# Free Walking Tours Presents


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- [Public Accessible Bathrooms in Boston](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/public-accessible-bathrooms-in-boston/): Like most large US cities, finding a public restroom, especially when you are traveling with children can be quite difficult.  We have mapped the different locations we’ve found in our tour areas that are accessible to the public. ​The city of Boston is to be applauded for the list they have put together — which can be accessed here https://www.boston.gov/departments/311/public-restrooms-city-boston — which we have included in our list. Many of these locations are fire / police departments or public libraries. We have noted in the descriptions which locations are from this city published list. Hotels and restaurants are also good […]
- [Tea Party to the Boston Fire Museum](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/tea-party-to-the-boston-fire-museum/): This free walking tour will primarily take place in the Seaport area which is a part of Boston that was reclaimed from the harbor. In the mid to late 1800s seawalls were built and the land was filled in but much of it used for the railroads. At the close of the 20th century the area had deteriorated but since then a great deal of new building has breathed life into this part of Boston. We start our tour on an observation deck which will provide a great view of the area and then move on to the Boston Tea […]
- [New England Aquarium to Faneuil Hall](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/new-england-aquarium-to-faneuil-hall/): This is not a long walking tour but there is plenty to see and do in this relatively small section of Boston. We start at the waterfront at the New England Aquarium. Walking a short distance west will take you through part of the Greenway (Boston moved its elevated highway underground and replaced the above ground section with a public park system that cuts south to north through Boston) up to the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. And then just on the other side of the Greenway is the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston Public Market and the open-air market Haymarket. While […]
- [Museum of Science to the USS Constitution](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/museum-of-science-to-the-uss-constitution/): Our tour starts on the edge of Boston and Charlestown at the Museum of Science. It then travels along the Charles River passing through a few different parks and the Charles River Dam until our tour ends at the Charlestown Naval Yards where the USS Constitution is located. While a few of the stops include inside destinations (Museum of Science, Navy Yard Visitors Center, the Constitution Museum) most of the stops are outside with room to run around and with great views of the Boston sky line. At the end of the tour, the most fun way back to Boston […]
- [Faneuil Hall and the North End](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/faneuil-hall-and-the-north-end/): This tour starts at the marketplaces of Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, Boston Public Market and Haymarket and then heads into the North End. Many of the sites were historically significant in the Revolutionary War times. After beginning at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which includes Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, the tours continues on to the Boston Public Market, Haymarket, the Zipporah Potter Atkins House, Paul Revere’s House, the Lewis Wharf, the Paul Revere Statue and Mall, the Old North Church, the Skinny House, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, the Great Molasses Flood Plaque and the location of the Great Brinks Robbery. […]
- [Boston's Greenway](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/bostons-greenway/): The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a 1.5 mile 17-acre park sitting atop a highway tunnel that stretches from Chinatown in the South of Boston up through the Financial District, the Waterfront and ends in the North End. The park was born out of a plan to remove the elevated highway that ran most of the length of Boston from the South to the North. This highway had split Boston especially the North End section so a tunnel was built, the “Big Dig”, and the highway moved underground. The elevated infrastructure was dismantled (look for a remaining steel column near the […]
- [Boston Common to Copley](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/boston-common-to-copley/): Our Common to Copley tour starts at the oldest public park in the USA, the Boston Common. The early Bostonians used this area to graze their cows but now it is a green oasis in the busy city of Boston. We visit a variety of points in the Common and then move to the Public Garden and the Back Bay all of which were originally tidal marshes but in the mid-1800s in order to expand the city of Boston, this land was filled in. The Back Bay is now one of the premiere shopping and dining destinations of Boston. Other […]
- [Boston Common to the Charles River](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/boston-common-to-the-charles-river/): This tour spends most of its time in parks and gardens, starting at the Eastern edge of the Boston Common at the Granary Grave Yard. After a stop at the Massachusetts State House the tour wanders through the Boston Common and the Public Garden stopping at the various interesting sites to see. From the Public Garden the tour crosses over the busy Storrow Drive using the Arthur Fiedler Footpath to the Charles River Esplanade, a three mile long park alongside the Charles River. This tour was designed to be child-friendly. The tour includes the following sites:  Granary Burial Ground, Massachusetts […]
- [Black Heritage Trail](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/black-heritage-trail/): The Black Heritage Trail is a 1.5 mile long path in Boston through North Beacon Hill with stops at important African American historical sites. North Beacon Hill was a center of Boston’s 19th century African American community. The Trail contains more than 15 pre-Civil War structures including the 1806 African Meeting House which is the oldest standing black church in the United States. The tour starts at the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (commemorating Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment) and then continues to the George Middleton House, the Phillips School (1st integrated Boston public school), John J Smith House, Charles […]
- [Avenue of the Arts Walk](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/avenue-of-the-arts-walk/): This 2 mile tour starts in the Back Bay a little north of the Avenue of the Arts at the Ayer Mansion, a residential house designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. After visiting the Berklee Performance Center, Fenway Studios and the Boston Conservatory Theatre, the tour stops at the Christian Science Plaza where one can walk inside the glass world globe at the Mapparium and can see the First Church of Christ. The Boston Horticulural Center is located at the top of the Avenue of the Arts which is then followed by a number of performance spaces, museums and colleges including […]
- [The Freedom Trail](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/the-freedom-trail/): The freedom trail is a 2.5 mile long walk through Boston that passes 16 sites that are significant to the early history of the United States. The trail, formed in 1951, stretches from the Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charleston. Most of the sites are free or suggest donations but a few charge admission:  the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House and the Paul Revere House. The trail starts at the visitor’s center in the Boston Common where there are public restrooms and they provide maps and information about the trail and its sites. There […]
- [10 Walking Tours in Boston](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/10-walking-tours-in-boston/): ​ ​ Tour Descriptions ​ Walking Tour: Freedom Trail ​The freedom trail is a 2.5 mile long walk through Boston that passes 16 sites that are significant to the early history of the United States. The trail, formed in 1951, stretches from the Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charleston. ​Most of the sites are free or suggest donations but a few charge admission:  the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House and the Paul Revere House. ​The trail starts at the visitor’s center in the Boston Common where there are public restrooms and they provide maps […]
- [2nd Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/2nd-battle-of-trenton-and-the-battle-of-princeton/): This tour starts after the 1st Battle of Trenton when Washington and his soldiers crossed an icy treacherous Delaware River on the night of December 25th to surprise, attack and defeat the Hessian soldiers in Trenton on December 26 1777. After Washington’s success he had his men cross back over the Delaware to protect his soldiers against a British response. Washington decided to take the offensive and on December 30th the Continental Army crossed back over the Delaware into Trenton and setup a defensive position south of the Assunpink River to await a column of British Soldiers lead by Lieutenant […]
- [Washington's Crossing and the 1st Battle of Trenton](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/washingtons-crossing-and-the-1st-battle-of-trenton/): 1776 started with a success for General George Washington and the Continental Army when the British In Boston were forced to evacuate after Washington’s troops were able to gain a strategic high point allowing them to train their canons on downtown Boston where the British soldiers were located. However, in August, British General William Howe landed his troops on Long Island and started pushing the Continental Army out of New York. After a series of defeats and retreats, Washington’s army moved from Long Island to Brooklyn across to Manhattan, up the island of Manhattan and in Mid-November finally retreated across […]
- [Princeton Revolutionary War Walking / Driving Tour](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/princeton-revolutionary-war-walking-driving-tour/): This tour has a mix of driving and walking that will take you around the greater Princeton area to many of the most important locations that have to do with the Revolutionary War period.  ​The tour starts at Nassau Hall (the original University building and the location where the last British Soldiers surrendered at the Battle of Princeton) which is on the Princeton University campus.  We will then be visiting, in order, the Bainbridge House, the Princeton Cemetery, the Princeton Battle Monument, Princeton Battlefield Park, the Updike Farmstead & Princeton Historical Society (on Washington’s route to Princeton) and we finish […]
- [Driving Tour of Princeton](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/driving-tour-of-princeton/): This driving tour will take you around some of most interesting locations in the Princeton area. The tour starts at the Battle Monument of Princeton (statue of George Washington) and includes such sites as Morven Museum and Garden, Drumthwacket (the NJ Governor’s mansion), the Stony Brook Bridge, Updike Farm & Princeton Historical Society, Stony Brook Meeting House and Cemetery, Princeton Battlefield Park, Thomas Clarke house, Mercer Oak, Colonnade, Albert Einstein house, the Barracks, Woodrow Wilson’s homes, and Grover Cleveland’s house. ​If traveled directly from point to point the drive should take a little over 30 minutes over 5 1/4 miles. […]
- [Walking Tour of Princeton](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/walking-tour-of-princeton/): This walking tour will guide you around some of the most interesting locations in downtown Princeton. The tour starts on Princeton University’s campus at the Maclean House and Nassau Hall (the original University building and the University’s President’s home). The tour will then take you to the Princeton University Art Museum, Prospect House and Gardens, the Princeton University Chapel, the Bainbridge House, the Princeton Cemetery, Paul Robeson’s birthplace and will finish at the Nassau Inn and Tiger monument. ​Parking:  there is metered street parking and 3 parking garages in downtown Princeton. Our recommendation is to park at the Spring Street […]
- [5 Tours in Princeton](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/5-tours-in-princeton/): ​ Tour Descriptions ​ Walking Tour of Princeton This walking tour will guide you around some of the most interesting locations in downtown Princeton. The tour starts on Princeton University’s campus at the Maclean House and Nassau Hall (the original University building and the University’s President’s home). The tour will then take you to the Princeton University Art Museum, Prospect House and Gardens, the Princeton University Chapel, the Bainbridge House, the Princeton Cemetery, Paul Robeson’s birthplace and will finish at the Nassau Inn and Tiger monument. Parking:  there is metered street parking and 3 parking garages in downtown Princeton. Our […]
- [Hopewell Borough](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/hopewell-borough/): Walking Tour of Hopewell:  Start Tour ​Shopping Tour of Hopewell:  Start Tour Hopewell is a borough in Mercer County, New Jersey with a population of 1,922 (2010 US Census) that was incorporated in 1891 from portions of Hopewell Township. The area was first settled in 1699 after Thomas Tindall purchased 300 acres from the West Jersey Society of England. Another early settler, Jonathan Stout, settled in 1706 and in 1715 helped to establish a Baptist congregation which for the time met in people’s houses. Declaration of Independence signer John Hart purchased 193 acres in the area in 1740 and donated […]
- [New Jersey](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/new-jersey/): Hopewell Princeton
- [Andy Warhol's Pittsburgh](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/andy-warhols-pittsburgh/): The Pop Artist Andy Warhol (originally Andrew Warhola) was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928. This tour will take you to Warhol’s childhood homes and the schools he attended up through his college graduation at the Carnegie Institute (now Carnegie Mellon). Warhol didn’t return for any length of time until after his death in 1987 and this tour will visit where the funeral liturgy was held and where he is buried alongside his parents. Finally the tour will visit the Warhol Museum and the bridge named in Warhol’s honor. Start Andy Warhol’s Pittsburgh Tour Google Maps Version of Tour […]
- [Pittsburgh Driving Tour](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/pittsburgh-driving-tour/): This tour will require driving to get to the various locations around Pittsburgh but offers great walking potential at each site. We start the tour at the Frick Pittsburgh and then after a brief stop at the last wooden street in Pittsburgh (Roslyn Place) we move on to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Museum of Art and then the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden. Driving over to the North Shore we visit the holy relics at St Anthony’s Chapel followed by the more modern art of Randyland and the Mattress Factory. A final place to visit is […]
- [Downtown Walking Tour](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/downtown-walking-tour/): This tour will take you to the major historical points in downtown Pittsburgh that are all in walking distance to each other. The tour will start at Monongahela Incline with a grand overhead view of the city from Grandview Avenue and then back down the Duquesne Incline. After crossing the Monongahela river we’ll visit Point State Park, the historical roots of Pittsburgh, and then cross over the Allegheny to visit the museums on the North Shore (Carnegie Science, Children’s Museum, National Aviary and the Warhol Museum). Then back again over to the Allegheny to finish in downtown at the Senator […]
- [3 Tours in Pittsburgh](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/3-tours-in-pittsburgh/): Downtown Walking Tour Pittsburgh Driving Tour Andy Warhol’s Pittsburgh Tour Descriptions Downtown Walking Tour This tour will take you to the major historical points in downtown Pittsburgh that are all in walking distance to each other. The tour will start at Monongahela Incline with a grand overhead view of the city from Grandview Avenue and then back down the Duquesne Incline. After crossing the Monongahela river we’ll visit Point State Park, the historical roots of Pittsburgh, and then cross over the Allegheny to visit the museums on the North Shore (Carnegie Science, Children’s Museum, National Aviary and the Warhol Museum). […]
- [Philadelphia’s Historic District](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/philadelphias-historic-district/): Philadelphia played an instrumental role during the time of the American Revolution including events such as the First Continental Congress in 1774, the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the creation of the US Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The city served as the United States capital for 10 years (1779-1790) while Washington DC was under construction. This tour starts at the Independence Visitor Center and then proceeds to the following locations: the President’s House Site, the Liberty Bell Center, Declaration (Graff) House, Congress Hall, Independence Hall, Old City Hall, […]
- [Along the Parkway (Museum Row)](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/along-the-parkway-museum-row/): The Benjamin Franklin Parkway, modeled after the Champs Elysees in Paris, stretches from City Hall to the north-west terminating at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some of the city’s most famous and important museums are located on along the way including the Barnes Foundation, The Franklin Institute, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the Rodin Museum. A number of parks and green spaces follow along providing a variety of both indoor and outdoor activities. This 2.2 mile long walk starts at City Hall and visits the various museums, and other cultural institutions along the parkway until our […]
- [FreeWalkingToursPresents](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/): Free Walking Tours Presents provides free walking tours of many popular places. We use the power of google maps to create informative, interesting tours that you can use in real-time as you are exploring these cities. Currently we are offering tours in Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Princeton and we are working hard to add additional tours to these cities and to introduce new cities too. Our tours are available here on our web site but we recommend taking the tours using our android or apple apps. Please make sure to read our site summaries within the tour by clicking on […]
- [Philadelphia](https://freewalkingtourspresents.com/philadelphia/): 2 Walking Tours in Philadelphia Philadelphia Historic District Along the Parkway (Museum Row) ​ Tour Descriptions ​Walking Tour: Philadelphia Historic District Philadelphia played an instrumental role during the time of the American Revolution including events such as the First Continental Congress in 1774, the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the creation of the US Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The city served as the United States capital for 10 years (1779-1790) while Washington DC was under construction. This tour starts at the Independence Visitor Center and then proceeds to […]


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