Boston · AUDIO TOURS
Good audio tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Explore Boston’s Freedom Trail at your own pace with GPS audio guidance, from Boston Common to Bunker Hill and the USS Constitution.
“A very helpful, and well done audio guide. Ear buds recommended because of street noise. I had some trouble syning the audio with my position along the tour”
Walk Boston’s Freedom Trail at your own pace with GPS audio stories, offline maps, and lifetime access for a low $9.99 price.
“Easy to use and follow. We stopped during the trip for lunch and picked it up where we left off. Definitely recommend”
Review of the Lexington and Concord self-guided audio tour, with 29 stories, offline maps, historic stops, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Getting lost. Not totally the app’s fault but it could have been better. The content was very interesting so once we were on track it was good.”
Explore Beacon Hill’s Underground Railroad sites by phone, with dramatic audio, self-paced walking, and practical tips for this $9.75 tour.
“Lost our way and couldn't get back on the correct route. Tried several times to rewind the tour narration.”
Explore Plymouth’s Pilgrim landmarks at your own pace with offline audio stories, flexible timing, and lifetime access for $14.99.
“We enjoy these self guided tours. It’s nice to be able to do side stuff during the tour and then pick right back up where you left off. This was shorter than previous ones we’ve done but was still vey informative and enjoyable.”
Explore downtown Boston’s Freedom Trail by GPS audio tour, with pause-and-play freedom, 360-degree guides, and historic sites for $5.
“Unable to log on with no help from customer service. We gave up and never took the tour. Could not get a refund.”
Explore Boston’s Old North Church with a self-guided audio tour covering Paul Revere, lantern signals, and colonial congregants for $8.
“I found the tour very boring. Didn’t use the audio part after 10 minutes. Lots of restoration going on in the church”
Walk Boston’s Freedom Trail at your own pace with offline audio stories, historic graves, and a flexible route from the State House to Paul Revere House.
“App is very glitchy. If you wander off the path and explore other areas, it is hard to get the app back on track. Cannot easily do the route in a different order either (if starting at the opposite end from where the audio tour starts).”
Walk Boston’s Harborwalk and Tea Party sites with a GPS audio guide, historic stories, offline maps, and lifetime access for $9.99.
“I love these audio tours! I can go at my own pace along the tour. It was very informative and lots of little known facts.”
Walk Boston from Copp’s Hill to the Public Garden with GPS audio, Revolutionary stories, immigrant history, and a flexible $7 route.
“It was very well done and easy to use. The tour took my family much longer than the estimated time but we enjoyed it.”
Explore Salem’s haunted sites and witch-trial history with a flexible seven-day audio tour, available in six languages for $10.
“nothing was marked so it was difficult to follow. walking through neighborhoods was a little sketchy. We drove to majority of the spots because of the heat.”
Explore Salem’s Hawthorne haunts with a $5 self-guided audio walk, ghost tales, historic sites, and flexible pacing on your phone.
“We enjoyed hearing the history and ghost tales to go along with the sights we saw. We sidetracked to go through the Salem Witch Museum before picking up again.”
Explore Boston at your own pace with audio tours of the Freedom Trail, Harvard, the Harborwalk, and Cape Ann, with offline maps and lifetime access.
“Hearing the history of the area at a leisurely pace while driving. Loved the concise history narration.”
Walk Boston’s Freedom Trail with GPS audio guidance, from Paul Revere’s North End to the Public Garden, with history, food, and practical tips.
“Very good tour. A lot of information was given on the stops, also some small information on food/drinks. Good instructions to go to the next stops on the tour. Takes about 4h to complete.”
Explore Plymouth’s Pilgrim story on a $9.75 self-guided GPS walk from the Mayflower II to the Jabez Howland House.
“The information was well presented and detailed enough to give a good understanding of the events. It was nice that the narrator filled in history while walking to each subsequent location.”
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