Self Guided "Historic Boston Downtown Freedom Trail" Audio/GPS Walking Tour

Discover the stories behind historic Boston sites on a self-guided tour of downtown, and enjoy the flexibility to experience the city on your own schedule. Booking this tour means access to audio guides that never expire, so you can explore as much—or as little—as you want at a time. The included GPS-enabled app gives turn-by-turn directions as expert tour guides narrate revolutionary history and more.

Independent smartphone tour you can access whenever you want
Focus on downtown Boston sites for an in-depth experience
Included exterior visits to key Freedom Trail landmarks
Revisit the tour with 360-degree photo guides

What To Expect

Freedom Trail

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.
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial

Learn the history of the 54th and how they changed America as the 2nd black regiment that fought in the civil war.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Massachusetts State House

Learn about it’s golden dome, what’s on top and its history.
• Admission Ticket Free

Park Street Church

Learn about its explosive past and see where they stored the gun powder in the war of 1812
• Admission Ticket Free

King’s Chapel

Learn about it’s steeple, bell and historic past.
• Admission Ticket Free

Omni Parker House

The oldest continually run hotel in the USA.
• Admission Ticket Free

Old City Hall

See the old city hall and the location of the first school in the US, Boston Latin.
• Admission Ticket Free

Old South Meeting House

Hear the story about how the Boston Tea Party began.
• Admission Ticket Free

Granary Burying Ground

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.
13 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Boston Massacre Site

Stop at the Boston Massacre site and relive the events of that day on a 3 minute sound experience
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Faneuil Hall Marketplace

We will visit the Cradle of Liberty and see one of the most visited sites in the USA, Faneuil Hall.
• Admission Ticket Free

Union Oyster House

We will hear the story of where JFK and his family often dined, the oldest continually run restaurant in the USA.
• Admission Ticket Free

The Green Dragon Tavern

Stop that the Green Dragon, the headquarters of the revolution, and hear the story of it’s revolutionary history.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Old State House

See the old State house, the historic site of many events.
• Admission Ticket Free

Haymarket

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.
1 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

New England Holocaust Memorial

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.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

122 Bowdoin St

JFK’s residence! This was the spot JFK lived, we will stop outside the door and learn the story of JFK in Boston.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Spring Street

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!
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Commonwealth Books

You’ll see one of the oldest, and coolest, book shops in Boston hidden down a small, very local alley.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Location Aware (GPS guided) walking tour on the WalknTours app
Upon completion your virtual tour will unlock, listen anytime and experience in 360° photos
See the Famous sites on the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, Old state house, Granary, Kings Chapel more
See the spot JFK lived!
See Benjamin Franklin’s Birthplace
Learn the story of the donkey infront of the old city hall
Enter both the Granary burial ground and King Chapel burial ground and explore
Learn about the 54th Memorial and how they changed history forever

Exclude

This is on your smart phone, NO in person human guide, no entrance into buildings, it’s all outside

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