3. A hotel security guard offers a secret tour of the Lotte Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel appears in several episodes of the popular 2007 TV drama Gossip Girl as the setting for various escapades of Manhattan’s fictional elite. Maurice Legere, a hotel security guard turned Gossip Girl tour guide, took Untapped New York on a tour of the show’s filming locations within the hotel. Legere has offered secret Gossip Girl tours for 11 years. But there’s a catch: you have to track down Maurice to get the tour. There is no formal registration or official tour.
After showing up in the hotel lobby, asking several hotel employees for a tour, and being redirected to various phone extensions, Untapped New York finally met a well-dressed Legere at the bottom of the Grand Staircase. Legere began the tour at the Grand Staircase and whizzed through an assortment of ornate ballrooms, libraries, and offices, where he insists on taking photos of his guests. Throughout the tour, he recites stories of fictional marriage proposals, drug deals, and romantic escapades from Gossip Girl despite only having watched a few minutes of the show himself. If you can find him, he might just give you the tour.
