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Category: neighborhood (26)

Lincoln Street, Leather District

Leather District

Discover what was once the hub of New England’s leather and shoe industries at the turn of the 20th century

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.7 mile
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Gilded Age photo

Boston's Gilded Age

Learn about Boston's upper-class during the late 19th century - their favorite haunts and their social activism

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
1.1 miles
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Paul Revere's house in Boston's North End

The North End: Boston's Immigration Gateway

Explore Boston’s oldest neighborhood and discover the charm of this unique, compact city space

Walking Tours : Daily & Weekly
90 minutes
0.88 mile
potential uneven surfaces and moderate inclines
Maverick Square Mural in East Boston

East Boston: Maverick Square and Beyond

Learn how East Boston began as a planned community that became today's vibrant and diverse neighborhood

Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
90 minutes
Star of David stained glass in Circular Window

Jewish Beacon Hill

Learn where Boston’s Jewish West End residents worked, lived and worshipped - including The Vilna Shul

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.75 mile
likely uneven surfaces and significant inclines
Boston Public Library

Becoming Back Bay

Learn why Boston's Back Bay is considered a marvel of 19th Century engineering

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.9 mile
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Boston Chinatown Gate

Boston’s Chinatown

Visit one of Boston’s most vibrant neighborhoods, and one of the few surviving Chinatowns on the East Coast

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
1.05 miles
potential uneven surfaces and moderate inclines
Middlesex County Courthouse

East Cambridge

Travel across the Charles and visit a fascinating neighborhood called one of America's industrial powerhouses

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.9 mile
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Bullfinch Triangle

Bulfinch Triangle

Find out how this transportation and entertainment hub is also becoming a thriving residential neighborhood

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
1.5 miles
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Burned buildings and homes in boston after the great fire

Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872

Explore Boston's rebirth after the Great Fire of 1872, a more costly disaster than the Chicago Fire the year before

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
2 miles
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
Boston's Bay Village Street in Spring

Bay Village

Discover this hidden neighborhood that has maintained its residential charm amidst the surrounding city

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.7 mile
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
victorian buildings in boston's back bay

Back Bay’s Victorian Architecture

Explore Boston’s Back Bay, home to one of the United States’ richest collections of art and architecture

Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
90 minutes
0.65 mile
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines
view of beacon hill from the charles river

Beacon Hill From Both Sides

Learn the history of both the North and South Slopes and why they became such separate neighborhoods.

Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
90 minutes
1.5 miles
likely uneven surfaces and significant inclines
Horse drawn carriage with driver by row houses

South End

Join Boston By Foot and the South End Historical Society for the ultimate “Outside-In” South End Tour package

Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
mostly flat surfaces and little to no inclines