DK Travel : Boston : History & Culture

AM's Free Boston Tours

AM's Free Boston Tours offers FREE Guided Walking Tours covering over 40 of Boston's best historical sites and attractions. These tours, which last about 2.5 hours, are supported only by voluntary tips (gratuities). They are a budget-friendly way for everyone to see the sites, and provide for an excellent introduction to the city.
North End Cultural Heritage Tour

This guided walking tour is an exciting time travel expedition that journeys through the layers of history, heritage and culture of Boston’s oldest neighborhood. A local resident guides and narrates a myriad of remarkable anecdotes describing customs and traditions in the most romantic village in America, Boston’s “Little Italy.” This entertaining tour can be custom designed, in length and content, to meet the distinct interest of any group. The North End Cultural Heritage Tour is perfect for children and adults to explore and discover the transitions of Boston’s most vibrant village.
PhotoWalks of Boston

PhotoWalks is the premier provider of photo tours in Boston. Each guided walking tour is presented with fascinating commentary and photography tips. Explore this historic city from a different angle and capture amazing photographs while sightseeing. Learn how to see creatively. All ages and skill levels welcome.

Five separate PhotoWalks tours are offered:

• Beacon Hill (year round) • Back Bay (year round) • Freedom Trail *includes the North End (year round) • Public Garden • Waterfront

Tour prices for 2009: $30 adults, $12 (youth 10-17), $8 (children 8-11). Includes the e-booklet, PhotoWalks Guide to Creative Photography. Tours are approximately 90 minutes.

www.photowalks.com (617) 851-2273 E-Mail: saba@photowalks.com
Walden Pond

This is where Thoreau wrote 'On Walden Pond', and so became the first modern environmentalist. You can walk around the Pond itself in less than an hour, and there isn't a great deal to see. But the feeling of being where this all began is magical. You should combine this with a few other locations in wonderful Concord.

For those not familiar with Thoreau, he was also the key inspiration for the non-violent protest movements of Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. And much more besides.