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Massachusetts Self-Guided Driving and Walking Tours Bundle

Activity provider: Action Tour Guide
Other experience

Massachusetts Self-Guided Driving and Walking Tours Bundle

Activity provider: Action Tour Guide

From US$ 49.99 per person

Discover Massachusetts with this self-guided tour. Dig into the history of Boston, Salem, and Plymouth, and witness the scenery of Cape Cod’s coastline – all in your own time and at your own pace.

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Audio guide included
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Be transported back in time to the American Revolution on Boston’s Freedom Trail
  • Visit the most famous historical attractions in Massachusetts at your own pace
  • Take a turn toward the supernatural on a tour of Boston’s most haunted spots
  • Visit the town of the Pilgrims and learn about how they organized themselves
  • Visit beaches and historic towns on Cape Cod, Cape Ann, and Martha’s Vineyard
Full description

Get to know the most famous Massachusetts attractions using this self-guided tour, which comes with a guide, an audio tour, a map as well as animated videos at some of the stops. In your own time and at your own pace, visit attractions such as Harvard Square, Plymouth, Martha’s Vineyard, and more.

Begin your action-packed day by downloading the self-guided tour, and familiarize yourself with your digital guide. Make your first stop Harvard’s storied campus. Hear how the school got its start and how it evolved from a tiny college into one of the most prestigious institutions in the world.

Then, head to the Freedom Trail to walk in the shoes of the United States' Founding Fathers. Hear how the first sparks of revolution flew in Boston and how those sparks became an inferno. Feel the revolution come alive as you pass sights like the church where Paul Revere’s famous lanterns once hung.

Next, immerse yourself in the ship-rigging, ale-drinking, shanty-singing days of Colonial Boston on Boston’s Harborwalk and revisit the fiery lead-up to the American Declaration of Independence. Admire harbor views and visit the site of the Boston Tea Party.

Continue by following your app to the most haunted spots of the city and hear popular ghost stories. Walk through graveyards, execution sites, and more while hearing hair-raising tales of the unquiet dead. After, head to Salem, and learn the truth behind the infamous Witch Trials.

Turn the clock back even further in Plymouth, the town founded by Pilgrims fresh off the Mayflower. See where they first landed, hear how they organized their system of government, and revisit the complicated dynamic between those newcomers and the Wampanoag tribe.

Drive out to Cape Cod, where colonial history collides with the present. Cruise past historic villages and continue along the coastline to explore towns like Gloucester and trace their seafaring history. Ride along a rocky shore dotted by beaches, and catch some sun and surf.

Head to Lexington and Concord and follow the route of a battle between an American militia and the British army. Find out how the Americans turned the tide, and what it meant in the fight for independence. Finally, retreat to Martha’s Vineyard. Visit cute towns and learn some surprising history.

Includes
  • In addition to the Get Your Guide app, download the Action Tour Guide app. You will use this app to take your tour.
  • Download your self-guided tour within the app using the unique tour password (sent via e-mail & text).
  • Go to the starting point and start the tour.
  • No one will meet you. This is self-guided. The tour automatically starts when you reach the starting point.
  • You can get tech support by calling, chatting, or emailing - all day long.
  • Remember, this tour is an audio tour guide and not an attraction entrance ticket.
  • Transportation, parking fee, food/drinks.
  • National Park/attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations.

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Participants

Date

Meeting point

This is a self-guided experience and not an entrance ticket. It begins at Boston Common Visitors Center 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Be sure to check your email before you begin to download the Action Tour Guide app, enter your unique password, and access your tour. These steps require good data/wifi. From there, simply follow the audio instructions and the route. Have questions? Visit Action Tour Guide’s Help page: https://actiontourguide.com/faq/

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Charged Smartphone
  • Your own vehicle
  • Downloaded app
  • Power bank

Know before you go

  • This tour is a self-guided mobile app tour with a map, audio stories, and images.
  • Buy one tour per couple. Use car speakers (driving tour) or share headphones (walking tour).
  • The app offers a professional audio stories, scripts, images, videos, deep dives, hidden gems, hikes, and offline directions.
  • Flexible schedule: Use it on any day and at any time- over multiple days.
  • Use it on your next trip here! This tour never expires.
  • Go at your own pace: Stop, start, pause, re-do… whatever you like, whenever you like it.
  • It auto-starts based on you reaching the starting point..
  • All stories play based on your location
  • Get support by calling, chatting, or emailing - all day long.

Product ID: 417444