ptown tours

provincetown walking tours

art, architecture, and history

• join us for an entertaining and educational tour of ptowns architecture, art scene, and history

• see provincetown in a whole new light

• of special note, is the Pilgrim Monuments 100th anniversary celebration, completed in 1910

• new for this year.....  west end and east end tours, by arrangement only

TOUR INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW

meeting place:

the large anchor at Lopes Square, at the foot of MacMillan Wharf

time:

for summer 2010 only:  tours by arrangement only, at any time of day.  please call and we will be happy to meet you within 15 minutes, or at an agreed upon time.  we offer tours all year round.   there is a minimum of 2 persons needed for a tour.   

NOTE:  the new tour season begins July 2010.  please check this site again for updates on regularly scheduled tours in July and August.

contact:

please call 617.959.1365 for arrangements.  

tours can also be arranged via the form on the "contact us" tab at the top of the page.

cost and duration:

$ 10 adults; $5 children; a little over 1.5 hours, from Lopes Square.  allow for additional time, if the start is from a different location.

tour guide

look for the tour guide with our brochure and an orange tote bag (for provincetown tours)

about:

Founded by Robert Anderson and James Vogel. Robert C. Anderson is a professor of art and architectural history, and has been leading guided tours domestically and internationally, since 1990. Jim is an architect with a local, nationally recognized, firm.

Robert's entertaining and informative tours for Boston By Foot, and for his courses, are famously known throughout the world.  You'll see Provincetown in a brand new way!  To view Robert's full biography or to purchase his artwork, please visit: robertcurtisanderson.com

discover:

• quiet gardens + alleyways off Commercial St.

• what "mooncussers" did

• Vikings (I'm a little biased, being Norwegian)

• what was really frozen in the ice houses

• ships in libraries and floating houses

• home and artwork of Ross Moffett

• Chrysler's connection to Ptown (yes, that one)

• missing floors

• location of Fort Useless and Fort Ridiculous

• where Eartha Kitt and Billie Holiday have sung

• what Forum 49 meant to the art world

• the difference between a full and a half cape

• a stop on the underground railroad

• which native first went to the North Pole

• where Eugene O'Neill was arrested as a spy

• Edward Hopper views

• Egyptian revival details on Greek revival architecture

• a Christopher Wren inspired tower

• Pilgrims

• a taste of Sienese architecture

• and much more....!