1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
Looking for a short and not too strenuous activity for after lunch? Join us for an abbreviated tour of the Freedom Trail! From Boston Common to Faneuil Hall and everything in between, let our highly trained and knowledgeable guides take you on a tour through Boston's downtown, and its history! While our focus is on the American Revolution, there's so much more to our city than patriots and loyalists. Let us take you on a journey through our founding, independence, literary history and political drama as we follow along the Freedom Trail. Before we're through we're certainly you'll have fallen in love with our city just as much as we have!
We start on the beautiful Boston Common, for a quick overview of the tour and view of the Massachusetts State House and Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Park Street Church is uniquely situated at the corner of park and Tremont, a crossroads of American history and conflicting ideals
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Founding fathers, changemakers and colorful personalities have made the Granary Burying Ground their final resting place. Hear about these individuals fascinating lives (or deaths) and take in some of the most quintessentially New England mortuary art around.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
One of Boston Early Anglican Churches in Boston, King’s Chapel is a witness sight to many of the events of the American Revolution, and its adjoining Burying Ground is the final resting place of a number of notable Bostonians
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The original sight of the Boston Latin School, famous students include a number of founding fathers, one of whom is its most famous drop-out! You’ll have to join the tour to find out who!
6 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Once the center of literary life in New England, Old Corner Bookstore played host to Dickens, Stowe, Hawthorne and so many more!
• Admission Ticket Not Included
One of Boston’s early Puritan Congregations, Old South stood the test of time. The home congregation to both patriots and loyalists, this is the only original site connected to the Boston Tea Party left standing in Boston, its story of survival and endurance is worth remembering!
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The seat of Royal Government for Colonial Massachusetts, and Early State government for the Commonwealth, the political life of this building is where many of our nation’s founders cut their teeth in politics. Join us to learn about how this civic center impacted people like john and Samuel Adams, John Hancock and many others!
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Right in front of the East Façade of the Old State House happened one of the most pivotal moments in the lead up to the American Revolution. But what was the Boston Massacre really? And why would it take another 6 years for the impact of this event to boil over into the shot heard round the world?
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Faneuil Hall, once referred to as the “cradle of Liberty”, the name has stuck since that moment. Our final stop on the abbreviated tour, we will part ways under the shadow of one of Boston’s most recognizable landmarks.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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