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The Godfather's New York

  • 4 nights + departure morning
  • 11 places
  • New York
Old St. Patrick's Cathedral

Four days in the city of the Corleones: the baptism church, the street where Vito is shot, the steps of the night of revenge and the cemetery with the skyline behind the tombs.

The stops

  1. 1Little Italy

    About these stops

    At Old St. Patrick's Michael stands as godfather at a baptism while his men kill the heads of the rival families. Nearby are Elizabeth Street, where Joey Zasa is shot in Part III, the bar where Vincent and Mary have a drink, and the Mietz Building, where Vito is shot buying oranges.

  2. 2Downtown

    About these stops

    Barzini is shot on the wide steps of the New York County Courthouse. A short walk south, the Custom House, today a museum, hosts the Immobiliare meeting of Part III.

  3. 3The East Village and the funeral

    About these stops

    East 6th Street plays the Little Italy of 1917, where young Vito kills Fanucci. At the Eye and Ear Infirmary Michael protects his father at night. Across the river, at Calvary Cemetery, the family buries Vito, with the Manhattan skyline behind.

  4. 4Midtown

    About these stops

    Michael and Kay come out of Radio City Music Hall and learn that Vito has been shot. The St. Regis is their hotel, and the scene of a killing in a lift.