Nantucket Self Guided Walking and Biking Tour Combo
- 4–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Experience the best of Nantucket with this 2-in-1 bundle — two complete self-guided tours available together at a discounted price. Begin your adventure with a walking tour through the heart of downtown Nantucket, learning about the whaling trade, and discovering landmarks like the Atheneum and Hadwen House. Next, embark on the Nantucket Coast to Coast drive or bike tour, stretching from Madaket to Sconset. Follow a scenic route past windswept beaches, historic lighthouses, and classic shingle cottages that reveal the island’s more tranquil side. Each tour is available separately, but when purchased together, they offer a flexible and memorable way to explore the entire island at a discounted rate. - Two complete self-guided tours at a discounted bundle price - Walking tour through downtown Nantucket’s historic sites - Scenic drive or bike tour from Madaket to Sconset - GPS-triggered audio works offline - Discover hidden gems and learn about the island’s maritime heritage
Inclusions
What's included
- Flexible Usage (unlimited access)
- Audio Guide & Route Map (in-app)
- App and Tour Download
What's not
- Smartphone (bring your own)
- Transportation (bring your own)
Itinerary
The tours starts in front of the Whaling Museum with a brief overview of the museum.
Learn about the Nantucket Atheneum as you view it from outside and hear about the well-known figures who have visited or spoken here over the years.
Explore the shops and restaurants as you hear about this once active commercial hub for Nantucket.
Stroll down the narrow gravel path and pop your head into a few of the art galleries on Nantucket's Old South Wharf.
See the historic marker memorializing The Petrel, a Nantucket steamship dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Snap a photo of the well-known "Compass Rose" on the side of the Ralph Lauren building and learn about the photographer who commissioned it in 1936.
View the Quaker Meeting House as you hear about its history on the island.
View this historic home and museum, built in 1846 by William Hadwen. It's a prime example of the island's whaling success. Admission is $10 per person (or included if you purchase admission to the Whaling Museum).
Learn about America's first female astronomer as you view her historic home.
Learn about 2 Quaker sisters who restored this old barn into a quirky mix of art and architecture as you view it from outside.
Learn about a prosperous whaling-ship owner who built this house for his family in 1845, and how it survived the Great Fire of 1846.
Visit the oldest house on Nantucket still on its original site.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The biking (or driving) tour starts at the corner of Broad and South Beach Street. Just open the app and tap "Start Tour" and the audio will begin playing automatically.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Drives & Detours
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- That extra time accounts for travel time between the stops.
How it compares in Nantucket
- Its from-price is 45% below the median of the 7 experiences we list in Nantucket.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Nantucket
Nantucket is a small island south of Cape Cod, once a great whaling port, now a place of cobbled streets, grey-shingled cottages, moors and long beaches.
Nantucket lies about fifty kilometres south of Cape Cod, a low island of moors, cranberry bogs and sand, with one main town. In the early nineteenth century it was among the world's greatest whaling ports, and Nantucket Town still has cobbled streets, brick pavements and grey-shingled houses built by ship captains and merchants. The Whaling Museum occupies an old candle factory on the waterfront, with a sperm whale skeleton hanging in its hall.
Top-ranked sights in Nantucket: Whaling Museum, Madaket Beach.
