Holiday Tours

photograph of the U.S.S. Constitution in the Boston harbor

The U.S.S. Constitution was launched in 1797 and remains the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. The ship was to be decommissioned in 1830 until Oliver Wendell Holmes published a poem that year which saved it. He entitled it, Old Ironsides.

Footloose on The Freedom Trail concludes with the sailing of the U.S.S. Constitution. Photo by Tom Coppeto.

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Autumn colors, jack-o-lanterns & trick-or-treaters. Celebrate Halloween on Beacon Hill. Image by Tom Coppeto.

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Big days deserve big events and these highly attended Boston By Foot annual tours are just the things to do. Put on your costumes and learn about murder and suspense on Beacon Hill for Halloween or get revolutionary with a 3-hour tour of the entire Freedom Trail on Independence Day.

The annual Big Foot tour on Labor Day is a 5-hour extravaganza of Boston history. Each year features a different theme designed and researched by Boston By Foot docents.

Holiday tours are $20 per person ($5 for members).

2010 Holiday Tours
Footloose on the Freedom Trail	Patriots' Day Weekend Sunday April 18, 2010 10am-1pm
Get ready for the Boston marathon and Patriots' Day with this 3-hour walking tour of the entire Freedom Trail from the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill to the U.S.S. Constitution in the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Footloose on the Freedom Trail	Independence Day Sunday July 4, 2010 9am-12 noon
Footloose on the Freedom Trail is a 3-hour walking tour of the entire Freedom Trail from the State House to the U.S.S. Constitution offered every Independence Day. The tour winds among Boston's parades and celebrations and includes the honoring of Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere at the Granary Burying Ground, and the reading of the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House. If you can't figure out which event to attend on the morning of the Fourth, get a taste of everything with Boston By Foot.

Walking The Edge: Tracing Boston's Colonial Shoreline	Labor Day Monday September 6, 2010 10am-3pm
Explore 18th century Boston on this 5-hour Labor Day tour of the colonial shoreline.

Beacon Hill With a BOO!	Halloween Sunday October 31, 2010 5:30-7pm
Beacon Hill With a BOO! is the Halloween walking tour of Beacon Hill featuring the murders, executions, ghosts and politicians of this seemingly quaint neighborhood.