Freedom Trail Tickets and Prices 2026: What Costs Money

Booking choice: The small-group walking tour, from $39 per person. Check dates Compare the options below

There is no ticket for the Freedom Trail itself. It is a 2.5-mile line of brick and paint in the public sidewalk that links 16 sites, and you can start it at any hour on any day.

Money enters in three places: a guide, the sites that charge admission, and the passes that bundle a few of them. The figures below come from the Freedom Trail Foundation, the sites' own pages and the Viator listings, and they change, so check the page before you go.

The quick answer

Walking the trail is at no charge. Tours run from $8 for the self-guided audio tour and $26 for the costumed-guide walk to $39 for the small-group walking tour and $79 for the whole-trail walk. Tours never include admission to the sites.

A red line of brick and paint crossing grey paving with a manhole cover in the middle — The red line in the pavement. Following it costs nothing.

Do you need a ticket to walk the Freedom Trail?

No. The trail is a public route in the sidewalk, and walking it costs nothing.

The Freedom Trail Foundation FAQ says walking the trail has no cost, while select historic sites charge admission and Foundation-led tours are paid. Nobody checks a ticket on Tremont Street or in the North End.

That is the honest starting point for every tour on this site: you can do the whole thing alone, and a tour sells a guide and a story.

How much does a Freedom Trail tour cost?

From $8 for a self-guided app to $79 for the four-hour tour of the whole trail.

The table lists what each option covers. Gratuities are extra on most of them, and the whole-trail guide says he does not accept tips.

Option	Price	Length	Where it goes	Group
The audio app	$8	About 3 hours	Common to Bunker Hill and the ship	Solo, own pace
The costumed walk	$26	1 h 45 min	Common to the North End	Group walk
The small-group walk	$39	2.5 hours	Downtown and the North End	16 guests at most
The story tour	$55	3 hours	Chronological, ends in the North End	Small group
The whole-trail walk	$79	4 hours	All 16 sites, ends at the ship	Group walk

The cheapest guided way to hear the stories on the trail, with a costumed guide.

Check dates for the costumed-guide walk

Which Freedom Trail sites charge admission?

Four of the interiors do: the Old State House and Old South Meeting House, Old North Church and the Paul Revere House.

The Revolutionary Spaces admission page sells one combined ticket for the Old State House and Old South Meeting House: $18 for adults, $16 for seniors, $10 for ages 6 to 17, and nothing for 5 and under. The Old North Church admission page lists a Discovery Pass at $10 for adults and $5 for youth. The Paul Revere House hours page lists $6 for adults, $5.50 for seniors and college students, and $1 for children 5 to 17.

Tours do not cover any of this, which is the surprise that catches people at the door.

The red brick Old State House with a clock tower seen between tall glass office towers — The Old State House, now surrounded by glass towers.

What is at no charge on the trail?

The Common, the State House exterior, the burying grounds, the Navy Yard ship and the Bunker Hill Monument.

Boston Common and the street sites such as the Franklin statue and the Boston Massacre Site.
The Granary and Copp's Hill burying grounds, outdoors, with hours posted at the gates.
The State House tours, weekdays, reserved by phone, per the State House tours page.
The USS Constitution and the Bunker Hill Monument, with no admission fee at either.

Ranger talks in the Faneuil Hall Great Hall are also offered at no charge, but the schedule changes, so check the National Park Service page.

An iron fence gate with two plaques at the entrance of the Granary Burying Ground — The gate of the Granary Burying Ground.

Is there a pass that bundles the sites?

Two. The 3-in-1 Deal is $30 and the Boston 250 Pass is $35.10.

The Old North Church admission page describes the Freedom Trail 3-in-1 Deal as a Foundation tour plus the Old South Meeting House, the Old State House and Old North Church, sold only at the Boston Common Visitor Center. The same page lists the Boston 250 Pass, with discounted adult admission to Old North, the Paul Revere House, the Old State House, Old South and King's Chapel. Do the sums for the sites you really want before you buy.

Three hours of stories in order, with Faneuil Hall entry already in the price.

Check dates for the full revolutionary story tour

Do the tours include site admission?

No. Every tour here sells the guide and the route, and interiors are extra.

The small-group walk lists museum admission as excluded, and the whole-trail walk says interiors are not included. The story tour is the one exception, since it covers entry to Faneuil Hall and a break in Quincy Market.

The Massachusetts State House with its gold dome and white columns under a blue sky — The State House, whose exterior you can see from the sidewalk.

What does a day on the trail really cost?

Around $50 for a guided walk plus two interiors, or about $24 for the app plus three small tickets.

Take the costumed-guide walk at $26, add the combined Old State House and Old South ticket at $18 and the Paul Revere House at $6, and you are at $50 before tips. Swap in the audio app at $8 and the Old North Discovery Pass at $10, with the Revere House at $6, and you spend about $24. Bring a card or cash for the Revere House, which sets a $10 card minimum.

A dark gabled wooden house between brick buildings with a small group of visitors outside — The Paul Revere House, one of the interiors that charges admission.

Which tour suits which budget?

Pick on what you want from a guide, not on the lowest number.

Lowest spend: the audio app, with a few sites chosen for the doors you open.
A guide on a modest budget: the costumed-guide walk.
The best first visit: the small-group walk.
Everything, including Charlestown: the whole-trail walk.

The guided or self-guided guide goes through the trade-offs.

A 4.9-rated small-group walk through downtown and the North End, 16 guests at most.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Freedom Trail at no charge?

Yes. Walking the red line costs nothing. Foundation tours and some site interiors charge admission.

How much does a Freedom Trail tour cost?

On Viator, $26 for the costumed walk, $39 for the small-group walk, $55 for the story tour and $79 for the whole trail.

Do tours include museum admission?

No. Admissions are extra, except Faneuil Hall entry on the three-hour story tour.

What does the Boston 250 Pass cover?

Discounted adult admission to Old North, the Paul Revere House, the Old State House, Old South and King's Chapel, at $35.10 per the Old North Church page.

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