Beantown Trolley Tours

On the Beantown Trolley Tour, you will enjoy a truly comprehensive tour of Boston. Take a two-hour narrated tour where you can hop on and off at your leisure to get a closer look at sights of interest to you.

This is the best way to see Boston, Massachusetts. Our trolleys run between 9:30 and 4:30 pm, with a trolley reaching each stop approximately every 20 minutes. The last daily departure is 3:00pm when daylight savings time is not in effect.

And, you receive a free bonus tour - either a sightseeing harbor cruise from May through October or a visit to the Mapparium from November through April.

Book tours and activities online and save, or call us toll free for assistance with reservations, group tours, and private charters.

Special Schedule Notes

-On July 4, 2010 the tour will stop operating at 3:00 pm.

See Beacon Hill, Newbury Street, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Charlestown, Bunker Hill Pavilion, and more. Choose from twenty stops with over 100 points of interest. Tour Boston on the red Beantown Trolley.

FREE BONUS TOUR - a Harbor Cruise from the New England Aquarium or the U.S.S. Constitution (Cruise operates May - October and is replaced by tickets to the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library during the winter months).

Direct service to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Seaport District.

Click here to see a map of the Trolley Route.

Trolley Stops

1. New England Aquarium / Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Board at Main Trolley Depot - Blue Line - Aquarium

~ Long Wharf
~ Haymarket Square
~ Old State House
~ Marriott Long Wharf
~ Boston Harbor Hotel
~ Wyndham Boston Hotel
~ Boston Harbor Cruises
~ National Parks Visitors Center

1A. Seaport District Shuttle
Board at Northern Avenue / Seaport Hotel

~ World Trade Center
~ No Name restaurant
~ Federal Courthouse
~ Seaport Hotel & Conference Center
~ Anthony's Pier 4
~ Jimmy's Harborside
~ Spirit of Boston

2. North End -- Little Italy/Fleet Center
Board at Commercial Street at skating rink.
Orange / Green Line North Station

~ Italian Cuisine and Pastry Shops
~ Paul Revere House
~ Fleet Center
~ Copp's Hill Burial Ground
~ Joe Tecce's Restaurant
~ Festival of the Saints (seasonal)
~Old South Church

3. U.S.S Constitution / "Old Ironsides"

~ U.S.S. Cassin Young ~ Bunker Hill Monument ~ Historic Charlestown ~ "Whites of their Eyes" ~ Constitution Museum ~ Warren Tavern

4. Old State House / Site of Boston Massacre
Board across from Old State House / Court Street

~ Site of Boston Massacre
~ Exedra Marketplace
~ Christopher Columbus Park
~ Union Oyster House
~ Globe Corner Bookstore
~ Faneuil Hall Marketplace
~ Houlihan's
~ Explore Boston

5. Wyndham Tremont Hotel
Board at Hotel

~ Theatre District / Wang Center
~ Wilbur Theatre
~ Doubletree Hotel
~ Milner Hotel
~ Charles Playhouse
~ Shubert Theatre
~ Shear Madness

6. City Place
Board corner of South Charles and Boylston Streets. Suburban Hotel Returns leave from here.

~ Cheers
~ Swan Boats
~ Four Seasons Hotel
~ Radisson 57 Hotel
~ Transportation Building
~ Charles Street Meeting House
~ Public Gardens

7. State House / Beacon Hill / "Shaw Memorial"
Board Front of Shaw Memorial (across from State House)

~ Black Heritage Trail
~ Beginning of Freedom Trail
~ Visitor's Center
~ Park Street Church
~ Kings Chapel
~ Filene's Basement Shopping
~ Omni Parker House
~ Old South Meeting House

8. West End / Holiday Inn Select / Government Center
Board at front entrance of Hotel

~ Mass General Hospital
~ Plan It Boston
~ Harrison Gray Otis House

9. Cambridge Center Marriott Hotel
Board at Kendall Square T Station (Red Line - 2 Stops to Harvard Square) Red Line, Kendall Square Cambridge

~ Kendall Square
~ Galleria Shuttle
~ M.I.T.
~ Charles River Boat Co.

10. Back Bay Hilton
Board at front entrance Hilton Hotel (Green Line, Arlington)

~ Prudential Skywalk
~ Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers
~ South End
~ Shops at The Prudential

11. Museum of Fine Arts
Board at Front Door of MFA

~ The Gardner Museum
~ Northeastern University

12. Symphony Hall
Board at Midtown Hotel

~ Christian Science Church

13. Back Bay / Colonnade Hotel
Board at the Colonnade Hotel

~ Back Bay Area
~ St. Botolph Street Townhouses

14. Copley Place Shopping / Marriott Copley Hotel
Board Marriott Copley under Canopy

~ Copley Square Hotel
~ Champion's Sports Bar
~ Copley Place Shopping
~ Lenox Hotel

15. Copley Square / Trinity Church
Board Dartmouth St. side of Copley Plaza

~ Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
~ Boston Public Library
~ John Hancock Observatory
~ Westin Hotel
~ Back Bay Train and Bus Station
~ New Old South Church

16. Hard Rock Cafe
Board at Hard Rock Cafe - Clarendon Street

~ Hard Rock Cafe

17. Park Square / Radisson 57 Hotel
Board at Radisson Hotel Stuart Street

~ Park Plaza Hotel & Pharmacy

18. South Station / Tea Party / Children's Museum
Board at corner of Dorchester & Congress, in front of Three Cheers Restaurant (Red Line, South Station, turn right on Summer, left on Dorchester, 20 yards to intersection, cross to location of stop - 2 minute walk from South Station)

~ Financial District
~ Federal Reserve Bank
~ Computer Museum
~ Transportation Center

19. Boston Harbor Hotel / Rowes Wharf
Board at Boston Harbor Hotel on Atlantic Avenue

~ Logan Airport Water Shuttle
~ Odyssey Cruises

Tour includes free Hotel Pick-Up from selected hotels (9:30 am departure only), April thru October. Child age is 5 to 11 (children under 5 are free when riding in an adult's lap). Please reserve online, or call us toll-free at 888-794-8292.