PTown Tours

05/09/2018

2018 Tours on Saturday, Sunday, and Holiday Monday, by appointment only.

07/10/2017

in the Fall and Winter... Ptown Tours is offering tours just on weekends, and by appointment only...

12/07/2017

Ptown Tours will be closed and not offering tours until August 24. We hope to catch you then.

17/05/2017

First tour of the season, for Ptown Tours went well... 32 people, returning group, and one couple was from Norway and got to speak a little Norwegian, on Syttende Mai, May 17, which is Norwegian Independence Day... hip hip hurrah...

23/01/2017

Bookings for summer tours have started... in January! How great!

07/06/2016

01/05/2016

Now operating 4 tours, year round, weekends (fall and winter), 2016 (and bespoke theme tours):
TOUR 1: heart of ptown $20
TOUR 2: heart of ptown and the ptown monument $40 NEW
TOUR 3: east end of ptown $20
TOUR 4: west end of ptown $20

see more information on tours below...

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TOUR 1: heart of ptown ORIGINAL TOUR

• our classic tour, about the history, art, and architecture, in a fun and informative format
Pilgrims, Floater Houses, Quiet Gardens and Alleyways, Forum 49 and Abstract Expressionism, Edward Hopper Views, Walter Chrysler, Vikings, Christopher Wren Inspired Tower, and more
• 1 hour 45 minutes (the tour ends near the start, and the tour is best if timed to the library hours)

NOTE COST: $20 per person, 2 people minimum (or $40 for a one person tour)
• meeting place: at the anchor in Lopes Square, at the foot of MacMillan Wharf

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TOUR 2: heart of ptown and the ptown monument NEW TOUR
• our classic tour, plus a trip to the top of the ptown monument (note: this tour does not go to the library)
Pilgrims, Floater Houses, Quiet Gardens and Alleyways, Forum 49 and Abstract Expressionism, Edward Hopper Views, Walter Chrysler, Vikings, Christopher Wren Inspired Tower, and more
• 2 hours 30 minutes (the tour is best if timed to the ptown monument hours)

NOTE COST: $35 per person, 2 people minimum (or $50 for a one person tour)
• meeting place: at the anchor in Lopes Square, at the foot of MacMillan Wharf

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TOUR 3: west end of ptown

• beyond the classic tour, this tour focuses on ptown's artistic, architectural, political, and literary past
Eugene O'Neill, Norman Mailer, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Roy Cohn, John Reed, John Waters, Divine, Mark Rothko, "Guys and Dolls", Abbie Putnam, Donald MacMillan, and more
• 2 hours (the tour does not return to the start, and requires a walk back to town afterwards)

NOTE COST: $20 per person, 2 people minimum (or $40 for a one person tour)
• meeting place: the front steps the library, 356 Commercial Street
* it is recommended that you take the heart of ptown tour first, for background information

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TOUR 4: west end of ptown

• beyond the classic tour, this tour focuses on ptown's artistic, architectural, political, and literary past
Hans Hoffman, Senator Gerry Studds, the Oldest House in Ptown, Octagon Houses, Jack Kerouac, Alice Brock's Studio, (think Alice's Restaurant), Walter Gropius, Pilgrim Landing Location, and more
• 2 hours (the tour does not return to the start, and requires a walk back to town afterwards)

NOTE COST: $20 per person, 2 people minimum (or $40 for a one person tour)
• meeting place: the front steps of Joe's Coffee, 170 Commercial Street
* it is recommended that you take the heart of ptown tour first, for background information

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TOUR REQUESTS: tours tailored to your requests and needs

• we are happy to put a quote together for special tours, groups, and themes (haunted ptown, literary ptown, architecture, etc.)

06/07/2015

Special BearWeek Tours:
Tuesday July 14, 2015, 1pm and Thursday July 16, 2105, 1pm
meet at Masonic Place Gallery, 12 Masonic Place
a special Heart of Ptown tour for BearWeek about the history, art, and architecture, in a fun and informative format. 90 minute tour.

25/05/2015

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/provincetown-an-eccentrics-sanctuary/?tag=facebook

The Cape Cod vacation spot attracts thousands every summer, and is a longtime haven for novelists, playwrights, artists and eccentrics. Mo Rocca guides us through "P-town."