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: 24 hours
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…

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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Stacy50
Jul 29, 2025
Perfect introduction to New Haven - A very nice way to tour New Haven and Yale. The audio was easy to follow and had some great info. Allowed us to have a base for what to see on campus. Would recommend to anyone who has not been here before.
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Candace_r
Jul 15, 2025
Easy to navigate and very informative! - Very easy to figure out directions, great information, just the right amount of history. I absolutely love this and have already looked up tours for when I am in Dublin and London later in the fall! Highly recommend!
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Stephanie
Jul 14, 2025
Great Choice! - The tour was excellent! Very informative, and it was wonderful, seeing all of the old buildings and hearing the history.
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Stephanie_k
Jul 12, 2025
Perfect for out of towners - It was great! We had the option to learn more about some of the landmarks if we wanted. There was plenty of detail at each stop. We loved the tour!
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Alfred_l
Jun 3, 2025
Great way to see New Haven & Yale - This tour really delivers a great experience and is packed full of information. We were not expecting such a great tour via an app, so it blew us away with how intuitive it operated. For example, when the guide finishes telling you about a site and directs you to the next intersection to continue the tour, the app guides you there and plays music until you reach the specified location. Very impressed with the app design and excited to see that there are other locations for tours available. Another plus was being able to pause the narrative and jump ahead to another location. Again, kudos on the programming and functionality. We'll definitely be looking for opportunities to use it again in other locations.
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Kelly_m
Mar 9, 2025
I am in New Haven for a... - I am in New Haven for a week and I really wanted to do a tour of Yale and came across this one. I just completed the full tour and I have to say it was incredible. The person who put this together did an excellent job on capturing the highlights of the university as well as the history. A great way to tour Yale
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Erin
Jun 29, 2025
Good, but… - The convenience of downloading the tour can’t be beat The information and history given was pretty good but I found the navigation instructions to be about 80% accurate
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Shari_b
Jun 22, 2025
The information on the... - The information on the tour was good. The only problem was some of the buildings weren't open. Therefore, when you talk about what's happening inside the building, we were not able to actually get a first-hand view.
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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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Amelia_y
Jun 22, 2025
New Haven Yale Walk - It was a nice walk but it would have been nice to be able to enter some of the stops. I personally didn't find some of the commentary very interesting.
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From $10
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).