WalknTours
About
WalknTours offers self-guided, GPS-triggered audio walking tours of Boston through a smartphone app. Stories play automatically as visitors reach each location, so they can explore at their own pace without joining a group or keeping to a schedule. Boston routes include the classic Freedom Trail, the Underground Railroad, Beacon Hill, the Ghosts of Boston’s Past and a North End Food Tour, covering history, ghost stories and food.
The tours are professionally narrated by local experts. Walkers can pause for photos or lunch, skip stops, or linger as long as they like. The company also produces tours of other cities, historic districts and museums, as well as drive tours of national parks and scenic byways, and publishes free travel guides and tips for hundreds of destinations. It pitches itself as a way to save money compared with traditional tours.
What to Know
- Purchased tours never expire and can be replayed after the trip.
- The app is available on both the App Store and Google Play.
- Tours work without cell service once downloaded.
- WalknTours is a Meet Boston partner.
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