Great Visitor Center! Well located in Boston Common, on Tremont inside a cute and charming…read morebuilding. It is great they open early when you visit! They have clean restrooms (major plus), although we never had issues finding bathroom while strolling around Boston. They have great maps of Boston and a nice one of the subway system, super helpful. This is where Freedom Trail starts, you can book tours here. They don't have an actual map for it, I printed one I found online because I didn't want to do a guided tours, I wanted to hit all the spots. Nice customer service, a friendly crew working here. They sell a nice souvenir selection, OK prices, I snagged a few, a lobster Christmas ornament for myself because... Great place to shop for souvenirs, you won't find many shops in town. When you start your Boston trip, start here for map, advice, info and a souvenir or two!

We met outside of this visitor center for a Freedom Trail Tour. I went inside to use the restroom…read morebefore the tour. Stopped at the information desk and they were happy to help me plan our trip to Salem the next day. Turns out you can catch the Purple Commuter line train from the North End Station to Salem. Visitor Center also had Boston tourist souvenirs for sale.

Ira was a fantastic guide. Highly recommend his tour when visiting Boston! Would do it again.read more

We had some out of town visitors, and even though I thought I knew Boston well, ("that's the…read morelibrary, that's the State House, that's Dunkin Donuts,...") I knew I didn't know enough to give a proper tour, so we enlisted 1ifbyland. Great move. Our guide was a real history buff, with more little known facts than Cliff Clavin. He was funny too and really made the afternoon for us. Great tour.

Life is about living without regrets. And today my bad timings almost handed me one of my worst…read moreregrets. ALMOST. My tour guide was Michael, who is a retired professor of history and has a delivery of Harvey Keitel mixed with a comedian. His knowledge and wit, combined with really wanting you to know the real story, made for such an amazing experience. But nature called for me about one hour into the tour, and when I returned I could not find the tour group. Not Michaels fault, it was mine because I thought I could quickly go to the restroom and regroup with the tour. And I tried to find them for 20 minutes, but to no avail. I found other tour guides, but I could tell that they weren't nearly as good as Michael. So I took a risk. There was a later tour that was starting in one hour, and I returned HOPING that Michael was the guide . If it wasn't , I was going to blow the whole thing off. Michael indeed was the tour guide for the later tour, and I was able to finish his tour. I highly suggest this company, and Michael!

Michael Szkolka was our most amazing guide. He is a history professor at a local college. We came…read morebecause we wanted an interactive history lesson, not an actor in a costume. He did not disappoint. He have both popular myths and facts. He engaged us all and had lots of jokes. I don't think I could have enjoyed it more. What I liked most was that he ended every location with: "Does anybody have any questions?" I wholeheartedly suggest you go on this tour and learn why Paul Revere did not say: "The British are coming"

Our tour guide Alissa gave a thoroughly entertaining and fact filled tour on the Freedom Trail. She…read morespoke for 2.5 hours almost nonstop with interesting stories that made history come alive. She is a winner!! Thanks Alissa!

My friend booked our tour through Get Your Guide. Sewart led us on our 2.5+ hour Freedom Trail…read moreyour. He did a fantastic job. He was witty and knowledgeable. Very engaging. I appreciated that he kept his eyes on the group to be sure everyone was moving along. I would def recommend this tour and guide. You can do the Freedom Tour on your own but this was well worth the money to have someone guide you and give you the history at the same time.

My family of five booked a last minute trip to Boston. I sent an email the Thursday morning before…read morethe weekend and Boston Private Tours was able to set us up with a private driver for that very next day. David picked us up early at 7am in a clean Lexus SUV and took us on a tour of Boston, Salem and Gloucester. He was knowledgeable and really great with our three young kids, even telling my six year old a new story every time she asked for one. And most important, he was a safe driver. If you book with Boston Private Tours, be sure to ask for David.

We did a 6 hour private tour with Declan and he was awesome!!!…read moreSuper knowledgeable and easy going! Cannot say enough good things about him and Michelle who I booked the trip with, money well spent and highly recommended if you are looking for a custom tour of the Boston area!

The staff is knowledgeable and informative. The value is high for the monetary consumption …read more Parking is difficult but manageable.

Tom is a great guide and is as true a Bostonian as you can get! With Tom as your guide, you can…read moreexperience Boston as local. He is a great driver and has interesting facts to share about every street, shop and monument that you may miss on your own. I highly recommend Tom and Boston A to Z!

Tim gave us a 3 hour tour of Boston yesterday from the cruise terminal. In that time we saw most of…read morethe popular sites in Boston, and walked around the Boston Public Garden. Tim would have stopped anywhere else we wanted but none of the 11 passengers wanted to. We felt we got a better value for our payment than if we had taken one of the larger tours. We would do the tour again.

Tim grew up in Boston and knows all the interesting sites in the area. We booked 3 tours with him,…read moreBoston and Quincy, Salem and the North Shore and Lexington/Concord. Tim is a wealth of knowledge and we learned things about the Revolutionary War we had not known before. It was very moving to walk the same steps that our past Presidents and loyal Patriots did! Since we were his only riders we could go to out of the way places and visit areas that only the locals know. I highly recommend hiring Tim when you visit the Boston area...he is very pleasant, prices are reasonable and you can customize your day to your preferences! We will definitely call Tim next time we are there! You should too!

Ralph is incredible! Had a tour with him and he was wonderful to my family. Very knowledgeable…read moreabout Boston and was overly polite. Great value and he was a true gentleman

I must completely disagree with prior review. We just spent 2 days ( 3 hours and 6 hours ) with…read moreRalph Spinelli in Boston and he was a wonderful man! Twin ( boy and girl - 16 yo) never found offensive. Husband and myself. Ralph is a true Boston gem, one of a kind and truly loves people and his city. He does this as an extrovert who wants to keep busy and has a genuine desire to make it a beneficial trip for all! He took us to 4 colleges in one day ( 2 more than we planned) and knew so much about them all! He made it so easy dropping us right at admissions and waiting for us at each college stop to take us to next highlights he even took us to best burgers at Harvard! I would trust Ralph to pick up my daughter if we ever came back or she went to college here to get to and from airport, etc. Do yourself a favor and book him! My daughter even said Ralph is 3 for 3 on restaurants he recommended this trip!