18 unusual self-guided tours - tours auto-guidés insolites | Boston, MA

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18 self-guided tours Boston

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These 18 unusual self-guided tours suggested by Walk in Boston will keep you busy for about 2 hours each and much more if you do all the visits indicated.

The idea is to show you how to go from known places to unusual ones. You follow urban paths, and you can link them to each other's.

You remain independent, but you have a guide to help you in your discoveries and photos to show you what you’ll see.

These walks focus on the arts and architecture, parks and garden, sea and rivers. Emphasis is on free entrance and one-of-a-kind experiences.

To know something unique about some of these walks, you can also browse the posts of this blog.

Happy discoveries!

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D’environ deux heures mais plus si vous faites les visites indiquées, ces tours auto-guidés insolites proposés par Promenade à Boston vous feront découvrir la ville le long et hors des sentiers battus.

L’idée est de vous indiquer comment passer d’endroits connus à d’autres plus insolites. Vous suivez des sentiers urbains et vous pouvez les enchaîner les uns aux autres.

Vous restez indépendant(e)s mais vous avez  un guide pour vous aider dans vos découvertes et des photos pour vous montrer ce que vous verrez.

L’accent porte sur les arts et l’architecture, les parcs et jardins, la mer et les rivières. La préférence est donnée aux entrées gratuites et aux expériences uniques.

Pour apprendre quelque chose de particulier sur certaines marches, vopus pouvez aussi lire certains des articles de ce blog.

Bonnes découvertes!

I am a printmaker, photographer, writer, and urban scout. When I'm not travelling, I live near Boston or on an island in New Brunswick. I post here some of what I see and do. /// Je suis un graveur, photographe, écrivain et éclaireur urbain. Quand je ne voyage pas, je vis près de Boston ou sur une île au New Brunswick. Je publie ici une partie de ce que je fais et vois.

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