14 Audio Tours in Boston Worth Booking

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 North End and Charlestown. Hear stories about Paul Revere, Sam Adams, the Boston Massacre, Bunker Hill, and the USS Constitution. Pause for food, breaks, and extra sightseeing along the way.

“Wonderful experience! Takes you through the entire trail. Very engaging audio with precise and easy to follow navigational directions.”

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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

Use the Action Tour Guide app to follow Boston’s red-brick Freedom Trail from Boston Common to Bunker Hill. GPS-triggered audio covers 16 historic sites, including Paul Revere’s House, Faneuil Hall, the USS Constitution, and more. Download it on strong Wi-Fi before you arrive.

“A Boston must see! We will be back for a repeat when we have more time. The brick path is super easy to follow with the self guided tour.”

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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 Beacon Hill from the Charles Street Meeting House to the African American Meeting House while the WalknTours app tells stories of John J. Smith, Lewis Hayden, Harriet Tubman, and others. You control the pace, pause when needed, and use GPS directions to find historic homes, schools, and meeting places.

“This self guided tour was so well laid out with the pictures and directions. I was thoroughly impressed. I hope to do many more self guided tours because it brings about a great sense of independence and self pacing.”

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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. Hear stories about the 54th Regiment, Granary Burying Ground, the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, JFK, and the Revolution, then revisit the experience with 360-degree photo guides.

“Excellent walking tour. Super easy. Pause and continue at your own pace. Nice alternative to a guided tour. Provides the perfect amount of historical information.”

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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

Visit Old North Church at 193 Salem Street and follow a self-guided audio tour about Paul Revere’s lantern signal and the church’s early congregants. You can move at your own pace, speak with on-site educators, view an exhibit, and pick up a free scavenger hunt for children.

“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 veteran guide’s recorded narration. The VoiceMap app supplies offline audio, maps, and turn-by-turn directions, plus a virtual tour you can revisit at home. Allow about 75 to 90 minutes.

“The two hours I spent trying to get the trip to start (it never did). The only easym paRT Was paying. That worked well,”

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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 GPS-guided route from South Station along Boston’s waterfront to Long Wharf. Your narrator explains the Tea Party, colonial trade, modern architecture, and harbor cleanup through more than 18 audio stories. Download the Action Tour Guide app, bring earbuds, and start whenever you like.

“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 to George Washington’s statue in the Public Garden. Hear stories of Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, the Big Dig, Irish immigration, and the Molasses Flood, with GPS directions and no live guide.

“It was very well done and easy to use. The tour took my family much longer than the estimated time but we enjoyed it.”

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9.Self-Guided Scary Ghosts & Witch Trials Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.2 · 11 reviews · 7 days · from $10

Start at Gallows Hill Park and follow Salem’s witch trial stories, haunted places, shadow people, and ghostly legends through smartphone audio. The tour costs $10, works in six languages, and stays valid for seven days, but you must activate it through GhostTour.fun.

“nothing was marked so it was difficult to follow. walking through neighborhoods was a little sketchy. We drove to majority of the spots because of the heat.”

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10.Self Guided Audio Tour ‘Hawthorne’s Haunts’ Haunted Walking Tour Salem

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 45 to 55 minutes (approx.) · from $5

Follow Steven’s theatrical audio stories from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace to the House of the Seven Gables. Along the way, pause for the Salem Witch Museum, hear tales of haunted hotels, secret tunnels, and Hawthorne’s family ties to the witch trials, all at your own pace.

“Being able to learn but on my own time without a tour crowd. Could pause and absorb before moving on.”

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

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

Use the Action Tour Guide app to explore Boston by foot or car, with location-based stories for the Freedom Trail, Harvard, the harbor, and Cape Ann. The $24.99 bundle includes offline maps, lifetime access, and flexible stops, but attraction tickets and parking are extra.

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

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12.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 explore Boston in English at your own pace, from Copps Hill and Old North Church through Faneuil Hall, Granary Burying Ground, Boston Common, and the Public Garden. Gregg’s narration mixes Revolution-era stories, immigration history, food tips, and clear walking directions.

“Very good tour. A lot of information was given on the stops, also some small information on food/drinks. Good instructions to go to the next stops on the tour. Takes about 4h to complete.”

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13.Massachusetts Self-Guided Audio Tour Bundle: 10+ Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 2 days (approx.) · from $49

Use the Action Tour Guide app to explore 10-plus Massachusetts routes, from Boston’s Freedom Trail and Harborwalk to Salem, Plymouth, Cape Cod, Cape Ann, and Martha’s Vineyard. Audio begins by location, works offline, and lets you walk or drive at your own pace.

“These are great tours - we did several over our vacation. A little hard to navigate in cities with a lot of traffic. We loves getting the experience of a guided tour but not being stuck on someone else's schedule”

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14.Self-Guided Audio Tour of Boston North End

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

Follow a 50-minute to one-hour English audio walk through Boston’s North End on the WalknTours app. You’ll hear stories about Tony DeMarco, Paul Revere, immigrant families, old churches, Italian shops, and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. The route is outdoors and self-guided, with no food or live guide included.

“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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