Concord, Cambridge and Lexington Tour

Just outside of Boston, tour the historically significant sites of Colonial America with your professional guide. Venture into Cambridge and visit Harvard University. Drive along "Tory Road" and see the preserved homes of some of America's greatest literary geniuses. Return to the sites most important to the birth of the United States, such as the infamous battle grounds in Lexington and Concord, on this fantastic half day Boston tour.

Cambridge is home to quiet neighborhoods, the site of the American Continental Army's beginnings, and the esteemed Harvard University. Visit Harvard Yard, the twenty-five acre green space that comprises the center of America's oldest institution of higher learning. Continue your Cambridge tour at Cambridge Common, where George Washington first rallied his troops and took control of the Continental Army in 1775.

Encounter the colonial era homes along "Tory Row," named for the British Loyalists of the American Revolution. Tour past the home of famous American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whose house briefly served as headquarters for George Washington's Continental Army. After seeing the home of the poet who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride," journey along the famed route of the man who warned that the British troops were coming.

Travel into Lexington and tour Lexington Green, the site of the famed "shot heard round the world." This site, which marks the start of the American Revolution, is remembered for the day when Captain Jonathan Parker and seventy-seven Minutemen confronted over 700 British Regulars of the British Army on April 19, 1775. The history of that fateful day is further explored upon your entry into Concord.

On your way to the site of the Battle of Concord, see the homes of some of America's most celebrated writers, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Once you reach the Old North Bridge, imagine what it was like to be part of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War those many years ago. After your Concord tour, return to Boston with your guide. For a historic day full of significant sights and beautiful countryside, this half day journey through Cambridge, Lexington, and Concord is a sightseer's best choice.