Boston Haunted Donut Tour: Sweet Treats & Spooky Stories
About this activity
Highlights
- Donuts and sweet treats at multiple stops
- Granary Burying Ground, founded in 1660
- Ghost stories along the Freedom Trail
- Old North Church and the North End
- Finish at Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Full description
Your tour begins in downtown Boston, where we’ll enjoy our first sweet treat before diving into the city’s fascinating and sometimes eerie past. From here, we’ll make our way to Granary Burying Ground, established in 1660 and the final resting place of Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and other notable figures. While viewing the weathered headstones, your guide will share strange legends, fascinating stories, and some of the darker moments in Boston history.
We’ll continue through the historic streets of downtown, stopping for more delicious treats while uncovering tales from Boston’s colonial past. Along the way, we’ll explore the area surrounding Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, where protests, celebrations, crime, conflict, and revolution have all left their mark.
Next, we’ll visit Boston Public Market for another tasty stop before heading toward the historic North End, Boston’s oldest residential neighborhood. Today, the area is famous for Italian restaurants and bakeries, but its narrow streets and old brick buildings also provide the perfect backdrop for tales of mysterious happenings, unusual characters, and local folklore.
After another sweet stop in the North End, we’ll continue toward Old North Church, forever connected to Paul Revere’s legendary midnight ride. Your guide will share stories about the people and events that shaped this historic neighborhood while revealing a few of its more mysterious legends.
Our adventure concludes at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, dating back to 1659 and the final resting place of thousands of early Bostonians. Surrounded by historic gravestones and overlooking the North End, it’s a fitting finale to our journey through Boston’s haunted past.
Come hungry and bring your curiosity as we combine donuts, sweet treats, ghost stories, local legends, and Boston history into one deliciously spooky walking adventure.
Included / Excluded
- Local guide
- Donut and sweet treat tastings at each stop
- History of the area
- Ghost stories and haunted history
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Start Location
The Well Coffee House
78 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108, USA
Important information
Know before you book
- This tour will take place rain or shine
- Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing
- Please let us know if you have any food allergies we should be aware of.
- As much as we love pets, pets are not allowed on the tour.
Know before you go
- Please let us know if you have any food allergies we should be aware of.
- As much as we love pets, pets are not allowed on the tour.
- Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing
- This tour will take place rain or shine
Cancellation policy
Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Reviews
The tour was quite long and it was difficult to keep the kids engaged. The donut store was the best stop where we got to choose a donut. At the rest of the stops the food items were pre ordered and we didn’t get a choice which was a bit disappointing. I was also unhappy that the tour ended at a different location to the starting point - we were handed a map and had to find our own way back. Having never been to Cork before, this wasn’t particularly easy and we had to run to catch our train back to Cobh.
It was a pleasant tour our guides new the area very well
Kat was a great guide. The donuts were delicious and she also included a lot of history of Toronto. The walk was an easy pace and gave us time to prepare for the next round. She provided us with other places to taste Toronto food and there was time to grab some of that food too. We loved the tour and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Toronto!