Harvard campus walking tour

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Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Duration: 70 minutes

Price: Starting from € 14.00

Tour type: Day Trips - Day Trips - Tours & Sightseeing
Category: Half-day Tours

If youre considering Harvard University, or you just want to see what student life is like at this Ivy League establishment, this one-hour Hahvahd tour is for you! Enjoy a one-of-a-kind dramatic presentation given by current Harvard students who share their insider perspective of college life in Cambridge. Youll see historical buildings as you tour Harvard Yard and Harvard Square, hear stories about the schools history and learn about some famous people who attended the school. You can choose to experience the Harvard tour with the Harvard Museum of Natural History or take the option to do the Harvard tour with an all-you-can-eat lunch at Fire and Ice.

Meet your guide and group at a location in Cambridge and embark on a 70-minute student-led walking tour of Harvard University, one of the countrys top colleges, founded in 1636. Throughout this ever-popular Hahvahd tour, your informative guide a current university student will offer a unique perspective of college life at the famed institution, of which 44 current and former faculty members are Nobel laureates.

Head to the 25-acre (10-hectare) Harvard Yard, the oldest section of the university, and view the brick facades of the dormitories, libraries and classrooms. Your guide will point out Old Yard, including Harvards oldest standing building Massachusetts Hall, constructed in 1720 as well as New Yard. See historical edifices like Memorial Hall, Sever Hall, the Widener Library and the Harvard Lampoon, as well as the statue of John Harvard the universitys founder.

As you tour the grounds, be entertained by your
guides stories and Harvard lore partly scripted and partly shared
from personal experience. Learn about the most famous people to attend
Harvard, hear historical anecdotes and get an insiders view on current
college life. After a stop at the Plaza, Winthrop Park and Mt Auburn
Street in Harvard Square, complete your tour at the Harvard Shop or
continue on to lunch (if option selected).

Option 1: Harvard Tour with Harvard Museum of Natural History

If you choose to explore the Harvard Museum of Natural History along with your tour, you will get a comprehensive look at the exotic and the familiar. Established in 1998, the museum is the public face for three research museums: the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. The museum is now a 21st-century representation of innovative research, current issues and a clever approach to education. Permanent exhibits include the Earth and Planetary Sciences Gallery, Fishes Gallery, New England Forests in the Zofnass Family Gallery, Arthropods: Creatures that Rule, Africa Gallery, Great Mammal Hall, Evolution, the Glass Flowers and the Zoological Galleries.

Option 2: Harvard Tour with Lunch at Fire and Ice

The all-you-can-eat at Fire and Ice option is great for voracious appetites. After touring the Harvard campus, head to Fire and Ice, a create-your-own Mongolian-style grill where you pick the ingredients and flavors of your choice. Choose between Latin, American, Italian and Asian-style foods including burgers, seafood, pastas, several meats or veggies. The restaurant accommodates vegans, pescetarians, vegetarians, carb-free eaters and more.

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