Concord Literary & Revolutionary History Tour from Boston

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Free cancellation

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Duration5h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Revolutionary battleground, literary homes, and a cemetery where American writers rest

A private day trip from Boston to Concord with hotel pickup, professional English-speaking guide, and admission to Orchard House included. You visit the Old North Bridge (site of the first Revolutionary War battle), the Old Manse (home to Emerson and Hawthorne), Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where Alcott, Thoreau and Emerson are buried, Orchard House with its guided tour, and Walden Pond. Lunch is at your own expense and timing is flexible within the five-hour experience.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore historic Concord landmarks

Private transfer from Boston to Concord
Visit Old North Bridge and monuments
Tour Old Manse House grounds
Walk Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Author’s Ridge
Guided tour of Orchard House
Visit Walden Pond
Free time for lunch in Concord
Private transfer back to Boston

The Experience

The day starts with pickup from your Boston hotel and a private drive to Concord, where your guide walks you through the town's dual identity: the birthplace of the American Revolution and the home of the writers who shaped American literature. The Old North Bridge, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired, sits on grounds with historical monuments and views across the Concord River. From there you move into the literary landscape—the Old Manse, where Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne both lived and worked, stands as a physical record of the intellectual ferment that defined 19th-century American thought.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's Author's Ridge is where you'll find the graves of Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Emerson himself, a quiet walk through the final resting place of the figures whose words shaped the town's identity. Orchard House, Alcott's home and the setting for Little Women, comes with admission and a guided tour of the rooms where she wrote—the guide walks you through the house itself rather than leaving you to wander alone. You'll have free time for lunch in town (at your own cost) and the flexibility to browse the Concord Bookshop if you want to pick up works by the authors you've just learned about. The tour ends at Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived in a cabin and wrote the essays that made him one of America's most influential thinkers.

What’s included

Private hotel pickup and drop-off from Boston.
professional English-speaking guide for your group.
admission to Orchard House with a guided tour of the historic home.
visits to the Old North Bridge, the Old Manse, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and Walden Pond.

Good to know

Easy physical level

Operated by Travel Curious

Is this one for you?Five hours is enough to see all the major sites without rushing, but it leaves your morning and evening free—book this if you want a focused literary and Revolutionary War tour without committing a full day away from Boston.