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Freedom Trail Boston - Ultimate Tour & History Guide - Tips, Secrets & Tricks
Updated for 2023! Now Including New Bedford!Whether you are a first time visitor or you’ve lived in Boston for years, the Freedom Trail Boston Ultimate Tour & History Guide provides everything to make your visit to The Freedom Trail and Historic Boston a smashing success. Read all important chapters in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean and more via exclusive links to web-based auto-translation. Audio narration is also available.Use it to plan, brush up on background information, or as a personal, interactive, multi-lingual tour guide when walking The Freedom Trail. It covers all 16 “official” Freedom Trail Stops as well as over 50 other “unofficial” landmarks. The Guide features over 60 photos and illustrations, as well as access to interactive maps, video, and other information.Learn about the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s Ride, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the Battle of Bunker Hill.There are tips for the best free tours, discounted admissions, where to eat, transportation, and even where to find the best lobster specials. The Freedom Trail can be a great bargain, the Guide shows you how.Whether traveling alone or with small children, learn how to make the most of your visit. Find out what to see if you only have an hour. Or, plan the best 1/2, full or even two day visit. Don’t miss out on what would be most interesting for you.The impact Boston had on the events and thinking that led to the American Revolution was extraordinary. The Guide gives you everything you need to bring The Freedom Trail to life.
201 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 2, 2012
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July 4, 2012
Freedom Trail Boston has just the right mix of content to make for a terrific tour of Boston's Freedom Trail. All of the stops have descriptions and pictures, but also the historical context that weaves through book, giving a quick telling of the big story - how Boston played such a critical role in the American Revolution. With many links and the ability to skip around, you don't need a linear reading of this material. This is the first book I've read that really takes advantage of the ebook format. Sometimes I find myself in Boston near one of the great landmarks and just wondering a little - but now I look forward to pulling up this book on my phone and finding out what it's about!
January 3, 2016
Fantastic! Perfect for a self-guided tour of the Freedom Trail. Without this guide I would have missed the narrowest house across from the entrance to the Copp's Hill burial ground and the wonderful Shaw memorial. I purchased the soft-cover version from Amazon and was able to download the Kindle version to my phone which showed us exactly where we were. Very helpful and so informative!
October 26, 2017
We used this excellent guide as we walked Boston's Freedom Trail and visited everything on the trail. It gives important details about the revolutionary sites we visited, but some really fun details, as well. It really made our two days plus more enjoyable and educational.
April 24, 2014
Excellent and detailed information for our upcoming trip. I'll take the book along as a reference so I don't forget anything!
January 5, 2018
A great aid for a self-guided tour of the Freedom Trail. It is filled with historical information and makes the touring of Boston informative and enjoyable.
December 4, 2022
Very thorough. Will be adding it to my shelf to use when bringing my kids in to the city.
January 25, 2025
One of my favorite places that I was blessed to live. No money to travel so this was a great trip down memory lane. I also appreciated the historical summary at the end. Well done.
November 26, 2025
A perfectly good introduction to Boston’s sights
A nice little thing summarizing all the splendors of Boston, Mass. I highly recommend for anyone’s foray into this lively town.
A nice little thing summarizing all the splendors of Boston, Mass. I highly recommend for anyone’s foray into this lively town.
June 16, 2015
I read the Kindle edition - it is very interactive and Gladstone clearly knows his subject. If the Freedom Trail is in your plans for your trip to Boston - and it should be - get this book. The author lists and discusses every stop on the trail, and also notes places near by certain stops that might be of interest. He even recommends several historic restaurants - we went to one of them, Warren's Tavern (an easy walk - downhill - from the Bunker Hill Monument), and loved it.
My only problem is that I had trouble getting the Kindle connected to wi-fi while walking on the streets of Boston, so during the walk itself it was not as useful as a print edition would have been. My eyes are bad and small print is not for me, however, so I made do with the Kindle version, which, to reiterate is GREAT in your planning stages.
My only problem is that I had trouble getting the Kindle connected to wi-fi while walking on the streets of Boston, so during the walk itself it was not as useful as a print edition would have been. My eyes are bad and small print is not for me, however, so I made do with the Kindle version, which, to reiterate is GREAT in your planning stages.
January 22, 2014
Really good guide with background/contextual history. Worthwhile for anyone visiting this fascinating place. Followed author's suggestion to take a free National Park Service tour, and it was absolutely worthwhile. Understanding the non-Official stops (which you can't help but pass as you walk through Boston), really helped make our visit fun.
Good guide.
Good guide.
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