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Explore the Heartland of Liberty on Board a Vintage Old Town Trolley
Renowned worldwide as the finest way to explore the “shining city on a hill,” that is Boston; the Old Town Trolley Tour is a Bostonian institution in its own right. Having guided literally thousands of visitors through some of the city’s finest tourist attractions for over 25 years, it is impossible to conceive a trip to Boston that would be complete without hoping on board the iconic, vintage orange and green trolleys. With their own special brand of what is known as Transportainment, an Old Trolley tour truly feels like a trip back in time to the period when a new kind of democracy was beginning to take form in the heartland of American freedom. Journey back to the time when Paul Revere, the first settlers and colonialist made this historic venue their home and the birthplace of liberty, as we know it today.
The tour encompasses nearly 100 attractions spread out all over the great city from Faneuil Hall to sprawling Fenway Park including 18 major venues such as theUSS Constitution, Historic North End, New England Aquarium and TD Bank North Garden. Other points of interest on the excursion include the Charlestown Navy Yard, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Copley Square, Boston State House, the Seaport District, Antique Row and the site of the Boston Tea Party as well as Newbury St. Boutiques, the Symphony Hall, Theatre District and the famed pub which inspired the hit TV show Cheers. The New England Aquarium and the Copley Place Shopping Galleries are also some of the highlights on the tour, which also includes a walk along – Boston’s famous Freedom Trail which explores King’s Chapel, the Monument, the site of the Boston Massacre and the Benjamin Franklin Statue among many other sites of significance.
The Old Trolley Tour also offers guests free entrance to the Old State House, which is the city’s most illustrious museum while special discount coupons for attractions and shops, eateries and restaurants are also included in the tour package. A ticket on board the city’s largest trolley fleet operator also secures guests a seat on board the Boston Harbour Cruise that takes visitors to the country’soldest continuously manned lighthouse and one of its busiest industrial harbours. The islands located on the outside parameter of the city are also toured during the cruise in addition to other points of interest along the harbour.
Guided along by trained conductors who shed new light in to the histories of these ancient monuments and attractions, guests also have the option of hopping on and off the tour when they wish to take in the sights at their own pace.
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