Top 10 Hidden Gems Things to do in Boston, Massachusetts (MA)

January 13, 2022 Ying Subia

Walk the Freedom Trail the first time you visit Boston and you'll quickly get a sense of this coastal city's revolutionary spirit and history. But make sure you also explore some of Boston's fine museums (try the Isabella Stewart Gardner, featuring masterpieces displayed in their collector's mansion) and old neighborhoods (like the North End, Boston's Little Italy). You can't claim to have experienced real Boston culture, though, until you've watched a Red Sox game from the bleachers.
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1. PhotoWalks Tours of Boston

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PhotoWalks Tours of Boston

Explore Boston from a different angle! PhotoWalks provides interactive guided walking tours of Boston with photography tips that teach you how to see creatively and capture amazing pictures in less than 2 hours--no matter what camera you have! All ages and skill levels are welcome. And, there's plenty of fascinating commentary of the city's historic sites and iconic landmarks for history and architecture buffs too.

2. Free Tours by Foot - Boston Tours

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Free Tours by Foot - Boston Tours

We offer Boston walking tours at no upfront cost. Our guests decide what a tour was worth or what he or she can afford after a tour is finished. We also run pay-what-you-like Boston food tours as well as bike tours. Tours include Cambridge MA.

3. Boston Custom Tours - Private Tours

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Boston Custom Tours - Private Tours

Boston Custom Tours. We offer tours throughout New England given by experienced guides. History, nature, architecture, food, sports and all things fun. Enjoy a day absorbing all the area holds, as told by two natives of Ireland who have made this their home.

4. Walking Tours Of Boston In French

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Walking Tours Of Boston In French

Boston le nez en l'air offert historical and cultural tours of Boston with a French touch. All the tours are run in French with local francophone guides.

5. North End Boston Food Tour

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North End Boston Food Tour

Feast on Food and Culture Experience the oldest neighborhood in Boston with a lifelong resident of 60 years. Discover hidden gems on our famous Hanover and Salem streets. All inclusive a delicious pizza from the only wood fired brick oven pizzeria in the neighborhood an Italian cold cut sandwich from one of our award winning Salumerias and for dessert a delicious homemade ricotta cannoli.

6. Bites of Boston Food Tours

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Bites of Boston Food Tours

Get off the beaten path and get a "taste" of Boston's most vibrant and delicious neighborhoods - literally and figuratively! During our tours, guests can expect to not only taste delicious local food specialties, but also to learn about the chef/owners behind each of these eateries, and to to visit and learn about unique points of local historical, architectural and cultural interest in each neighborhood. Our tour experiences are filled with food, facts and fun! All food tastings are included in the ticket price and collectively provide enough food for a satisfying lunch for most people. This tour covers approximately 1.5 miles in 3 hours and is suitable for a variety of ages and fitness levels.

7. Boston Foodie Tours

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Boston Foodie Tours

Local + Best of = Us. Boston Foodie Tours specializes in award-winning best eats (e.g. James Beard Award winners, Best of Boston winners, food institutions), history, and culinary education. Our offerings include the North End Neighborhood Tour (Little Italy), the Boston Public Market & North End Tour, and the Beacon Hill & Back Bay Tour. We also offer on-site team-building culinary events, private group and VIP tours, 3-course Dine Arounds at Boston's finest restaurants, community-based cooking classes at top restaurants, neighborhood cafes, and cooking schools, and historical Feed'em Trail Scavenger Hunts (Downtown, Beacon Hill). Join us on Boston's tastiest culinary tours and events as we "Stroll. Sample. Savor. Repeat."

8. Off The Eaten Path Tours

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Off The Eaten Path Tours

Off The Eaten Path Tours, the essential food tour of Boston's historic North End. Join us to see, hear,and taste Boston's most colorful neighborhood the way people who live here do everyday. We believe a food tour should be a striking harmony of a neighborhood's cuisine, history, and architecture. And in a neighborhood as rich in food culture, and history as the North End-America's most vibrant "Little Italy"- you'll experience great fun just being apart of it all. Join Off The Eaten Path Tours as we uncover the fabled path, and culinary traditions of this old world neighborhood. On this tour we will live "La Dolce Vita" and enjoy the art of good eating, in the finest specialty food stores, bakeries, salumeria's, and restaurants.

9. Bully Boy Distillers

44 Cedric St, Boston, MA 02119-3002 +1 617-442-6000 [email protected] http://www.bullyboydistillers.com
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Bully Boy Distillers

Boston's first ever craft distillery producing vodka, gin, white whiskey, white rum, aged rum, aged whiskey, and bottled cocktails.

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I came here this past weekend (Saturday November 16th 2019), a few days before my birthday. I wanted to show some friends out of town a distillery tour that was something I enjoyed (cocktails and spirits), and so, to do that and support local business, Bully Boy was fun, more intimate, and we got to try some delicious product.

10. Ye Olde Tavern Tours

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Ye Olde Tavern Tours

Since 2013, Ye Olde Tavern Tours has been offering the best way to learn Boston's history because you drink beer while doing it! On this historic tavern tour, you'll walk along the Freedom Trail to see and learn about ten historic sites related to the American Revolution and grab a beer at some of the nation's oldest taverns. Founded by a PhD in American history, you'll hear about and immerse yourself in Boston's drunken and revolutionary past. Our tours are the best way to walk the Freedom Trail and enjoy the rich history of Boston! Huzzah!

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