ptown tours

provincetown walking tours ... and exploring cities and towns throughout the world!

art, architecture, and history

tours in provincetown:

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

• see provincetown in a whole new light

• please note that there are no tours July 14 - August 24, 2012
• REGULAR DAILY TOUR: "art and architecture in the heart of ptown"
• NEW TOUR IN PTOWN: "art and architecture in the east end" (please ask for details)

tours in other locations:

• new for this year.....  specialty tours of Boston, Cambridge, and other locations.... please ask!

• please contact us for your personalized tour needs, both nationally and internationally!

TOUR INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW for PROVINCETOWN ONLY

meeting place:

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

time:

weekend tours by arrangement only, at any time of day.  please call and we will be happy to meet you at an agreed upon time.  we offer tours all year round (except as noted).  there is a tour minimum of 2 persons.

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. minimum of 2 people for a tour.

tour guide

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

about:

Founded by Rob 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.

Rob'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 Rob's full biography or to purchase his artwork, please visit: robertcurtisanderson.com

in provincetown you will 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....!