3 Market Tours in Boston, Ranked by Travellers

1.North End & Boston Market District Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 176 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $125Our pick

A small-group North End and Market District food walk with local stories, included tastings, and big-name stops like Union Oyster House chowder.

“We have been on a lot of food tours in multiple countries. This was the best. Audrey was excellent and we had her undivided attention, so we were lucky. North End's Hanover Street is the foodie capital of Boston. Hanover Street is very entrepreneurial—no chains. Extra bonus chats with owners and family members that were not on the tour (sometimes the timing works), especially getting a look/see at Frank DePasquale's newest, Umbria. DePasquale is the premier restauranteur in Boston with 12 distinct eateries.. We had dined at a DePasquale institution, Bricco, the previous night. Excellent. Five tastings in all, and all tasty. Everybody knows Audrey. Bravo.”

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2.Devour Boston: North End Guided Food Tour & Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · from $109Best value

Walk Boston’s Freedom Trail and North End with a small-group guide, sampling at least 8 tastings from markets to lobster roll.

“Excellent guide. Nice selection of foods to sample. Favorite was apple cider. Lobster roll was very good too. Highly recommend.”

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3.Boston City Day Trip to Harvard University, MIT and Quincy Market

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 2 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $123

Harvard and MIT by coach, plus lunch-time View Boston and optional harbor cruise, ending at Quincy Market for food and shopping.

“This was a disappointing Viator tour which I would not recommend. We have used Viator for our tours in the US and overseas…usually amazing experience, but this one I would not recommend. Tour was to include: stops at Harvard, MIT, included in price was a boat tour, Prudential Center, and Quincy Market. There were additional upgrade activities we could purchase like private tour of Harvard with undergrad and going to observation deck at prudential center. Again these were optional upgrades in the description. When we met tour operator in the AM he said we had additional costs that were now mandatory to pay for boat tour and prudential center. I…”

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