special events such as their clambakes. Once you get to the island you get to take a brief tour of the lighthouse which was built in 1868 (downstairs only for now as the upstairs tower portion is being worked on and hopefully tours will be allowed there in the not to distant future once they get the stairs in better shape along with figuring out a way to dissipate the heat which we were told was well over 100 degrees the day we were there in August) and you can also walk through the nature trail via the Stewart B. McKinney Wildlife Refuge. If you are going to walk on the nature trail or along the beach that fronts Sheffield Island Harbor just know that things are "wild" and that you will get eaten alive by flies, mosquitoes and I wouldn't be shocked if the trees had lots of ticks. The lighthouse was relit in 2011 for the first time in 91 years. Why Sheffield Island? The island was named after Revolutionary War veteran Captain Robert Sheffield who bought the island in 1804. He married Temperance Doty, a Mayflower descendant and such started the current lineage of the island's name. The 47 acre island is private property that is primarily owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with the Norwalk Seaport Association depending upon the website owning only three or four of those acres. You will be reminded a few times of where you can and cannot walk. Speaking of an area you can't walk by it would be the dilapidated house on the right near the dock. That house is still owned by the Stabell family who sold the island to the Norwalk Seaport Association in 1986 for 700K. I forget the exact story we were told but it's something along the lines of the "home" (more of a dilapidated shack) cannot be renovated because of Fish and Wildlife Service rules and if they raze the structure they lose the land so the shack stands as is. The island itself is around a mile and half from the dock in Norwalk and the boat is kept at a country club pace in both directions which equals about 40 minutes to make the trip in each direction. This is fine as one of the crew did a fairly good job or telling everyone about some of the various islands & lighthouses & birds in the area and about the local shellfish industry. Past that it's just sit back and relax on some of their picnic benches and have a picnic or don't do a damn thing except the enjoy the beautiful view. Either way it's awesome.

I HAD to go back to this because it's such an amazing experience. I'm sure they do more than "Fall…read moreFoliage" trips but that's when I visited in the past. Despite my best efforts in the past to do Fall train rides, which turned out to be disappointing only because there was never any good colors on trees, this by far is the very best fall foliage experience I've ever had in my life. You get great views of the tree color transitions and just great photo opportunities. It does get cold on the water so bring a jacket. Experience is as excellent as last time with beverages and snacks for purchase. If you enjoy fall colors, great scenery and boats then you have to do this at least once.

A peaceful Hudson River cruise from Peekskill to Bear Mountain. Beautiful views and a truly…read morerelaxing experience! Such a wonderful way to spend the day. Very pleased with this cruise!

I am shocked after reading this review of T&A Tours and its owners. I have traveled on many trips…read morewith T&A and have always been extremely pleased with everything about the tours. I have dealt with the owners, as they are the only ones who take reservations (not an agent) and they have always been quite pleasant and accommodating. Actually, I was on a trip with them once, and some people had missed the bus going to the location of the tour and Tim, one of the owners, actually got in his car and drove those people to the rest area where we stopped for coffee. Anytime that I have been on a bus that they had for the trip, the tour director and/or the driver mentioned where we were and not once did I encounter anyone not getting off the bus because they did not know where they were. Whether one is in the front, middle or rear of the bus, people have always known when they reach their stop. In conclusion, I have never dealt with a better tour company than T&A Tours. The owners have ALWAYS been polite, pleasant and fully responsive to people's needs.

Nice variety of tours of very good quality. Great customer service. Would highly recommend themread more