![]() A digital audio tour of the Freedom Trail, which leads visitors to 16 historic sites, is available for download from The Freedom Trail Foundation's website for $15 phone (617) 357-8300 for more information.Ī free mobile app featuring GPS-enabled maps of Boston National Historical Park can be downloaded online or at the National Park Service Faneuil Hall Visitor Center phone (617) 242-5642. Self-guiding ToursTravel websites speak highly of self-guiding tours, which let you explore at your own pace. Richardson building at 125 The Fenway phone (617) 522-2700 for more information about tours. The guided walks depart from the Shattuck Visitor Center, housed in the historic H. Olmsted protégé Arthur Shurcliff would later add such ornate features as the Kelleher Rose Garden. If you travel here from May through October, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy offers free walking tours through the Back Bay Fens, a lush urban centerpiece that landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted fashioned out of polluted marshland around the turn of the 19th century. The 90-minute Boston Movie Mile Walking Tour offered by On Location Tours takes visitors to filming locations used in movies and TV shows, including “Cheers,” “Good Will Hunting” and “Ted.” Tours depart from the Boston Common visitor information center (139 Tremont St.) Thurs. at 10, noon and 2, Memorial Day-Labor Day Mon.-Sat. The 90-minute tour is limited to 15 people and begins at the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial on the corner of Park and Beacon streets. The National Park Service offers tours of the Black Heritage Trail, which links the 14 locations comprising Boston African American National Historic Site. Phone (617) 242-5642 to confirm the current schedule as you plan your list of things to do in Boston. tours are conducted on a reduced schedule in June and October. The ranger-led walking tour is limited to 30 people and departs daily on the hour 10-11 and 1-3, July-Sept. Guided Walking ToursOne-hour tours of the Freedom Trail begin in the National Park Service's visitor center in Faneuil Hall and are the ideal addition to your vacation. Gray Line of Boston/Cape Cod, (617) 720-6342 or (800) 343-1328, provides a variety of excursions featuring Boston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Concord, Lexington, Plymouth and Salem, all the top fun places to go in the area.ĬityView Trolley Tours of Historic Boston and Freedom Trail Bus and Trolley Tours Tours encompassing both the city and its environs are available for your trip.
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