AFTER IMAGES TRAVEL
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617-777-3748
617-777-3748, www.afterimagestravel.com. Departs from 1 Charles St. at Beacon Street (outside Starbucks). Tue–Sun at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., or by appointment. Tickets: $60. Reservations recommended. Learn how to “see” and take great photos on this three-hour guided walking tour of Boston’s most interesting neighborhoods. Walks led by B.F.A./M.F.A.-level visual artists and photographers.
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ANTIQUE LIMOUSINE
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 781-715-1922
617-309-6414. www.Antique-Limousine.com. Tours by appointment only. Enjoy historic Freedom Trail tours in a 1939 Cadillac eight-passenger limousine, just like the Godfather’s car. Get close to the sights where the trolleys and duck tours can’t. The drivers dress, speak and act the part. Just don’t mess with them or you might be riding in the trunk. They’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. Ask about their specials. Call to schedule a pick up.
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BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617-742-5415
46 Joy St., 617-725-0022. Free tours by appointment only. Call at least 24 hours in advance for reservations. Visit www.afroammuseum.org for site descriptions. A guided tour through the north side of Beacon Hill, including the homes of politicians and entrepreneurs; the African Meeting House, built in 1806; the oldest standing house built by an African-American (1797); and the home of Lewis and Harriet Hayden, who harbored runaway slaves. Maps are available at the Museum of African-American History.
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BOSTON BIKE TOURS
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617 308-5902
617-308-5902. Tours: Sat & Sun at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets: $35–40. Tours make stops at various sites while your guide shares history and pokes fun at the city and its heritage. Tours leave from the Boston Common Visitor Center at Park Street Station (bikes and equipment are provided).
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BOSTON BY FOOT
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617-367-2345
617-367-2345 or 617-367-3766. Through Oct 31. Tickets:?$12; children (6–12) $8, unless noted. Call for tour locations. Guided 90-minute tours highlighting the rich architecture and history of the city, led by trained volunteers. The Heart of the Freedom Trail, Mon–Fri at 10 a.m., Sat &?Sun at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Victorian Back Bay, Mon at 5:30 p.m., Fri at 2 p.m., Sun at 10 a.m.; Literary Landmark Tour, Sat at 10 a.m.; Beacon Hill, Mon–Fri at 5:30 p.m., Sat & Sun at 2 p.m.; North End, Fri–Sun at 1 p.m.; Boston Underfoot, Sun at 1 p.m., tickets:?$14; Boston?By?Little Feet, Fri & Sat at 10 a.m., Sun at 2 p.m., tickets:?$8.
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BOSTON CHOCOLATE TOUR
Category: Tours and Trails
departs from the corner of Boylston and Charles streets, 617-269-7010. Through Apr 25. Sat at 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Tickets: $80. Reservations required. Old Town Trolley takes chocoholics on a delicious tour of some of Boston’s most decadent chocolate creations, including desserts at the glamorous Top of the Hub restaurant, authentic Boston cream pie at the Omni Parker House and the piece de resistance, the Chocolate Bar buffet at the Langham Hotel.
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BOSTON CHOCOLATE TROLLEY TOUR
Category: Tours and Trails
departs from the corner of Boylston and Charles streets, 617-269-7010. Sat at 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Tickets: $80. Reservations required. Old Town Trolley takes chocoholics on a delicious tour of some of Boston’s most decadent chocolate creations, including desserts at the glamorous Top of the Hub restaurant, authentic Boston cream pie at the Omni Parker House and the piece de resistance, the Chocolate Bar buffet at the Langham Hotel.
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BOSTON DUCK TOURS
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617-267-3825
Prudential Center and Museum of Science. www.bostonducktours.com. Tours: Sat & Sun 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Tickets: $29.95; seniors, students & military $26; children (3–11) $20; (under 3) $6; Group discounts available. Experience the city in an amazing vehicle that rides on land and water. The 80-minute tour visits most of Boston’s famous sights. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, your Duck splashes into the Charles River for a spectacular water view.
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BOSTON IRISH HERITAGE TRAIL
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 617-696-9880
various sites Downtown and in the Back Bay, 617-696-9880. Maps available at Boston Common and Prudential Center Visitor Information Centers. www.irishheritagetrail.com. This self-guided, three-mile walking tour covers 300 years of history, taking you through Boston’s downtown, North End, Beacon Hill and Back Bay neighborhoods. Learn about famous politicians, artists and war heroes, and the Boston Irish’s rich tradition of rebellion, leadership and triumph.
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BOSTON MOVIE TOURS
Category: Tours and Trails
Telephone : 866-668-4345
866-MOVIE-45. www.bostonmovietours.net. Walking tours: Mon–Fri at 2 p.m., Sat at 1 p.m. Theater-on-Wheels bus tours: Wed–Sun at 11 a.m. Tickets: Walking tours $21, seniors & students $18, children (6–12) $11; Theater-on-Wheels $37, seniors & students $34, children (6–12) $28. Experience the city of Boston the way Tinseltown has through such films as A Civil Action, Good Will Hunting, Mystic River, The Departed and others. Both the 90-minute Boston Movie Mile Walking Tour and the 150-minute Theater-on-Wheels Tour—aboard a bus outfitted with video monitors playing movie clips, touring the city in climate-controlled comfort—take movie buffs to filming locations around Boston and Cambridge, sharing trivia and anecdotes about Hollywood in the Hub.
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