Classic Freedom Trail: Self-Guided Boston Walking Tour

Embark on a self-guided walking tour of Boston’s historic Freedom Trail. Explore Downtown Boston, the North End, and Charlestown at your own pace with the WalknTours app.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Massachusetts State House - We will hear about its dome and the statue across the street
  • Boston Common - We will start at the Boston Common and hear about some of the sites in the oldest public park in the USA.
  • Freedom Trail - This tour takes you along the Freedom Trail from the Boston Common, through old Boston, the North End, over…
What's Included
  • Explore iconic sites along Boston’s Freedom Trail, from the Boston Common to the Hay Market.
  • Discover historic landmarks such as the Granary Burial Ground, Old State House, and Faneuil Hall.
  • Enjoy a GPS-guided, self-paced walking tour with the WalknTours app, valid indefinitely.
  • Immerse yourself in the charm of the North End, Paul Revere’s House,…
What's Not Included
  • No in person guide, this is a smart phone navigated tour on the WalknTours app
Additional Information

Explore the revolutionary past of Boston through this Essential Freedom Trail Walking Tour that covers Historic Downtown Boston, North End, and Charlestown.
-Embark on your journey whenever you want, according to your convenience.
-Guided by the WalknTours app.
-Tour does not have an expiration date - engage with it as many times as you wish….

Location
Boston Common Visitors Center
Tremont Street
All visitors will use the WalknTours app to take the tour. When you get to the Boston Common Visitors Center, open the WalknTours app, login/register your account, open the "Freedom Trail Experience part 1" tour, click purchase and use the Experience code to unlock the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Carlet_a
Nov 6, 2025
Recommend! - IT was easy to use and practical. Very convenient way to learn about the city and history at your ow pace.
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298audrag
Oct 28, 2025
Best way to see the trail - We purchased this and downloaded it on our first day covering half of the trail on one day and most of the back half on the day we left. This is a great guide, easy to use. We went backwards and were able to rewind easily. Great if you want to move through the trail on your own time. Very reasonable price.
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22oceanway
Oct 20, 2025
Highly Recommend - Highly recommend the self guided tour. We loved it - very interesting. We were able to fit around college tours and pause when we wanted to go into places. Advice is to start AT the visitor center- couldn’t get the app to work until we were in front of it. Other than that rocky start it was great. Very long- be prepared for a lot of walking. We only got halfway through it.
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Trey_a
Oct 18, 2025
Easy. Great to go at my... - Easy. Great to go at my own pace. I needed to go quick due to an upcoming flight. Would do this at other places.
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Tamara
Nov 14, 2025
Very engaging . Easy to follow and informative. Nice sound effects and music. Good pace overall. - It was a friendly easy to use app - though it did drain the phone battery. It would have been good to be able to speed it up at times.
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Climber61158472547
Nov 3, 2025
Good app, lot of walking - We used this app in Salem a few days before we went to Boston and decided to give it a try in Boston also. The app is very good and informative. But, there is ALOT of walking involved. After a couple of hours we were only maybe 1/2 way through. It’s great that it just begins talking when you come upon one of the stops on your route. It gives you the freedom to stop and shop or eat along the Route and then to just pick up where you left off. You can go off the Route also and jump to different stops if you would like. We did have a few issues with it not talking when we got to a stop and would have to open the app and tap on the stop to begin the information. Over all it was a good app.
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Robinette_m
Oct 30, 2025
Great trip - long - be audio ready - Takes longer than 2 hours and make sure your audio is working. Otherwise fabulous. the trip is worth the time - but don’t schedule another trip too close :)
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Kurt_c
Oct 23, 2025
We really enjoyed the... - We really enjoyed the tour. Had some questions early on and someone was promptly available to help. So nice to have a plan and hear the history. We were not dissappointed.
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Susan_h
Nov 6, 2025
The information was very... - The information was very good. The playing of the information was sometimes difficult. Going between pages wasn't always smooth. Often it went back to the beginning and restart. It also has location tied in to the playing so that if you aren't in the location, the information can't be listened to. It is unlimited to use but you must be in biston on the freedom trail to play it.
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Jenj04
Nov 2, 2025
Go through the app - Never got the emailed code to start the tour. Downloaded the app and had to pay for it twice. The tour was amazing, but the experience through TripAdvisor was not.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).