Harvard Square and University Smartphone Guided Audio Walking
- 1.3–1.8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Want to get a solo tour of Harvard? Don't have time for a group tour? Our tour will take you through Harvard Square’s lively academic and cultural scene, see historic churches, the Harvard Lampoon Building, the books stores, the grounds of the university, the John Harvard Statue, the Harvard Art Museums and much more. You'll have a great feel of Harvard once your done. Go at your own pace, anytime. The tour is location aware and plays as you walk.
Inclusions
What's included
- Tour of Harvard University, square and area on our walking tour app
- Hands free, location aware, the tour plays as you walk.
- Go at your own pace. The tour never expires. Go anytime.
What's not
- No food or drink
- No admission this is all outside
- No human guide, this is guided by our walking tour app
Itinerary
The tour ends at the Harvard Art Museums, a free museum with iconic works that is free to enter.
The Commander Hotel was named to commemorate the spot at Cambridge Common where George Washington first took command of the Continental Army in 1775. And it's seen it's fair share of visitors. The tour starts here then guides you step by step through Harvard Square and Harvard University.
This is one of the oldest and most influential congregations in all of New England. The church was established in sixteen thirty-six and was the 11th oldest congregation in Massachusetts.
The Cambridge Common is more than just a green patch at Harvard’s doorstep; historically, it’s the heart of Cambridge. In sixteen thirties, the grounds were originally set aside as “cow common” for grazing livestock and wood gathering.
Old Burial Ground 190 Peek over the gates for a moment. Soldiers from the American Revolution, some killed during the British retreat from Lexington and Concord in seventeen seventy-five, are memorialized by a central granite obelisk, and there are even the gravestones of two Black patriots, Cato Stedman and Neptune Frost, whose lives remind us that freedom was always fought for by many voices.
Christ Church Cambridge, founded in 1759 is the oldest standing church building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In eighteen twenty-nine, at the peak of the crisis, when the congregation split, the more liberal, Unitarian majority retained the historic meeting house and eventually became known as First Parish in Cambridge, which sits right in the heart of Harvard Square.
Great for shopping and has a great history and story
Before it was Cambridge, it was Newtowne. And this site tells a bit about the story.
The Harvard Lampoon Building, a quirky, turreted “castle” that looks like a cross between a Flemish town hall, a medieval fantasy, and a practical joke you’re not quite sure you understand.
Iconic bookstore with a great story.
Johnston Gate isn’t just for show; through tradition, it has become both a literal and symbolic threshold. Each year at Commencement, the sheriffs of Middlesex and Suffolk Counties ride in on horseback through this entrance to call graduates to order—a tradition that has persisted for generations. YOu'll learn that and much more.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The Commander Hotel was named to commemorate the spot at Cambridge Common where George Washington first took command of the Continental Army in 1775. And it's seen it's fair share of visitors. The tour starts here then guides you step by step through Harvard Square and Harvard University.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- WalknTours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Cambridge
- Its from-price is 85% below the median of the 38 experiences we list in Cambridge.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 19 of 38.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts, sits across the Charles River from Boston, a city of Harvard and MIT with book-lined squares, museums and riverside paths.
Cambridge lies across the Charles River from Boston and is home to Harvard University, founded in 1636, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Harvard Yard, with its brick halls and elm-shaded lawns, sits beside Harvard Square, where bookshops, cafés and street musicians gather around the subway station. The city was named after Cambridge in England, where many early Puritan leaders studied.
Top-ranked sights in Cambridge: Charles River, Harvard University, John Harvard Statue.
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