Yale Historic Walking Tour: Self-Guided Smartphone Experience

Embark on a self-guided walking tour of Yale University’s historic spots in New Haven. Explore the old campus, visit the New Haven green, and discover the secrets of Yale’s secret societies. Pause the tour to explore the Yale Art Gallery or the Beinecke rare book Library. Download the app now!

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Battell Chapel - The tour starts outside the chapel and you’ll learn about its history and about Elihu Yale, the man who Yale is named after. From there you’ll walk to the Old Campus and be guided step by step through New Haven.
What's Included
  • Flexible schedule, tour at your own pace
  • Visit Yale’s historic landmarks
  • Discover stories behind Yale’s history
  • Self-guided tour with our mobile app
  • Tour access with no expiration date
What's Not Included
  • No food, drink or admission into buildings (Most are free), it’s all outside.
Additional Information

Established in 1701, Yale is the third oldest educational institution in the United States, often described as the most mysterious.

During our exploratory journey, I’ll escort you to some of New Haven’s historical sites, incorporating Yale’s ancient campus, the New Haven Green, and the birthplace of the Hamburger, Louis Lunch, among others, including the Grove Street Cemetery.

Navigate at your speed. You can pause the tour whenever you wish and resume at any time. Facilitated through our Walking Tour app, the tour never ceases. Our tours are professionally crafted for the ultimate engaging experience.

Feel liberated to take a break from the tour and step inside the Yale Art Gallery to witness an authentic Van Gogh or visit the Beinecke rare book Library to gaze upon the original Gutenberg bible. As long as they are operating during standard visiting hours, there’s no admission fee.

You’ll get the chance to experience the Crypts of Yale’s enigmatic societies, such as the Skull and Bones, Book and Snake, Scroll and Keys, and learn more about their affiliates.

Location
Elm Street & College Street
The tour starts at the corner of Elm and College in front of the Battell Chapel and across from the New Haven Green. You will hear about the chapel, the Green and how Yale was named after Elihu Yale.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Ye_l
Aug 16, 2024
A tour at ease - This is my first time using self-guided tour on an APP. It's easy and user-friendly, although it took me while to discover different features.
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B4329icamye
Jun 29, 2024
Wonderful. - We had a fantastic time. The narration was incredible. It was fun, informative and extremely interesting. My husband and I learned so much, yet we didn’t feel overwhelmed or as if we were in a “walking history class.” I have told all my buddies to check out the tours and have already purchased one for Boston.
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Amy_e
Jun 29, 2024
Fantastic tour - We had a fantastic time. The narration was incredible. It was fun, informative and extremely interesting. My husband and I learned so much, yet we didn’t feel overwhelmed or as if we were in a “walking history class.” I have told all my buddies to check out the tours and have already purchased one for Boston.
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Cynthia_j
May 16, 2024
Great solo tour! - Great information and trivia. Love the narrator, kept it fresh. I loved being able to pause the tour so I could look further at various areas. Great tour!
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Infinitusest
Sep 2, 2024
Enjoyable - Pretty good overall - informative and fun. I would change some of the order of the stops, especially towards the end. I would also eliminate the vegan cafe and add more history.
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Eric_r
Aug 1, 2024
Fun time - My kids loved the campus steeple, Art Museum, and Louis lunch. The directions were some times hard to understand, but overall, good job.
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Staceyh485
Jun 14, 2024
Tour at your own pace - Overall, a very good tour. I enjoyed hearing the stories and the "Going Deeper" links. I liked that I could go at my own pace. The script might need updating. The one thing I didn't like was not being able to take pictures and keep the program up. I had to restart everytime I wanted to take a picture. But, other than that, I enjoyed the tour and would do another one.
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Cynthia_s
Jun 8, 2024
Walking tour of Yale - Loved the history! It was well done, but construction on the campus made parts of the tour challenging.
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281krex
Jul 5, 2024
Room to Improve - More buildings could be included (residence halls, churches, etc). More history of campus needed or appreciated for price. Fun to have a self guided tour option though.
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Krista_r
Jul 3, 2024
Lots to Improve On - More info and buildings and history that could be highlighted at Yale. Make a Yale only and a take plus outside community separate tour. We only wanted Yale, its buildings, histories and stories. Not surrounding cinemas and restaurants. More in-depth about each building, who has lectured or lived there, why the building is named what it is, etc…
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