City tours
It's easy enough to get to know Boston by following the
Freedom Trail on foot. If you prefer to be guided, narrated
trips run throughout the day aboard the hundred-minute Old Town
Trolley Tours (tel 617/269-7010; $20, $7 kids aged 4-12) or the
similarly priced Discover Boston Trolley Tours (tel 617/742-1440,
), which specializes in narrated audio tours in multiple languages.
But nothing is as popular (or as novel) as a Boston Duck Tour
(adults $22, kids 4-12 $12; tel 617/723-DUCK, ), a very
entertaining romp by land and by sea aboard a real WWII amphibious
landing vehicle. Same-day tickets are sold inside the Prudential
Center daily April through November. Boston By Foot, 77 N
Washington St (tel 617/367-2345), conducts ninety-minute walking
tours for $8. Also useful are the bus excursions further afield to
Lexington, Concord, Salem and Plymouth with Brush Hill Tours/Gray
Line (tel 617/720-6342, or ). Boston Bike Tours (tel 617/308-5902,
), on Boston Common, can take you around for a couple of gentle
hours by bike. A two-hour tour costs $18, or only $8 if you have
your own bike; either way, a helmet, map and water are
included.
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