| Jeff801 |
Jun 17th, 2009 08:33 AM |
I lived in Boston for 18 years, and think you can have a lot more fun and learn just as much by doing most of the tour on your own. (If the 4 hours includes a two hour round trip by bus to Lexington and Concord, you are unlikely to have much time to see anything in downtown Boston.) Get on the "T" and take the Red Line to Government Center. With the City Hall at your back, the Old State House is on your left. (I think there may be a tourist office on your left as well.) Walk to the State House, find the red brick line in the sidewalk, and you are at the start of the Freedom Trail. All the sights along the trail have (had?) free admission and any good guidebook will tell you all, and more, than you would here from any guide dealing with a busload of people.
My recollection is that allgetaways.com has a list of Boston walking tours. Despite our long residence in Boston, when DW and I were last there, we took a Duck Tour on the Charles (That's a DWK 2.5T for WWII buffs.) and loved it.
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