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Nantucket Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour: Beyond the Cobblestones

3,811 avisWhaling Museum

Les descriptions sont affichées en anglais.

  • 2–3 heures
  • Annulation gratuite jusqu’à 24 h avant
  • 2 langues
  • Confirmation immédiate

Points forts

Explore historic downtown Nantucket on a self-guided audio walking tour. Follow a roughly 2-mile route as stories and directions play automatically along the way. Hear how Nantucket rose to prominence as a whaling port, how Quaker families shaped the island, and how its economy and architecture evolved after the whaling era. See landmarks including the Nantucket Atheneum, Straight Wharf, Hadwen House, Greater Light, and Jared Coffin House. Download the tour in advance to use it offline as you walk. Pause anytime for museums, shops, food, photos, or a break, then continue whenever you’re ready. - GPS-triggered narration plays automatically - Approximately 2-miles and relatively flat - Hear about whaling, Quaker history, architecture, and island life - Works offline after download - Explore at your own pace - Pause anytime and continue when you’re ready

Inclus

Ce qui est inclus

  • Lifetime Tour Access Once Unlocked
  • Offline Tour Access After Download
  • Interactive Route Map and Stop Information
  • GPS-Triggered Audio Tour in the Drives & Detours App

Non inclus

  • Smartphone (bring your own)

Itinéraire

  1. The tour begins outside the Nantucket Whaling Museum on Broad Street. Hear how Nantucket became one of the world’s leading whaling ports and why the museum is worth visiting before or after your walk.

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  2. 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.

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  3. Explore the shops and restaurants as you hear about this once active commercial hub for Nantucket.

    20 min

  4. Stroll down the narrow gravel path and pop your head into a few of the art galleries on Nantucket's Old South Wharf.

    15 min

  5. See the historic marker memorializing The Petrel, a Nantucket steamship dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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  6. See Nantucket’s distinctive Compass Rose mural and hear the story behind the photographer who created the original image in 1936.

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  7. View the Quaker Meeting House as you hear about its history on the island.

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  8. 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).

    20 min

  9. Learn about America's first female astronomer as you view her historic home.

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  10. Learn about 2 Quaker sisters who restored this old barn into a quirky mix of art and architecture as you view it from outside.

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  11. 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.

    Passage devant

Annulation

Annulation gratuite jusqu’à 24 heures avant le début de l’expérience, avec remboursement intégral.

Avis

3,8

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Les notes proviennent de 11 avis recueillis par notre partenaire de réservation. Ce sont les mots des voyageurs, dans l’ordre où ils ont été écrits — jamais réorganisés pour flatter l’expérience.

À savoir avant de partir

Point de rendez-vous
The starts on the sidewalk in front of the Whaling Museum on Broad Street.
Prise en charge
Tout le monde se retrouve au point de départ ; il n’y a pas de prise en charge.
Type de billet
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Opéré par
Drives & Detours
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The tour route is 2 miles and relatively flat
  • Allow approximately 2–3 hours, depending on stops and breaks
  • Download the Drives & Detours app and your tour before starting
  • Once downloaded, the tour works offline using your device’s GPS

How it compares in Nantucket

  • Its from-price is 66% below the median of the 7 experiences we list in Nantucket.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 7.
  • 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.

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