Freedom Trail Tour: Boston's Revolutionary War History

Experience Boston’s Revolutionary War history on a 90-minute walking tour of the Freedom Trail. Learn about the founding of America and explore historic sites. Perfect for families, tourists, and locals!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Boston Town Crier - Walking tour of the Freedom Trail. You will see the Boston Massacre site, Granary Burial Ground,Old Colonial State House ,Faneuil Hall,and 9 other important historical sites.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Tours run at 9:30, 12:30 and 2:30 M-W, and 9:30, 12:30, 2:30,

Boston’s Revolutionary War history explored on a 90-minute walking tour of the Freedom Trail. We cover the first 11 historic sites starting in Boston Common, at the Visitor Information Center, and ending at Faneuil Hall.

Entertaining and educational, it’s early American history with a focus on the Revolutionary War. Patriotic, fascinating stories of America’s founding by great patriots in Boston. Great for families, tourists, locals, teenagers, and children! A highlight of many people’s visit here. A must-do for the true Bostonian experience.

We offer the earliest tours available at 9:30AM. Enjoy the Freedom Trail when it’s cooler outside and less crowded. Check our schedule and reach out with questions for us.

We can’t wait to walk through history with you!

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
139 Tremont St
Tremont Street
Directions: Take the Green or Red Lines to Park Street Station subway stop, down Tremont St to the right of the station. OR Downtown Crossing with Orange + Red Lines There is also parking in the Underground Garage under Boston Common via Charles Street.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gary_d
Sep 14, 2024
Great walking tour! - We had such a great time. Our tour guide, Jeff (Samuel Gray) did a wonderful job bringing the stories to life. Would highly recommend…
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Elaine_j
Aug 30, 2024
Great historical detail - Great story teller. Especially enjoyed learning the significance of coins on military graves. It was a hot day and our guide did an excellent job of trying to keep us in the shade as much as possible, which then allowed us to listen and really enjoy his talks of various historical figures from the start of the American Revolution.
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Mnblowin
Aug 12, 2024
Fabulous tour, even better guide. - Fantastic tour - entertaining and knowledgeable guide! Jeremiah Poole was our guide and he was fantastic - even on a scorching hot day he kept three teens entertained (no mean feat, I can tell you!) He was incredibly knowledgeable, very very funny, and a pleasure to spend a couple of hours with. If it hadn't been so darn hot we'd have done the afternoon tour with him too!
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Ed_e
Aug 6, 2024
Great tour filled with lots of history. - Enjoyed to tour learned many new facts about the history along the trail. Got details on the key players and enjoyed the stories provided. The guide was very entertaining, really knowledgeable and painted a colorful picture of each event.
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Barbara_b
Jul 24, 2024
Fun Guided Tour of the Freedom Trail - Visiting Boston for the first time and wanted to immerse myself in some of the rich history. Really enjoyed this guided walking tour along the Freedom Trail.
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Brandi
Jun 12, 2024
Great introduction to Boston! - It was very informative and was a great way to see the Boston Common area. And before and after the tour the area is great for shopping and eating. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and made it entertaining.
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B5088ukralphr
Mar 20, 2024
Amazing tour - My tour guide was excellent in explaining the history and important things about each place visiting. I wish I remembered his name but I believe he is the Dutch man . I went on a Tuesday afternoon and ended up with a private tour since no one else booked the trip . I highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to know how our country got its start
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Patricia_b
Aug 26, 2024
Interesting and Informative Walk - Tour was fun the tour guide was useful to learn about American history. It was packed well and walking was doable. It was something we would recommend. Also, we had to modify our reservation due to travel issues and the customer arrive person was very nice and accommodating.
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Cyndi_t
Jun 16, 2024
Ok - We booked on Viator to see the history of Boston. The booking did not state a time for the tour, but only said that it was open from 9:30 to 4:00. We assumed that the tours form and leave when there are enough people, as some do. We got to the start of the tour at 2:50. No one was there. We called the number on the booking and were told that the tour left at 2:30 but that we could probably catch up with it. We did, but missed the first 1/2 of the tour. The tour guide said he would give us a tour at the end with the things that we missed. He was nice, and knowledgeable. The tour pointed out historical places, but it would have been nice to go inside some places for a brief look to put the dialogue into perspective. When we got to the end of the tour, we asked the tour guide if we would be continuing with some of the things we missed (as he had stated in the beginning). He said, no, he had to go home. It was disappointing. The tour company said that it was not aware that Viator did not put the time of the tour on the booking. This needs to be done.
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Kenneth_r
Sep 30, 2024
Way too many people - 70 people were on this walking tour. Some were down the next block. Even though Captain Pickles had a little speaker it was hard to hear. Too many people to cross the streets together. Poor interaction between the guide and people. Lost interest when there is just someone on a speaker with noise around. One woman fell crossing the street because so many people close together.
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