Testimonials

“I took the 5 hour tour yesterday in Boston. John was my tour guide. It was fantastic. He was a wonderful guide and I learned so much. He has inspired me to learn more about this period in history and especially Mayor Curley. Thank you John for spending so much time in developing this tour and imparting so much fascinating new information to me and my friend. I am looking forward to my next tour and continuing my membership.”

“Linda was our guide for the tour for little feet this morning... and she did a great job. We definitely had plenty of little feet in this tour and she handled it well. She was fun, informative, and caring. ”

“We did 2 tours over 3 days. Fran was our lead on the Freedom Trail. We were uncertain as the park service has a free tour but we decided to give it a shot with Boston By Foot. Glad we did because when you see the park service tour leave they have big groups like 20 - 30 people where as out group had 7 (5 was my family and 2 others) so you get to hear everything and ask questions. Fran was very good.

We also did Beacon Hill and and Tom was our guide. Again a great tour! ”

“This was my first Boston by Foot tour, and I'm super interested in the MBTA and the Big Dig - this tour was awesome. Our tour guide Alysha was an architect herself and was so knowledgeable about the history of Boston involving the evolving shoreline of colonial Boston, to the historical feat of the Big Dig, to the fun facts about the subway system. She was super enthusiastic too! This tour is definitely something you don't find with your average tour company. We were in small groups too, so it made it easy to ask questions. I've lived in Massachusetts and Boston myself for my whole life and still learned some many new facts about Boston!! Double Thumbs Up!!! ”

“Our tour guide, Prudence, was great. Very knowledgeable, informative, great sense of humor. Her enthusiasm for the history of this period was contagious. I will definitely recommend this tour to visitors to Boston.”

“We did the Little Feet 60 minute walking tour with our kids (ages 6 and 8). The tour guide interacted very well with the kids and kept them engaged (a challenging feat). It was informative/educational for both kids and adults. The tour started at Faneuil Hall and went to the Old State House and the current City Hall, among other places. Highly recommended for teaching your kids about the history of Boston in a fun way.”

“Great Freedom Trail Tour!

We took this tour and greatly enjoyed it. Our guide was very knowleadgeable and we learned much more than what was written in our printed guide. It's a fun way to walk on the Freedom trail and discover the city.”

“I had some visitors in from Hong Kong and wanted to give them a flavor of Boston. I contacted Boston by Foot and we discussed a customized tour that would show us some history and end up in Chinatown.

We met our guide, Owen at Park Street station and spent the next hour and a half checking out some of the historical buildings along he Freedom Trail, the Big Dig and end in Chinatown with some little factoids about the Chinese coming to Boston. The tour was very professional, yet casual, allowing us to ask as many questions as we wanted. We did this at a leisurely pace to cover about 2 miles.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the information and pace of the tour.”

“Will was an excellent tour guide. He was so knowledgeable and fully engaged the children. He made sure that they heard facts that would interest them while still giving so much historical information. I wish I had learned history the way Will taught it!”

“I particularly wanted to commend Margaret and her excellent commentary on the Ben Franklin Homes and Haunts tour. Her commentary was the right pace, the right depth, stunningly well-informed, passionate and balanced at the same time, gently amusing ... in fact, faultless. Thanks”

“Today, Babz and Beth introduced me to the magic of the Esplanade. Being a cancer patient at MGH I have always been intrigued by the closeness of the Charles to the MGH complex, but never dared to access it. BBF introduced me to a place of visual wonder and such a place full of life being lived to the fullest by so many. I now have another wonderful place to experience on my not-always-so-pleasant visits to MGH besides the Meditative Garden on the top of the Yawkey Center and the cafeteria overlooking the Charles at Mass Eye and Ear.”

“Bill was great on the heart of Freedom Trail -- I learned so much from him and have recommended his tour to my friends. Gene escorted my afternoon tour to the North End and like Bill's tour, it was so fun and so informative. That night I gave a tour to my friend who couldn't participate! Thank You for all you do! ”

“I would just like to offer some praise for our tour guide, Mike, who graduated with a history degree from Northeastern. The weather was bitter cold, but he made the tour fly by as we heard stories about the early days of Boston and the colonial revolt. I have taken other tours in other cities around the world, but rarely do you have a tour guide who seems to love history and enjoy telling stories of American patriots.”

“Diane was our guide, and she did such a wonderful job with the kids She did a great job involving the adults too.”

“Just went on a great tour of the neighborhood called Chestnut Hill. Turns out that Boston By Foot does monthly tours outside of their regular tours of the Freedom Trail, Beacon Hill and the like. The tour of Chestnut Hill was a great way to explore the neighborhood, getting to know more about its architecture and history. Days later, driving through Brookline, I noticed Lee Street. Before the weekend I wouldn't have known the significance of that name (and names like Lawrence and Hammond Streets), but now I do! A sure sign of not only a good tour, but a great and fun learning experience!”

“Great tour, Gretchen, our tour guide did an excellent job. She was very knowledgeable, professional and kept things on point. We enjoyed it very much.”

“Went on the Sunday morning Freedom Trail tour and loved it. Margaret, our volunteer guide (who is as good, if not better, than a professional imo) shared with us the stories of the big 5 of the Revolution: James Otis, Joseph Warren, John Hancock, Samuel Adams and John Adams. All the guys who were so instrumental in "the Cause" -- which led to American Independence. She wove them throughout the tour and showed us the sites they visited too. I'm a Bostonian, but being downtown on a Sunday morning was a bit of a revelation. No hoards of folks streaming to work. Most of the tourists were still in bed -- so walking around in my hometown was just lovely. I think being with a Boston By Foot guide points out things you just would walk by without a second glance. I like that they are a non-profit educational organization too.”

“Hello Little Feet!!! Our guide is so fabulous with children! We had 5 little girls ranging in ages from 5 to 13. The guide was able to keep them all attentive and interested for 1 hour -- a great feat!!!! I know that they will always remember the Boston Massacre due to our guides ability to have them act it out. My husband and I recommended your tour to our friends as we were so thrilled and happy with how it was conducted. Many thanks to Meg -- she's the greatest!!”

The docents leading The Freedom Trail tours in Boston are the best I've seen in any city. Very knowledgeable, very personable and you immediately understand why it is important for you to take this tour if it's your first time in Boston. Otherwise you won't know what treasures you pass on the street that played such a huge part in our American history. Bravo!”

“My husband and I took our nieces on the Boston By Little Feet tour Saturday morning, which was great. Our tour guide was well-informed and really good with the kids!

“Our tour guide was terrific! It was so interesting to see where the land and sea met at different periods in history, and the different take on the usual history lesson for the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre. Thanks for making that happen for us.”

“our tour guide was fabulous. She was informative, interesting, and very knowledgeable. Despite the rain she went out of her way to make sure that we were comfortable all along the way.”

“What a great tour we had with Tom this morning! Knowledgeable, engaging, humorous! Our first Boston by Foot Tour and we'll be back for more!”

“Our guide, Terri, was the most informed, but also a most personable guide we have had in years--and one of us ran these kinds of tours in NYC!”

“This was my 2nd Big Foot tour and it was - again - absolutely phenomenal... Every BBF tour I take teaches me something I never knew about Boston before. I am proud to be a member of this great organization and yes, am thinking of becoming a guide myself. All the guides I've encountered so far are just brimming with their love of Boston history, they're certainly my kind of people.”

“Bravo for the Charles River Basin Tour that I went on today and for our leader Liam. The walk itself was fascinating, going to places I have only driven by... Liam brought the places alive.”

“Best dam tour ever and best bridges, parks, odd gravelly bits and boardwalks with stripey lights...”

“Excellent tour. Discoveries around every turn.”

“WOW - Congratulations and many thanks for such an awesome tour. Can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this tour.”

“I went on a tour with Barbara last Thursday... She was very personable and very knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the tour and am going to recommend Boston by Foot to any of my friends going to Boston! Thank you.”

“ Johnny Tremain tour... Beth was outstanding as a tour guide. My two grandchildren and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour.”

“An absolutely wonderful way to spend the 4th of July. Our guide, John, was an absolute powerhouse of information. A fabulous tour!!!!!!”

“The tour yesterday evening, The Dark Side of Boston, with Dina was awesome. She is such a wonderful guide and storyteller. Thanks!”

“Once again, the tour was superbly planned and delivered. Our guide, Sally, shared a wide and deep knowledge of the neighborhood, and sprinkled the tour with fascinating facts and anecdotes.”

“We had at least twice as many people show up for the tour. Because they were prepared and had several experienced guides in the group, the BBF lead split us into three groups which made each group very manageable and personal. Our enthusiastic guide pointed out many historical sites along the route and also emphasized the architectural differences in the homes and how they changed over the years.”

“Your guide was a true gem! Her tour was very personal, passionate, and enlightening. This experience fares very positively as compared to many "professional" guides I have encountered elsewhere, from New York to San Francisco, Istanbul or Barcelona.”

“I took the Art Deco tour on Sunday with Tom... I was very impressed. I have lived here since 1990, and it was all new to me. There were beautiful treasures that I had walked by 100s of times.”

“The tour was great, Sally is a marvel.”

“Gretchen is an excellent guide! I can listen to her for hours!”

“It's all good: the fresh air, the exercise, the history and culture, the company. It's safe and fun.”

“I went on that North End tour yesterday ... and I'll tell you I've been on a lot of tours all over the world and I'll tell you Lee was fantastic. He was one of the best I've ever had. I love how he brought his little stories in and brought us into some different places.”

“What a fantastic tour we had! The former M.D. who was our guide was wonderful, entertaining and wickedly smart. It was absolutely perfect.”

“Thanks for the wonderful Back Bay tour. My host-father & mother enjoyed very much. My guide was Gretchen... she is great.”

“This is a part of Boston I knew nothing about, and it's filled with interesting and beautiful houses. I never would have known about it if not for this walk.”

“I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for assisting [us] on our tours. Your staff made it both fun and enjoyable. You guys went far beyond the call of Duty from Luke and Fran at the Heart of the Freedom Trail to Jeff and Sally at the Beacon Hill tour to Denny and yourself at the North End tour. We appreciate everything you guys did during the tours.”

“The tour was excellent, and my parents said (outside my sister passing her thesis defense) it was the highlight of their trip this weekend!”

“Thanks so much for arranging our waterfront tour... I just wanted you to know we all enjoyed the tour very much! Mike was very knowledgeable, entertaining and I think we all learned more than we ever thought we would in such a brief period. Please extend our thanks to him.”

“Thanks for taking care of our special request. Our French speaking guests are really looking forward to the tour, as is my fiancé who won't have to translate.”

“... It was just wonderful! Our guide's knowledge of facts and fascinating anecdotes was most impressive, and it was obvious that he loves Boston history ... Thank you so much for offering the opportunity to learn more about history in such an enjoyable manner ...”

“Our family is making a donation to your organization in the name of a Boston By Foot docent ... Our children enjoyed her engaging tour and we all learned a lot ... We appreciated the time she spent with us and her depth of knowledge about Boston. She is a gem of a guide who combines her comprehensive understanding of your city with enthusiasm and made history come alive for us. Your organization renders a true service for those interested in historical Boston.”

“As a resident of Boston, these walking tours are a great way to get to know my own town. You live and work in a place but never really get to know it, and would never want to get stuck in a cheesy tourist trap. The tone of these tours is conversational and the guides really seem to enjoy talking about the history of Boston.”

“We did the Heart of the Freedom Trail on this tour. It was very interesting, our guide was excellent! The buildings are rich in history. If you want a tour that is "off the beaten path" take this one. Well worth it!”

“... A must! I took the Beacon Hill tour.. just fantastic! Our guide explained all the history of Beacon Hill, the special and unique architecture, secret gardens, famous people living there etc. Just great!!”