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by Steve Gladstone (Author)
Updated for 2023! Now Including New Bedford!
Whether you are a first time visitor or you have lived in Boston for years, the Freedom Trail Boston Ultimate Tour & History Guide provides everything to make your visit to The Freedom Trail and Historic Boston a smashing success. Use it to plan, brush up on background information, or as a personal, interactive, multilingual tour guide when walking. The Freedom Trail. It covers all 16 "official" Freedom Trail Stops as well as over 50 other "unofficial" landmarks. Read in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese and other languages with exclusive web-based translations and even audio narration. Access from Smartphones is made easy with embedded QR Codes. The Guide features over 100 photos and illustrations, as well as access to interactive maps, video, and other information. There are detailed descriptions of the important related events including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. There are tips for the best free tours, discounted admissions, where to eat, transportation and parking advice, and even where to find the best lobster specials. The Freedom Trail can be a great bargain, the Guide shows you how. Whether traveling alone or with small children, learn how to make the most of your visit. Find out what to see if you only have an hour. Or, plan the best 1/2, full or even two day visit. Don't miss out on what would be most interesting for you. The impact Boston had on the events and thinking that led to the American Revolution was extraordinary. The Guide gives you everything you need to bring The Freedom Trail to life.Author Biography
Steve Gladstone is a Boston-based writer and historian passionate about sharing history and travel in new, innovative ways. This includes marrying traditional writing with photography, video, and Web 2.0 publishing techniques. His latest endeavor, "Freedom Trail Boston - Ultimate Tour & History Guide - Tips, Secrets, & Tricks" combines a traditional book with the web and Smartphone apps to create a unique travel experience. It contains insights, tips and techniques developed during his time advising international travelers at the National Park Service Visitor Center in Faneuil Hall, Boston. Steve is a strong believer that the travel experience should be accessible to everyone, no matter what their means or native language. Travel should be exciting, educational, enticing, broadening, and fun. One unique feature he has pioneered is auto-translate for travel guidebooks, which allows non-English speaking travelers to read in their native language. The reader clicks a link (in the ebook) or scans a QR code (in the print version). The link takes them to a web site where they select their desired language; then using a standard web translation engine, the chapter is then translated allowing the traveler to enjoy their visit as never before. His work can be enjoyed at his blog at http: //www.stevestravelguide.com/ and through his books.
