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Step 1
Walk the Freedom Trail. Showcasing Colonial and Revolutionary Boston, this walking tour takes visitors to 16 historical sites, covering two and a half centuries of America's most significant past. A red brick or painted line guides walkers to ensure visitors hit all of the historic sites.
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Step 2
Visit Paul Revere's house. The oldest building in downtown Boston served as the home of Paul Revere and his family from 1770 to 1800. Revere left here for his famous "midnight ride."
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Step 3
Visit Faneuil Hall Marketplace. This collection of shops, food locations and pushcart vendors is housed in converted 18th century warehouses. Street entertainers frequently perform outside as you browse. This is also the site of Cheers Faneuil Hall, in tribute to the TV show Cheers.
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Step 4
Take a ride on the Swan Boats of Boston. A Swan Boats driver paddles you around the Public Garden Lagoon for this 15 minute ride.
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Step 5
Visit the New England Aquarium. Encounter penguins, jelly fish, sea dragons and much more as you journey to exhibits around the circular, four-story Giant Ocean Tank at the center of the Aquarium that is home to more than 3,000 corals and sponges, sharks, sea turtles, barracudas, moray eels and hundreds of exotic tropical fish species.
