App-Guided "Historic Boston Downtown Freedom Trail" Walking Tour
Description
Dig Deeper into Downtown Boston's historical sites between the Boston Common Visitors Center and Blackstone Corner at your own pace and schedule on this location aware, Smart Phone App Audio Walking Tour. What makes this tour special? -The revolutionary narrators are fantastic. And the sound editing will make you forget it's technology that's guiding you. - It's guided by your virtual tour guide -This is not a fact dumping tour. It's a freedom trail adventure. -Go anytime at your own pace. -Tour Never Expires. Listen later. -1 purchase works on 2 phones Simply go to the Boston Common Visitors Center, press play and put your phone in your pocket. From there you are guided turn by turn along the revolutionary streets of Boston along the freedom trial. Listen on headphones, bluetooth speakers or your phone. This is our in depth Downtown Boston tour.
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Itinerary
This tour takes you along the Freedom Trail from the Boston Common, through old Boston, the North End, over the bridge to Charlestown, to Bunker Hill and the USS Constitution. The Freedom Trail is the premier thing to do in Boston.
Learn the history of the 54th and how they changed America as the 2nd black regiment that fought in the civil war.
Learn about it's golden dome, what's on top and its history.
Learn about its explosive past and see where they stored the gun powder in the war of 1812
Learn about it's steeple, bell and historic past.
The oldest continually run hotel in the USA.
See the old city hall and the location of the first school in the US, Boston Latin.
Hear the story about how the Boston Tea Party began.
Enter the Granary Burying ground voiced by the voice of the grounds keeper Willie. Hear the tales of Paul Revere, John Hancock, Sam Adams and many more on your interactive experience. It's only open 9 to 5, check times.
Stop at the Boston Massacre site and relive the events of that day on a 3 minute sound experience
We will visit the Cradle of Liberty and see one of the most visited sites in the USA, Faneuil Hall.
We will hear the story of where JFK and his family often dined, the oldest continually run restaurant in the USA.
Stop that the Green Dragon, the headquarters of the revolution, and hear the story of it's revolutionary history.
See the old State house, the historic site of many events.
We will end at the Haymarket, if it's Friday or Saturday, the Haymarket will be in full swing. Just across the street is the North End. The spot where our next tour continues.
The tour will take a walk into the New England Holocaust Memorial and learn a deeper story of the Holocaust. You'll hear about what the numbers mean on the glass, the fire glowing below, and the history and story of the Holocaust and it's camps.
JFK's residence! This was the spot JFK lived, we will stop outside the door and learn the story of JFK in Boston.
The tour will go into water street and see the site where they first spring was in Boston that allowed the first settlers to thrive!
You'll see one of the oldest, and coolest, book shops in Boston hidden down a small, very local alley.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(23)
Tour was interesting and easy to follow. I normally take tours with human guides but we wanted flexibility on timing so tried this self guided tour. Boston is such an interesting city filled with cool history. Highly Recommend
Austin was very informative and knew his facts about all the history locations we visited. Enjoyed it very much.
We did a tour in Salem and a ghost tour in Boston on our last day we wanted to do a tour nd have the flexibility to start and stop with a break for lunch in case the weather was bad and it was too cold. This was perfect. We enjoyed walking the city at our own pace and listening to the tour. Very informative and fun.
Didn’t want to do the hop in and off trolley and didn’t want to do a big group tour of area. This was nice could pause when wanted and picked up when I was ready to start up again. Informative walking tour. Had a little trouble getting started but called help number and within minutes I was all set.
Great way to see the city at your own pace. We did do the freedom trail tour Boston and the did the subscription to do other cities, too. Good investment - good tours. What is missing is an approximation of the duration of the tour - mentioned for some, not for others. That would help choosing....
Lots of great info. The ability to start and stop is great. We went in an enjoyed many of the sites, including a meal at Union Oyster and a drink at the Green Dragon. We spent the day walking around Boston!
It was confusing to get stated and once I got the app downloaded , it did not work . I ended up paying for a guided tour which was much better
Hi Ralph, I see that you purchased the Boston Downtown Freedom Trail Tour and were trying to take the "Classic Freedom Trail Tour". As you can see the Downtown tour is cheaper, as it's only downtown. The Classic is a different product. Sorry for the confusion on that, I am always here to help. 1000's take this tour and love it, so I'm sad to see you had issues. I did refund you, so you did pay nothing.....you can email me anytime at info@walkntours.com or text 617-991-3269. Thanks! Please also confirm you had the WalknTours app, you do need that to take the tour. Good news is the tour never expires, and our tour goes to many sites that the in person does not go to, the Classic tour is the WHOLE freedom trail. The in person tour is only a small portion of the Freedom Trail. Have a great day.
I felt the tour was a very good value and way better than I expected. It was nice to stop and have a snack or a lunch break. It’s also a super long tour. I didn’t know I was going to Bunker Hill. It was a bonus.
Was difficult following directions to get to where the tour started. I booked it and wanted to use on my boyfriend's phone but it was impossible so I had to buy it a second time with his name on his phone to actually use it. The Freedom Trail line really helped us navigate and the arrow in the app helps too. Very difficult to hear unless you're using headphones because of all the traffic noise. Otherwise a good historical telling of all the sites.
The tour was good. The large numbers of people and traffic made it uncomfortable and hectic. It was hard to get pictures due to the crowds. Beantown Pub was referred to us but the food was just ok, got the fish and chips but fish was not fresh. Very disappointed for the price. Did a tour in Salem the next day and was much happier. Smaller crowds and much more relaxed atmosphere.
Happy you enjoyed the tour. Boston is crowded in the summer, to avoid crowds I'd suggest going in the Fall, or taking the tour in the morning. Also we did not cook the food, or suggest Beantown Pub :). Sorry you had a bad experience there, but it's not part of the tour :)
