Battle Road Trail Tours and Tickets

While there are many areas within Boston where you can experience the city’s revolutionary history, to get a more complete picture, history lovers can visit the real locations where the American Revolution began. On this full-day private tour, head to Lexington and Concord to walk the Battle Road Trail, see where the Minutemen bested the Redcoats, and much more.

This half day private car tour is a perfect way to visit the Revolutionary War towns of Lexington and Concord and see the site where the "shot heard round the world" was fired. We'll take the same route as Paul Revere, stopping at the most significant sites along the way to give a detailed account of what and how things unfolded in April 1775. The travel time from Boston to these towns is 45 minutes each way and you'll be in one of our comfortable private vehicles with an experienced, knowledgeable and licensed tour guide.

This private car tour is comprehensive enough for any history buff, but as interesting in other ways for non history nerds. It's a unique combination of the Revolutionary War sites in Boston and Cambridge that you won't have seen. Then onto Lexington and Concord to see the towns where the "shot heard round the world" was fired. We'll take the same route as Paul Revere, stopping at the most significant, and lesser known sites along the way giving a detailed account of events in April 1775. For those less interested in the details of the battles, there's the option to visit the home of Louisa May Alcott or just take some time to enjoy the pretty main street of Concord. The itinerary gives the list of sites we'll visit, but timings are flexible to let us spend time at the places you're most interested in. We'll also stop for lunch (not included in price of tour) and there's plenty of photo opportunities.

Visit the real locations where the American Revolution began. Stand on Lexington Battle Green and listen to stories about the very first days of the war and the "shot heard around the world". Walk the Battle Road Trail, stage of multiple skirmishes between the Minutemen and the Redcoats and other "treasonous" events. Visit Concord's Old North Bridge, where the Minutemen routed the Redcoats on their march back to Boston! Return to Boston to visit important sights along the Freedom Trail, including the Paul Revere House, Old North Church, USS Constitution (aka Old Ironside), the Bunker Hill Monument - home to the phrase "don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes", and more!

This is an action packed private day tour of the sites, history and events of the Revolutionary War era in Boston, Cambridge Lexington & Concord. We drive the Freedom Trail with stories of the city's 400 year history, the events, people and sites which led up to the war. In the oldest neighborhoods of the city, we'll give context to historic events like the Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre and Battle of Bunker Hill. We'll take a quick walking tour of Harvard, explain the role it played in the start of the war and where George Washington himself spent time. A 10 mile drive gets us to Lexington Green where we take in the significance of the site and the story of what happened that night in April 1775. Next the picturesque town of Concord, to the Old North Bridge and how the second battle of the war took the British by surprise. Pick up and drop off in Downtown Boston, a stop for lunch along the way (not included in price of tour) and as light or heavy on history as you'd like.

This private car tour is a special edition Rev War 250 tour. We've combined a few lesser known, yet hugely significant Revolutionary War sites in Boston, with the main events in the towns of Lexington and Concord in to a half day tour. Starting in Boston we'll take you to sites where very few tours go and give context to events leading up to the outbreak of the war. Then onto Lexington and Concord to see the towns where the "shot heard round the world" was fired. We'll take the same route as Paul Revere, stopping at the most significant sites along the way giving a detailed account of events of April 1775. The itinerary gives the list of sites we'll visit, timings are flexible and the 4 hour tour time includes travel to and from Concord. This tour is perfect for those groups who have limited time available in Boston or groups who have different degrees of interest in the history of that time.