This article about the Freedom Trail is adapted from Lonely Planet’s new Pocket Boston guide, forthcoming in January 2025.
One of Boston’s most popular attractions, the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail comprises 16 colonial and revolutionary historical sites. It connects the locations of the events that earned this town its status as the “Birthplace of the Revolution,” from the Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument. Summon your inner Paul Revere and follow the redbrick road. Read more at lonelyplanet.com…