Where to Listen: the 12 Best Boston Audio Tours

1.Self Guided Classic Freedom Trail Location Aware (GPS) Walking Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 258 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $7Our pick

Use the WalknTours app to follow Boston’s Freedom Trail from Boston Common through the historic center, North End, and Charlestown. English audio brings the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere, Bunker Hill, and the USS Constitution to life. The tour has no fixed finish time, never expires, and can also be replayed as a virtual tour.

“We needed help finding the tour on the app and downloading it but that might be because my sister and I are in our 70s. It started off well, but on my iPhone 16 it kept crashing and I needed to restart it. My sister didn’t experience that same issue on an older iPhone (not sure what version). We ended up just sharing the app from her phone until batteries on both our phones died. They were fully charged when we started the tour.”

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2.Boston Freedom Trail Self-Guided Tour with Audio Narration & Map

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 98 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $9

Follow Boston’s red-brick Freedom Trail from Boston Common to Bunker Hill with an English-language audio guide in Action’s app. Hear more than 51 stories about Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere, the Boston Massacre, USS Constitution, and other key sites. Start, pause, or resume whenever you like, even over several days.

“Easy to use when downloaded on phone Good information about stops on the trail Easy to hear and understand narrator Did the trail on a Saturday - very heavy foot and motor traffic.”

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3.Self-Guided Boston’s Beacon Hill Underground Railroad Audio Tour Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · 45 to 55 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Walk from the Charles Street Meeting House to the African Meeting House while your phone narrates Boston’s Underground Railroad story. You’ll visit homes linked to John J. Smith, Lewis Hayden, Leonard Grimes, John Coburn, and others. The GPS-guided tour runs about 45 to 55 minutes, costs $9.75, and is offered in English.

“Les endroits marquent et historiques c’est une bonne marche même si on croirai que c’était un train sous la terre! J’aurais aimé qu’elle soit en plusieurs langues”

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4.Self Guided “Historic Boston Downtown Freedom Trail” Audio/GPS Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 22 reviews · 50 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes (approx.) · from $5Best value

Use the WalknTours app to follow a self-guided route from Boston Common to Haymarket. Your audio guide covers the 54th Regiment Memorial, Granary Burying Ground, Boston Massacre site, Faneuil Hall, the Green Dragon Tavern, JFK’s Boston home, and more. Pause for lunch, revisit the tour with 360-degree photos, and walk at your own pace.

“Austin was very informative and knew his facts about all the history locations we visited. Enjoyed it very much.”

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5.Boston’s Old North Church Admission with Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · 20 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $8

Enter Boston’s Old North Church at 193 Salem Street and explore at your own pace with an English or Spanish audio tour. Learn how Paul Revere’s lantern signal worked, hear about early congregants, meet onsite educators, and try a free scavenger hunt. Allow 20 minutes to 1 hour.

“I found the tour very boring. Didn’t use the audio part after 10 minutes. Lots of restoration going on in the church”

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6.Boston’s Freedom Trail: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 18 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Follow Boston’s Freedom Trail from the Massachusetts State House to the Paul Revere House with a self-guided VoiceMap audio tour. A veteran guide supplies stories about Paul Revere, John Hancock, old burial grounds, and landmark buildings. Download the route before walking, bring headphones, and allow about 75 to 90 minutes.

“A Wonderful self guided tour, allows you to go at your own pace and spend more time a stops. Very informative”

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7.Boston Harborwalk & Tea Party Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $9Top rated

Follow a self-guided GPS audio walk from South Station along Boston’s waterfront to Long Wharf. The Action Tour Guide app plays more than 18 stories as you reach each stop, covering the Tea Party, colonial trade, Brutalist towers, modern architecture, and the Harborwalk. Start anytime, pause freely, and keep lifetime access.

“If you are looking for a holistic view and are short on time then, this is the best tour. Very informative walking tour.”

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8.City History and Highlights Audio App Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 12 reviews · 2 hours · from $7

Follow an English-language VoiceMap tour from Copp’s Hill Burying Ground through the North End, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, and Boston Common to the George Washington Statue. GPS starts each story at the right place, while guide Big Al adds an entertaining voice. Bring headphones, a charged phone, and patience for app setup.

“We couldn’t get it to work! We had to just walk through town to find things without it.”

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9.Boston Self-Guided Audio Tour Bundle: Freedom Trail & More

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $24

Use the Action’s Tour Guide app to explore Boston by foot or car, from Boston Common and the Freedom Trail to Harvard, the Harborwalk, and Cape Ann. Location-triggered stories play automatically, offline maps keep you on course, and lifetime access lets you split the routes across several days. No guide meets you, and attraction tickets are separate.

“General Hooker at the state house Real old Burial grounds where politicians professionals and their helpers were buried.”

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10.Highlights and History of Boston: GPS Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $9

Use the VoiceMap GPS app to guide yourself through Boston’s North End, Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, Boston Common, and Public Garden. Commentary covers Paul Revere, immigration, the Boston Massacre, the Big Dig, and local food. Plan 3 to 4 hours, with optional admission to three historic sites.

“We were listening to the introduction to the Armenian Memorial when we were approached by some senior members of the Armenian community in the city. They were so delighted to hear that the explanation of their memorial had been included in your tour and that you understood what the memorial was portraying. Well done you!”

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11.Self-Guided Audio Tour of Boston North End

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 50 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $5

Follow a location-aware WalknTours audio route through Boston’s North End in about an hour. You’ll hear stories tied to Tony DeMarco, Italian and Irish immigrants, Paul Revere, the Midnight Rider, Moby Dick, and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. The tour is private to your group, self-guided, in English, and costs $5.75 per person.

“The walking, self tour was excellent! It gave a great deal more information than another tour I took the following day from our cruise ship. I highly recommend it.”

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12.Boston Civil War and Abolition Movement: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $11

Follow a self-guided VoiceMap audio tour through central Boston, from Faneuil Hall to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. You’ll hear about Daniel Webster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, the Irish famine, the 54th Regiment, and Louisa May Alcott while visiting 11 historic stops. The tour runs offline in English and takes about 90 minutes to two hours.

“This is a great way to tour and learn more about these sites on your own schedule. The tour seemed very well researched and very informative.”

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