Boston Shore Excursion: Boston Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 221 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Excellent Tour!

  My friends and I did the Boston Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour as a shore excursion when we were in the city. We did the full City Loop, and then we started over. We decided to hop off at the first stop near Faneuil Hall. We stopped at Quincy Market for lunch where I had one of the best lobster rolls I've had on my whole trip. Afterward, we stopped to see what some of the vendors outside were selling. We made our way back to the bus stop. There was a crowd of people waiting, but more buses kept coming in to pick up passengers. Both the drivers (narrators) for the city loop were informative and entertaining. Since we had to get back to our ship at a certain time, we continued with the tour until they dropped us off at the ship. Excellent tour!

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  robinm874October 2026via Tripadvisor

• 1Terrible delays poor service

  Find an alternative way for a city tour if on a cruise ship and you have a tight time schedule Spent an hour and half queuing at the main starting point even when a bus turned up people disembarked you were allowed to get on but buses refused to leave until they hit their scheduled departure time which could be anything from 10 to 15 mins instead of departing immediately we waited until the seventh bus arrived and we had spent approximately 1 1/2 hours in the queue even speaking to supervisors at the starting point to reason with common sense and just let the buses leave when full fell on deaf ears The bus driver was terrible. Poor commentary had to be corrected by tourists several times as the information provided was inaccurate having used vitator for years this was by far the worst experience how on earth this particular tour has receives awards for one of the best tours in the USA rubbish 🫩

  Peter_MOctober 2026via Viator

• 5Great tour guide

  Excellent tour a lot of great information

  BruceH66October 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5enjoyable day seeing Boston.

  Sage was an excellent guide and very informative.

  elainecS409BDOctober 2026via Tripadvisor

• 2Weather in Boston

  Vehicle wasn’t equipped to handle weather conditions as they were so steamed over that I was unable to see many of the sites that the driver mentioned.

  larry_CSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5If they are hearing...

  If they are hearing impaired they can only enjoy view. Trying to understand what the driver was saying was impossible even with hearing aids.

  Margaret_SSeptember 2026via Viator

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How it compares in Boston

• Its from-price is 48% below the median of the 476 experiences we list in Boston.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 52 of 476.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

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