History & Heritage: Tours

Discover the beauty of Massachusetts on one of the hundreds of tours offered throughout the state.

Boston by Foot will take you on guided architectural and historical walking tours of Boston that cover the Freedom Trail, Victorian Back Bay, Beacon Hill and Boston Underground. Also on foot, South of Boston, the Summer Walking Tours Program will guide you through New Bedford's 19th-century neighborhoods for a fascinating look at the whaling era and Victorian architecture.

Try a Wachusett Mountain Skyride in Central Massachusetts, with a bird's-eye view of that famous Massachusetts foliage. To see Cape Cod from a new point of view, take a Cape Cod Canal Cruise, offering day, sunset, jazz and moonlight tours. Or discover the natural wonder of Nantucket, where Ara's Tours will take you on a 90-minute van tour of Nantucket Island, guided by a resident naturalist and photographer.

Quick Hits

Check out Concord Walking Tours for a look into the town's colonial, revolutionary, literary and natural heritage...Ben Franklin's Boston is a one-mile guided walk along the Freedom Trail and through Ben Franklin's boyhood neighborhood...Plymouth's Tailored Tours focus on abolitionists and Pilgrim ancestry.