Boston By Foot
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Boston By Foot is a non-profit educational organization committed to inspiring locals and visitors to discover and appreciate the diverse stories of Boston by exploring the cityscape together.
DYK? Though our regular tour season is over, we offer private tours year round! They're great for holiday outings, friends, family, school groups, and anyone looking for a personalized tour experience. Learn more about and book Boston By Foot Private Tours:
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Boston By Foot private tours are perfect for family groups, school groups, corporate groups, university and alumni groups, people who wish to tour with their pets, and anyone looking for a more person...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
DYK? Though our regular tour season is over, we offer private tours year round! They're great for holiday outings, friends, family, school groups, and anyone looking for a personalized tour experience. Learn more about and book Boston By Foot Private Tours:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Privat...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Privat...
Adams and Revere walked here! Follow in the footsteps of the Sons of Liberty on our Road to Revolution tour Sunday November 16 at 10 am.
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#ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history #FreedomTrail
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#ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history #FreedomTrail
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Adams and Revere walked here! Follow in the footsteps of the Sons of Liberty on our Road to Revolution tour Sunday November 16 at 10 am.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history #FreedomTrail
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history #FreedomTrail
In town on Tuesday? Look for a whole slate of Boston By Foot walking tours this Veterans Day holiday. Learn more and register: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#walking #history #ThingsToDoInBoston
#walking #history #ThingsToDoInBoston
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In town on Tuesday? Look for a whole slate of Boston By Foot walking tours this Veterans Day holiday. Learn more and register: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#walking #history #ThingsToDoInBoston
#walking #history #ThingsToDoInBoston
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sun., Nov 9, 11:30 am - 1 pm
On the 153rd anniversary of the fire, see where it started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sun., Nov 9, 11:30 am - 1 pm
On the 153rd anniversary of the fire, see where it started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sun., Nov 9, 11:30 am - 1 pm
On the 153rd anniversary of the fire, see where it started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sun., Nov 9, 11:30 am - 1 pm
On the 153rd anniversary of the fire, see where it started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
A breathtaking visual tour of the 1895 McKim Building of the Boston Public Library Central Branch! #libraryjoy #aht #architecture
Boston Public Library | FPV Flythrough of Copley Square and the McKim Building youtu.be/j-gWBOeSeZs?... #Boston #BPL #BackBay
Boston Public Library | FPV Flythrough of Copley Square and the McKim Building
YouTube video by ABOVE SUMMIT
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November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A breathtaking visual tour of the 1895 McKim Building of the Boston Public Library Central Branch! #libraryjoy #aht #architecture
Tomorrow, Oct. 25, join us for a Literary Mini-Tour of the Back Bay as part of the Boston Book Festival!
It’s free, fun, and first-come, first-served.
Tours start outside @bpl.boston.gov - choose noon, 1, 2, or 3 pm to walk with us! Schedule here: bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
It’s free, fun, and first-come, first-served.
Tours start outside @bpl.boston.gov - choose noon, 1, 2, or 3 pm to walk with us! Schedule here: bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tomorrow, Oct. 25, join us for a Literary Mini-Tour of the Back Bay as part of the Boston Book Festival!
It’s free, fun, and first-come, first-served.
Tours start outside @bpl.boston.gov - choose noon, 1, 2, or 3 pm to walk with us! Schedule here: bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
It’s free, fun, and first-come, first-served.
Tours start outside @bpl.boston.gov - choose noon, 1, 2, or 3 pm to walk with us! Schedule here: bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
This weekend and next: Grave Undertakings!
Explore 3 of Boston's burying grounds; learn about the customs surrounding death & dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston.
Details & tix: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/grave-...
Explore 3 of Boston's burying grounds; learn about the customs surrounding death & dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston.
Details & tix: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/grave-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This weekend and next: Grave Undertakings!
Explore 3 of Boston's burying grounds; learn about the customs surrounding death & dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston.
Details & tix: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/grave-...
Explore 3 of Boston's burying grounds; learn about the customs surrounding death & dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston.
Details & tix: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/grave-...
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sat., Oct. 4, 11 am
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Working Women: Boston Women Find Their Voice
Oct 4, 3 pm
For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not heard. Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Oct 4, 3 pm
For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not heard. Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
October 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Working Women: Boston Women Find Their Voice
Oct 4, 3 pm
For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not heard. Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Oct 4, 3 pm
For most of the 19th century, Boston’s working women’s voices were not heard. Learn about the proud, defiant women who led Boston’s women’s trade unionism and suffrage movements!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Thursday, Oct 2 at 5 pm: Boston’s Chinatown! It’s one of the city’s smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods. Explore one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the east coast with us! Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thursday, Oct 2 at 5 pm: Boston’s Chinatown! It’s one of the city’s smallest yet most vibrant neighborhoods. Explore one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the east coast with us! Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history
Our Beacon Hill tour gets a shoutout in the @bostonglobe.com fall travel recommendations! Visit bostonbyfoot.org to see our calendar and plan your next Boston adventure!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/l...
Stay local and savor Boston this fall - The Boston Globe
Let the fall-peeping crowds head west or north; instead, stay local and savor the city this fall.
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September 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our Beacon Hill tour gets a shoutout in the @bostonglobe.com fall travel recommendations! Visit bostonbyfoot.org to see our calendar and plan your next Boston adventure!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/l...
NEW TOUR! Jewish Roxbury: A Walk Through Grove Hall and Elm Hill - Sun Sep 21, 1 PM
Spanning from 1900 til the early ‘60s, this tour examines the role of key institutions and explores the unique intersection of Jewish and Black communities in these neighborhoods.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/jewish...
Spanning from 1900 til the early ‘60s, this tour examines the role of key institutions and explores the unique intersection of Jewish and Black communities in these neighborhoods.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/jewish...
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW TOUR! Jewish Roxbury: A Walk Through Grove Hall and Elm Hill - Sun Sep 21, 1 PM
Spanning from 1900 til the early ‘60s, this tour examines the role of key institutions and explores the unique intersection of Jewish and Black communities in these neighborhoods.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/jewish...
Spanning from 1900 til the early ‘60s, this tour examines the role of key institutions and explores the unique intersection of Jewish and Black communities in these neighborhoods.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/jewish...
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sat., Sept. 13, 1:30 PM
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sat., Sept. 13, 1:30 PM
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Sat., Sept. 13, 1:30 PM
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Sat., Sept. 13, 1:30 PM
Join our walk within the 65-acre Burnt District. See where the fire started on Summer St. and where firefighters prevailed 18 hours later. Learn how Boston changed in the aftermath.
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Happy Monday, Boston! Looking for something to do this week? Check out our slate of tours and cruises - 30 to choose from today through Friday! Find out what’s afoot here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#walkingtours #architecturecruise #thingstodoinBoston
#walkingtours #architecturecruise #thingstodoinBoston
August 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy Monday, Boston! Looking for something to do this week? Check out our slate of tours and cruises - 30 to choose from today through Friday! Find out what’s afoot here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#walkingtours #architecturecruise #thingstodoinBoston
#walkingtours #architecturecruise #thingstodoinBoston
Our veteran guides Tom and Terri -- and their knowledge of art deco architecture in Boston -- feature in today's Starting Point Newsletter in the @bostonglobe.com ! #architecture #history #Boston
Thanks @kalewis.bsky.social !
Thanks @kalewis.bsky.social !
"Boston isn’t known for art deco. But to find it, ‘you just have to look up.’" By Ian Prasad Philbrick @ianprasad.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com Starting Point Newsletter @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/n...
Boston isn’t known for art deco. But to find it, ‘you just have to look up.’ - The Boston Globe
The city has plenty of the flashy, century-old architectural style to admire — if you know where to go.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our veteran guides Tom and Terri -- and their knowledge of art deco architecture in Boston -- feature in today's Starting Point Newsletter in the @bostonglobe.com ! #architecture #history #Boston
Thanks @kalewis.bsky.social !
Thanks @kalewis.bsky.social !
So many tours, so little time! Get on a walking tour with Boston By Foot: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/ #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history
August 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So many tours, so little time! Get on a walking tour with Boston By Foot: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/ #ThingsToDoInBoston #walking #history
Who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution? Find out on our walking tour, Boston's Loyalists, Sunday, July 27 at 11 am! Learn how families and friends divided over whether to break away from England.
Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution? Find out on our walking tour, Boston's Loyalists, Sunday, July 27 at 11 am! Learn how families and friends divided over whether to break away from England.
Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
#ThingsToDoInBoston
Saturday, July 26 at 10:30 am: Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts. This walking tour explores the history of slavery, the many ways Black residents & allies worked to end it, & the role of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/slaver... #thingstodoinboston #history
July 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Saturday, July 26 at 10:30 am: Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts. This walking tour explores the history of slavery, the many ways Black residents & allies worked to end it, & the role of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/slaver... #thingstodoinboston #history
It's creepy, it's spooky, and it's all true: The Dark Side of Boston steps off at 6:30 pm Thursday through Sunday. Join our guides for a walk through 400 years of malfeasance, murder, mayhem and molasses.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Dark_Side #ThingsToDoInBoston #strangerthanfiction
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Dark_Side #ThingsToDoInBoston #strangerthanfiction
July 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's creepy, it's spooky, and it's all true: The Dark Side of Boston steps off at 6:30 pm Thursday through Sunday. Join our guides for a walk through 400 years of malfeasance, murder, mayhem and molasses.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Dark_Side #ThingsToDoInBoston #strangerthanfiction
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Dark_Side #ThingsToDoInBoston #strangerthanfiction
Two great literary tours on Beacon Hill this afternoon, July 23. At 4:30 pm, Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution; at 5:30 pm, The Hub of Literary America. Register at least one hour ahead:
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July 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Two great literary tours on Beacon Hill this afternoon, July 23. At 4:30 pm, Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution; at 5:30 pm, The Hub of Literary America. Register at least one hour ahead:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/black-vo…
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/the-hub-�#ThingsToDoInBostonInBoston
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/black-vo…
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Adams and Revere walked here…and so can you!! It’s a GAW-jiss day out there, kids. Join us on the Road to Revolution walking tour at 10 am today or catch us Saturday or Sunday.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #history #walking
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #history #walking
July 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Adams and Revere walked here…and so can you!! It’s a GAW-jiss day out there, kids. Join us on the Road to Revolution walking tour at 10 am today or catch us Saturday or Sunday.
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #history #walking
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#ThingsToDoInBoston #history #walking
Daily tours this week (July 17 through July 21) of Boston’s Chinatown! Visit one of Boston’s most vibrant neighborhoods, and one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the East Coast. More info and registration: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #walking #history #thingstodoinboston
July 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Daily tours this week (July 17 through July 21) of Boston’s Chinatown! Visit one of Boston’s most vibrant neighborhoods, and one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the East Coast. More info and registration: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston... #walking #history #thingstodoinboston
Looking for things to do in Boston? Get on one of our many walking tours available each day. Sunday promises to be a beautiful day for a stroll! Review the tour times and topics here:
bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#history #architecture #walking #ThingsToDoInBoston
bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#history #architecture #walking #ThingsToDoInBoston
July 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looking for things to do in Boston? Get on one of our many walking tours available each day. Sunday promises to be a beautiful day for a stroll! Review the tour times and topics here:
bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#history #architecture #walking #ThingsToDoInBoston
bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
#history #architecture #walking #ThingsToDoInBoston
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This is where it happens July 4, 2025, at 10 am! The reading of the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House - the same location where it was first read to the citizens of Boston on July 18, 1776. www.bostonharborfest.com/schedule/ #Boston #Harborfest
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is where it happens July 4, 2025, at 10 am! The reading of the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House - the same location where it was first read to the citizens of Boston on July 18, 1776. www.bostonharborfest.com/schedule/ #Boston #Harborfest
Annual Footloose on the Freedom Trail tour on Friday, July 4th! This guided walking tour of the entire Freedom Trail is a great way to celebrate America's birthday. Reserve your place now before this special, once-a-year tour sells out!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/footlo...
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/footlo...
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Annual Footloose on the Freedom Trail tour on Friday, July 4th! This guided walking tour of the entire Freedom Trail is a great way to celebrate America's birthday. Reserve your place now before this special, once-a-year tour sells out!
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/footlo...
Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/footlo...