点评:We explored the Freedom Trail with our teens on a GORGEOUS sunny fall day in late October, right around Halloween. None of us had been to Boston before so we were all first timers to the trail. What a unique, educational, active, inexpensive & enjoyable experience! We started in Boston Commons at the visitor center, bought the $3 map & started on our way! Sources are different on the length being 2.5-3 miles to walk the whole thing soup to nuts… add the steps to explore around each site, shop, eat, etc & we ended up with about 8 miles of steps when it was all said & done. Getting teens to walk 17,000 steps is no small feat! Bricks marking the trail on the ground are “easy” to follow or at least, when you go off track you realize it right away. Know that some of the sites require an additional entrance fee to get in. We didn’t go in to any of the paid sites, I read the paragraph from the map describing each site to give us a flavor of the importance. The kids “loved” my narrative! If I did this again I’d do more research & have historical factoids prepped to share, or maybe pick one site to pay to enter. An unexpected Halloween season bonus is that many of the parks & homes in neighborhoods surrounding the trail were charmingly decorated for the holiday! We THOROUGHLY enjoyed our time on the Freedom Trail! PRO TIP - The USS Constitution [ship that’s the 2nd to last stop] was closed for tours when we arrived. Not sure if that’s because it was later in the day or if it was closed all day? Check the schedule for the ship & book a tour if you can! You can walk the trail backwards from the Bunker Hill Monument to Boston Commons to time it better with your ship tour if you get the map online in advance. 🔔🗽🇺🇸
翻译:10月下旬的一个阳光明媚的秋日,正值万圣节前后,我们带着孩子们一起漫步在自由之路上。我们之前都从未到过波士顿,所以这次都是第一次走这条路线。真是一次独特、富有教育意义、充满乐趣且花费不多的体验啊!我们从波士顿公园里的游客中心出发,花3美元买了地图后便开始徒步了。关于这条路线全程的长度,不同资料给出的数据不一,大约在2.5到3英里左右……当然,如果再加上在各个景点附近闲逛、逛商店所花费的时间,路程就更长了。我们一路走啊走,最后总共走了大约8英里。要让青少年们走完17,000步可真不是件容易的事!地面上用砖块标记出的小径很容易跟随;至少一旦偏离了路线,马上就能察觉出来。需要注意的是,有些景点需要额外支付入场费才能进入。我们没有进入任何需要付费的景点,只是读了地图上对每个景点的介绍文字,以便了解它们的重要意义。孩子们可“喜欢”听我讲述这些故事呢!如果让我再来一次,我会做更多功课,提前准备好一些历史小知识来分享;或者只挑选一个景点付费进入。有个意想不到的万圣节惊喜是:沿着步道周围的许多公园和住宅都布置得充满节日氛围,十分迷人!我们彻底享受了在自由之路上的时光!专业提示:我们到达时,位于路线倒数第二站的美国宪法号军舰并未对游客开放参观。不确定这是因为时间已经很晚,还是说全天都关闭了?请查看游船的时间表,如果可以的话记得预订游览项目!如果你提前在线获取地图,还可以从邦克山纪念碑沿着步道反向走到波士顿公园,这样就能更好地安排与游船游览的时间了。🔔🗽🇺🇸