It's easy enough to get to
know Boston by following the Freedom
Trail on foot. If you
prefer to be guided, narrated tours run throughout the day
aboard the hundred-minute Old
Town Trolley Tours (tel
617/269-7010; $20, $7 kids
aged 4-12) or the similarly
priced Discover Boston Trolley
Tours (tel 617/742-1440, ),
which specializes in narrated
audio tours in multiple
languages. But nothing is as
popular (or as novel) as a
Boston Duck Tour (adults $22,
kids 4-12 $12; tel
617/723-DUCK, ), a very
entertaining romp by land and
by sea aboard a real WWII
amphibious landing vehicle.
Same-day tickets are sold
inside the Prudential Center
daily April through November.
Boston By Foot, 77 N
Washington St (tel
617/367-2345), conducts
ninety-minute walking tours
for $8. Also useful are the
bus excursions further afield
to Lexington, Concord, Salem
and Plymouth with Brush Hill
Tours/Gray Line (tel
617/720-6342, or ). Boston
Bike Tours (tel 617/308-5902,
), on Boston Common, can take
you around for a couple of
gentle hours by bike. A
two-hour tour costs $18, or
only $8 if you have your own
bike; either way, a helmet,
map and water are included.
