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.
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...
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
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
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…
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/the-hub-�#ThingsToDoInBostonInBoston
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
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...
Truth, passion, bravery and hope. Discover stories of Boston’s Black writers who were laser-focused on the great topic of the era - slavery. Our tour, Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution, steps off at 1:30 pm on 6/28. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/black-... #ThingsToDoInBoston
June 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Truth, passion, bravery and hope. Discover stories of Boston’s Black writers who were laser-focused on the great topic of the era - slavery. Our tour, Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution, steps off at 1:30 pm on 6/28. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/black-... #ThingsToDoInBoston
Get on a new FREE tour tomorrow! Get a guided tour inside and outside of Boston City Hall at noon on June 25. Whether you love its striking brutalist design or think it's the ugliest building evah, there is much to discover about this iconic landmark. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
June 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Get on a new FREE tour tomorrow! Get a guided tour inside and outside of Boston City Hall at noon on June 25. Whether you love its striking brutalist design or think it's the ugliest building evah, there is much to discover about this iconic landmark. Register: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
Congrats to our new grads! In one of the biggest guides-in-training classes we've enjoyed in years, Boston By Foot now boasts 41 newly-minted walking tour guides! Read more about them and the amazing tours of history and architecture they are prepared to lead. bostonbyfoot.org/blog/bbf-wel...
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Congrats to our new grads! In one of the biggest guides-in-training classes we've enjoyed in years, Boston By Foot now boasts 41 newly-minted walking tour guides! Read more about them and the amazing tours of history and architecture they are prepared to lead. bostonbyfoot.org/blog/bbf-wel...
Looking for #ThingsToDoInBoston on Memorial Day?
10:00 AM - Reinventing Boston
11:30 AM – Heart of the Freedom Trail
2:00 PM – Road to Revolution
2:30 PM - Free Road to Revolution tour in French!
6:00 PM - Rowes Wharf: Sensationally Good City Making
Register here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
10:00 AM - Reinventing Boston
11:30 AM – Heart of the Freedom Trail
2:00 PM – Road to Revolution
2:30 PM - Free Road to Revolution tour in French!
6:00 PM - Rowes Wharf: Sensationally Good City Making
Register here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
May 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Looking for #ThingsToDoInBoston on Memorial Day?
10:00 AM - Reinventing Boston
11:30 AM – Heart of the Freedom Trail
2:00 PM – Road to Revolution
2:30 PM - Free Road to Revolution tour in French!
6:00 PM - Rowes Wharf: Sensationally Good City Making
Register here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/
10:00 AM - Reinventing Boston
11:30 AM – Heart of the Freedom Trail
2:00 PM – Road to Revolution
2:30 PM - Free Road to Revolution tour in French!
6:00 PM - Rowes Wharf: Sensationally Good City Making
Register here: bostonbyfoot.org/schedule/