This page provides details of our free Boston Freedom Trail Walking Tour, including tips on directions, times and sights covered.
- Tour Description
- Sights Covered
- Meeting Point and Schedule
- GPS enabled Self-Guided Tour
- Other Free Boston Tours
- Things to Do in Boston
Tour Description
Boston's historic center may be small, but it packs in so much history.
From an experiment in Puritan exclusiveness to an inclusive modern metropolis, every street, corner and building whispers stories of the past.
The Boston Massacre and the original Tea Party took place here. Sam Adams, Ben Franklin, and George Washington all roamed its streets.
Before you take our tour, read our Freedom Trail Map and Guide for advice on parking, food, and maps.
Join Free Tours by Foot as we stroll the Freedom Trail's ancient streets, past historic cemeteries and colonial stone houses all the while hearing tales of rebellion, war and the independence of a nation.
It's the epic story of Boston's rise and America's birth.
Before taking the tour, read up on some of the sites and characters covered on our Freedom Trail Sites List.
Sights we cover on the tour:
- Boston Common
- Massachusetts State House
- Park Street Church
- Granary Burying Ground
- King's Chapel
- Old South Meeting House
- Old Corner Bookstore
- Old State House
- Boston Massacre Site
- Faneuil Hall
- and much more!
Tour information
Reservations: REQUIRED. Click here to reserve. Groups of 6 or more must contact us before booking.
Where: Outside the Park St. T Station on the eastern edge of Boston Common (map). Tour ends at Faneuil Hall.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours. Tour distance is approximately 1 mile (1.6K)
When: View our full tour schedule.
This tour runs year-round
- Take this tour anytime with our GPS-enabled audio tour app.
Cost: This tour is free to take, and you get to decide what, if anything, the tour was worth when it's done. A name-your-own-price tour is a tour for anyone's budget.
Save even more money with a Boston tourist discount pass.
GPS Enabled Self Guided Tour of Boston
Can't make one of our guided tours? No problem, we have recorded some of our best tour guides giving their tours and put them on a GPS enabled app.
Each tour offers an off-line option to view the map and hear the audio of each walk so that you don't need to have GPS maps running with the app.
Here is how it works:
- Purchase an Audio Tour
- Receive a confirmation email with all the details.
- Enjoy the tour(s).
Even if you don't download any tours, you will still have access to valuable information on sightseeing.
Listen to a sample of our Freedom Trail Tour.