The ground floor of the Old State House is now a MBTA T stop for Boston’s Orange and Blue Lines. The Old State House and Boston Massacre Site are photo worthy but require nothing more. The next two stops are close to the Sam Adams Tap Room and essentially one in the same. If you’re not hungry but all that walking has made you thirsty take a photo by the Sam Adams statue and pop into the Sam Adams Boston Tap Room. Despite having just finished a cannoli (I strongly recommend eating desserts first), if hungry the neighboring Quincy market and (the slightly less busy) Boston Public Market offer many options for lunch. From that vantage point, I like to show friends the Union Oyster House, which has been operating since 1826 and has a booth on the second floor where President Kennedy liked to dine with Jackie and others.įaneuil Hall, the next stop on the tour is a tourist trap but deserving of a visit. Buy a cannoli or some other sweet (this is a cash-only establishment) and enjoy it on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. This home is interesting because of its history but if you’re getting hungry skip going inside and walk to The Modern Pastry on Hanover Street. Dating back to 1680, it is one of the oldest buildings in Boston. From the church, walk down the Paul Revere Mall on your way to Paul Revere’s House. The Old North Church is probably best known for alerting Paul Revere on how the English would attack, hanging lanterns in their steeple, “one if by land and two if by sea”. Skinny House on the way to the Old North Church. The next stop on the trail is Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, but I skip it since there are other burying grounds on the tour, and I walk friends down Hull Street to show the “House of Spite” a.k.a. Washington Bridge to the North End (you’ll pass the Converse HQ on your right – in case any of you are fans of their classic Chuck Taylor sneaker). I enjoy going aboard but you can get a better selfie from the dock so if boats aren’t your thing, snap a photo then walk over the N. I’m slightly claustrophobic so I prefer to sit on the hill and look out at the harbor.Īfter, walk down to the U.S.S.
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Feel free to walk up the 221 foot obelisk designed to commemorate the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill.
Grab a ride to Bunker Hill in Charlestown (pronounced, CHARLES-TOWN, unlike the city in SC) or hop on the Orange Line to the Bunker Hill Community College station and walk there. I suggest starting in Charlestown so you are back in the center of Boston when done. One can start the Freedom Trail from either the Boston Common or Bunker Hill Monument. Below is the Boston Freedom Trail according to BosGuy, which uses the city’s official Freedom Trail map.
All that walking and learning works up a thirst so I “enhance” the walk by strategically selecting hydration stops and pointing out unique (but historically irrelevant) sites. To liven things up, over the years, I’ve provided friends a modified version of the Freedom Trail. The Freedom trail meanders through Beacon Hill, the North End and Charlestown but it can be a bit repetitive with multiple cemeteries and churches each with a slightly different historic significance.