Boston is a city with many attractions, and a guided tour can be an excellent way to see its sights and get your bearings. You can take in sights such as Quincy Market, the Freedom Trail and Boston Public Garden while checking out shops, bars and restaurants to return to later in your stay. You can find a range of Boston tours on offer, on different modes of transport and catering to all types of visitors.
Learn about a wide range of tours online at the All Boston Tours website. The site lists several types of tours around the city, including bus tours, walking tours, bicycle tours and shopping tours. You can get details about passes to hop on and off different modes of transport and read customer reviews of tours and cruises that recent visitors have been on. Other highlights available through this site include information on a ferry trip around Cape Cod and a visit to designer outlets at nearby Wrentham Village.
Take a tour on an Old Town Trolley and experience being one of Boston’s sights as you explore the city. Conductors on the trolleys pride themselves on their knowledge of the city and consider themselves as entertainers and storytellers rather than just tour guides. Narrated tours take one hour and 50 minutes, although you can hop on and off when you like. Tickets are valid for two consecutive days.
Enjoy the fun of touring the city on a Boston Duck Tour. The vehicles are amphibious landing crafts that take you around the city on land before splashing into the Charles River. You will see landmarks including the State House, Boston Common and Quincy Market. The tours run March through November and depart from the Museum of Science, the Prudential Center and the New England Aquarium.
See the Boston skyline at night with a Boston City Lights Helicopter Tour. The 40-minute trip flies above Zakim Bridge, over the USS Constitution and past the Hancock and Prudential Towers. You will also see Fenway Park and the Charles River from above while enjoying the city lights across Boston after dark. Tours depart from Lawrence, Massachusetts, 30 miles north of Boston.
Explore the darker side of Boston’s history with a Ghosts and Gravestones Tour. You will tour the streets once terrorized by the Boston Strangler, walk through historical burying grounds and hear tales of torture, punishment and executions from the city’s past. Tours run from Atlantic Avenue every 30 minutes from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and last 90 minutes. They may not be suitable for young children.
