Boston Tavern Tour: Historic Pubs & Landmarks

Experience the rich history of Boston through a 3.5-hour walking tour of historic taverns. Enjoy tastings, a ferry ride, and learn about iconic figures like Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • North End - All Food & Drink Tours start in the North End. The North End is Boston’s oldest neighborhood, first settled in 1630. Today, this area is affectionately known as Little Italy, and is home to some of the City’s very best restaurants, pizzerias and bakeries. From here, walk to historic Long Wharf to catch a scenic Ferry Ride across Boston…
What's Included
  • Explore 5 significant Freedom Trail sites
  • Complimentary snacks provided
  • Experience a scenic round-trip ferry ride across Boston Harbor
  • Relax with a drink at a historic tavern frequented by George Washington and Paul Revere
  • Visit the ‘Oldest Tavern in America’ with history dating back to 1795
  • Guided tour by a professional local expert
  • Enjoy two included drinks (choice of beer, wine or soft drink)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Raise a glass to the legendary figures of Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and George Washington as you experience nearly 400 years of Tavern History in Boston. This engaging 3.5-hour Walking Tour (approximately 2.5 miles) also features a Round-Trip Ferry ride across the picturesque Boston Harbor! Discover and learn about FIVE Freedom Trail sites. The tour…

Location
Modern Pastry - Underground
Hanover Street
Tours start in Boston's historic North End. Meet your Tour Guide at Modern Pastry Underground. Please DO NOT wait in line for the pastry shop - walk right in, and head downstairs!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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301sethg
Jan 28, 2025
Our tour guide Alvin made this great tour even better - Alvin is the absolute man! So I set up a bachelor trip party for my brother in Boston with 4 other guys. We all have a variety of interests from nerdier interests to sports and from beer and drinking, to less booze inclined. Each one of us had a blast with our tour guide Alvin. We saw bunker hill and discussed much of the history of the taverns. He was knowledgeable of specifically American colonial history as well as simply local history in general and know matter what ridiculous questions we asked or how the conversation changed from sports, to how a neighborhood changed, to where to find good pizza/seafood, he not only kept up with it, but added a ton of interesting information. The settings and discussions were mostly free flowing and easy and he was honestly just an all around great drinking buddy with a great sense of the area both historically and today. This trip is definitely worth it and if the people in charge see this review, just know Alvin is a fantastic employee and you definitely lucked out with him.
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Herbert_t
Dec 31, 2024
Boston Walk tour - So worth it !!! 2 drinks & 2 appetizers and a Cannoli at the end. BIG AL knew his history - was Passionate and funny all at one.
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Shawnmahf
Nov 9, 2024
History and Pub tour of Boston - This tour was so much more than we expected! Our guide-Al- was so knowledgeable and actually quite funny and was a ‘go with the flow’ type of person-we are too! Great way to see the city, hear some history and grab some beers in a few of the countries oldest pubs! Seriously well worth the cost and we can’t recommend it enough! Thanks Al for a fantastic experience! We can’t wait to meet you in Detroit!
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Jason_p
Nov 8, 2024
Alvin is AMAZING. - Learning about historic Boston. Walking through the North End. The ferry rides. The historic pubs. The whole tour was incredible.
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Jayhawknic
Nov 7, 2024
Excellent Tour - Big Al was awesome. He was a wealth of information but presented it all in a way that made it all super interesting. It is alot of walking so wear comfy shoes. We really enjoyed the entire tour. The cannoli from Modern Pastry was INCREDIBLE! I will definitely book another tour the next time we come to town.
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Benjamin_w
Oct 22, 2024
Big Al was awesome - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. Lots of history, really cool destinations, and our tour guide, Big Al, was absolutely awesome. Friendly, great personality, very knowledgeable, and just all around a great dude. He made this tour truly amazing.
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632jene
Oct 16, 2024
Historic Tavern Tour & Ferry Ride - Big Al was very knowledgeable & made the entire tour relaxing. It was enjoyable and worth the price of the ticket. I enjoyed his historic information as well as general Boston city in-depth information
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Katherine_s
Oct 6, 2024
Pub crawl - Tour guide was excellent and knowledgeable. He enjoyed what he was doing and it showed. Very ride and beer were great too.
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William_s
Oct 1, 2024
The Best Tour of Boston - Our tour guide Big Al (Alvin) was awesome! We learned so much about Boston. He was very knowledgeable and very fun. Highly recommend!!!
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Tammyandfred_e
Sep 26, 2024
Great Tour, history lessons, food and drinks - Big Al was a knowledgeable and entertaining guide. The food and history lessons were great. We would do this again and can't recommend him enough!
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