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Portland Underground Railway Self Guided Audio Walking Tour

By WalknTours
Free cancellation available
Price is ฿323 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

On this walking tour, we’ll explore the city’s significant role in the Underground Railway and the individuals who helped shape its fight for freedom. The tour is self guided on our walking tour app. It's hands free, plays as you walk and you can go at your own pace, anytime, it never expires. You’ll walk through historic streets where ordinary citizens took extraordinary risks to assist those escaping slavery.
We’ll visit former homes, churches, and workplaces that served as safe havens and meeting places for abolitionists, reformers, and community leaders. Each stop demonstrates how Portland’s waterfront and areas became centers of courage, compassion, and quiet resistance.
Let’s start our journey at the Mariner’s Church Banquet Centre, a landmark that saw both Portland’s growth and its dedication to justice.

Activity location

  • Lincoln Park
    • 139 Federal St
    • 04101-4399, Portland, Maine, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mariner's Church Banquet Center
    • 368 Fore Street
    • 04101, Portland, Maine, United States

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Portland Underground Railway Self Guided Audio Walking Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • Opening hours: Wed 0:00-23:30
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
฿322.72 x 1 Adult฿322.72
Total
Price is ฿322.72
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What's included, what's not

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    Fun storytelling that shares the history of Portland bringing it alive.
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    Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Go anytime at your own pace. Stop and go anytime. The tour never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    See All the sites and don't miss out with our in depth route.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Great deal, one purchase if for one car and never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Great narration that keeps you interested
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    Easy to use, press play and the stories play automatically as you walk.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    No admission the tour is all outside on our walking tour app
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    No human guide this is all on our walking tour app

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Mariner's Church Banquet Center (Pass by)

The tour starts outside the Mariner's Church Banquet Centre where you'll hear the storey and it's link to the underground railway, then you'll be guided step by step through Portland.

Lincoln Park

  • 10m
The tour walks through Lincoln Park where you'll see the former site of the meeting house and discover it's history.

Exchange Street

  • 10m
You'll explore exchange street stopping by sites linked to the Underground railway and hear their storey.

The First Parish Portland Unitarian Universalist

  • 10m
This has long been a spot for progressive activism, including abolitionism and Underground Railway support. In 1832, famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison spoke here to 2,000 people on his Maine anti-slavery tour, sparking local engagement. On the tour you'll discover it's storey.

The Abyssinian Meetinghouse (Pass by)

The tour stops outside the The Abyssinian Meetinghouse where you'll hear the storey of the underground railway linked to it.

India Street

  • 5m
You'll walk down one of the most historic streets and hear the stories linked to it.

Franklin Street Wharf

  • 5m
The tour ends at the Franklin Street Wharf where you'll hear it's history then explore more.

Portland

  • 20m
You'll walk around city centre Portland stopping at sites linked to the African American history of Portland, and the underground railway.

Location

Activity location

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    Lincoln Park
    • 139 Federal St
    • 04101-4399, Portland, Maine, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Mariner's Church Banquet Center
    • 368 Fore Street
    • 04101, Portland, Maine, United States

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