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Beacon Hill
Walk past the stunning Federal and Greek Revival row homes along Beacon Hill's charming streets
Explore the connection between architecture and politics in this tour along the charming streets of Beacon Hill's South Slope. Learn how Boston’s elite created an exclusive neighborhood next to the site of the state capital. Experience Beacon Hill’s past as you hear stories of independent female ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston By Little Feet
This child's-eye view of the Freedom Trail is specially designed for young walkers (ages 6-12)
Travel through 300 years of history on this fun and interactive tour of Boston's Freedom Trail. Designed for families with children 6-12 years old, this tour encourages discovery and exploration. On this walk, children will experience historical sites that played a key role in the American Revolution. ...
The Dark Side of Boston
Hear tales of misery, misfortune and murder - all based on true historic events!
On this tour through the North End’s winding streets and alleyways, you will hear tales of misery, misfortune, and murder. These dark stories are all based on true historical events that have occurred in Boston. Learn about the Great Influenza of 1918, outbreaks of smallpox, the Molasses Flood, and ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Heart of the Freedom Trail
The perfect introduction to Boston’s Revolutionary history
This tour is the perfect introduction to Boston’s Revolutionary history! Visit some of the key sites along the world-famous Freedom Trail in this engaging, one-hour guided walking tour. Journey into the past as you hear stories about events that took place in the Old State House, Faneuil Hall, King’s ...
The North End: Boston's Immigration Gateway
Explore Boston’s oldest neighborhood and discover the charm of this unique, compact city space
Explore Boston’s oldest neighborhood, the North End, with our knowledgeable guide. Discover the charm of this unique, compact city space that has been home to immigrants for 400 years. Learn what brought waves of people from Ireland, Eastern Europe, and Italy to the North End; the difficulties they ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Road to Revolution
Ideal for history lovers and those interested in our nation’s Revolutionary past
Explore the makings of a revolution! From the Boston Massacre to Paul Revere’s midnight ride, the birth of the American Revolution happened on these very streets. Hear the extraordinary stories preserved in the meetinghouses, halls and homes of Boston’s oldest neighborhoods. On this tour, our most ...
Adams Family in Boston
Follow the words and history of the Adams Family over four generations
"My Eyes are so diverted with Chimney Sweeps, Carriers of Wood, Merchants, Ladies, Priests, Carts, Horses, Oxen, Coaches, Market men and Women, Soldiers, Sailors, and my Ears with the Rattle Gabble of them all..." -- John Adams, diary, March 18-19, 1759 Follow the words and history of four ...
Art Introspective: Copley Square to the South End
Discover a trove of unknown and underappreciated works of art
Few are unfamiliar with the famous “Nashville Wings” done by Kelsey Montague. Did you know one of her illustrations is right here in Boston, “Balloons Over Boston/What Lifts You”? The walk from Copley Square through the South End is full of underappreciated and unknown artwork. On this tour, ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Becoming Back Bay
Travel through Boston's Back Bay, a marvel of 19th Century civil engineering
Take a trip through the Back Bay neighborhood and learn where Back Bay started, how it evolved, and where it is today. Discover why and how the Bay was filled, and hear about the homes of its Victorian residents and their servants. Learn what made Back Bay such an engineering marvel in its time. On this ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Before Boston: Shawmut Peninsula Through 1630
Explore 12,000 years of human activity on Shawmut Peninsula, the lands we now call Boston
Explore 12,000 years of human activity on Shawmut Peninsula, the lands we now call Boston. Follow in the footsteps of the Native people who first walked here. Learn how they hunted and fished, and worked with clay and textiles. Uncover geological features and archaeological sites on this guided walk ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution
Learn about the mark Boston's Black thinkers and writers made on literary and political history
Truth, passion, bravery and hope. Discover stories of Boston’s Black writers who were laser-focused on the great topic of the era - slavery. Learn about the mark Black thinkers and writers made on literary and political history: David Walker and his sentinel work, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston City Hall
New tour for 2025, exploring the ins and outs of Boston's historic City Hall
Explore Boston City Hall with Boston By Foot on a free guided tour! Whether you love its striking brutalist design or think it's the ugliest building in the city, there is much to discover about this iconic landmark. Join us as we explore City Hall’s unique design, its history, and how it serves ...
Boston
60 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston Common: Past Lives and Hidden Stories
Join us to discover the many lives of Boston Common and its people
Join us for this exciting new tour about America's oldest public park. Explore Boston Common and the many ways people have used this beloved public green space. We’ll look at how the area evolved from native land, to a colonial town commons, to the multi-faceted park it is today. Exploring the ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Uncover Boston's rebirth after the Great Fire of 1872
Join us on a 90-minute walking tour exploring the city's rebirth after the Great Fire of 1872. Follow the route of the progression of the Great Fire, a disaster in Boston's commercial district that proved more costly than the legendary Chicago Fire the year before. Hear how the city's ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston's Chinatown
Learn about one of Boston's smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods
Boston’s Chinatown is one of the city’s smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods. Join us to learn about the neighborhood’s immigrant tradition, its evolution, and its current incarnation as one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the east coast. This tour takes you beyond the restaurants and markets ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Boston’s LGBTQ Past
Trace the stories, individuals, spaces, and events that shaped queer life in the city
Explore Boston through the lens of its LGBTQ+ past on this engaging walking tour. From the hidden histories of the 18th century to the activism and community-building of the 20th and 21st, this tour traces the stories, individuals, spaces, and events that shaped queer life in the city. We'll visit ...
Boston
90 minutes
LGBTQ-Friendly
Boston By Foot
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Boston's Loyalists
Hear the stories of Bostonians who remained loyal to the British crown
“History is written by the victors” is an oft-quoted aphorism. Our Boston’s Loyalists tour tells the story of Boston’s role in the lead-up to the American War of Independence from the perspective of those who remained loyal to the British crown. This unique tour will visit historic Boston landmarks ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Fort Point and Seaport
Explore the evolution of the South Boston waterfront
The Seaport and Fort Point, two waterfront neighborhoods with the same roots but that look and feel completely different. How did the Seaport turn from a tidal marsh to the newest, hottest part of Boston with gleaming glass towers, high-end restaurants, luxe shopping, and some of the most expensive real ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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Grave Undertakings: Boston's Burying Grounds
Dig deeper into downtown Boston's historic burying grounds
Explore three of downtown Boston's burying grounds and learn about the customs surrounding death and dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into the religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston. Beginning at King's Chapel Burying Ground, this tour will lift the ...
Boston
90 minutes
Boston By Foot
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The Hub of Literary America
Walk in the footsteps of literary greats!
Journey to Victorian Boston and see where writers and poets including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau gathered to share new ideas and influence society! Learn how local publishers lured Charles Dickens and other famous writers to Boston. Discover why Edgar Allan Poe rejected ...
Boston
90 minutes
Private Tours
Boston By Foot
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