18 guides
Boston
The Freedom Trail, the neighborhoods, the museums and where to stay.
Stay
Sights
- Boston · Sights Walking the Freedom TrailTwo and a half miles of red-brick line through 1770s Boston.
- Boston · Sights Boston Common and the Public GardenThe oldest public park in the country and the flower garden beside it, at the heart of the city.
- Boston · Sights Fenway ParkThe oldest ballpark in the major leagues, squeezed into a city block, with a famous green wall in left field.
- Boston · Sights The Museum of Fine ArtsOne of the great encyclopedic art museums of the Americas, from ancient Egypt to modern art, on the Avenue of the Arts.
- Boston · Sights The Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumA Venetian palace built around a flowering courtyard, filled exactly as its founder left it, with empty frames where stolen masterpieces once hung.
Neighborhoods
- Boston · Neighborhoods The North EndBoston's oldest neighborhood: narrow streets, Revolutionary landmarks and the city's Little Italy.
- Boston · Neighborhoods Back BayVictorian brownstones on land reclaimed from the water, with the city's best shopping street and two of its finest buildings.
- Boston · Neighborhoods Beacon HillGas lamps, brick sidewalks and Federal-style townhouses on the hill behind the gold-domed State House.
- Boston · Neighborhoods The Theater DistrictGrand old theaters a short walk from the Common, with Chinatown's restaurants next door for dinner before the curtain.
- Boston · Neighborhoods The SeaportA new waterfront district of glass towers and harbor walks, with a dramatic art museum and a re-enactment of the Boston Tea Party.
- Boston · Neighborhoods Harvard and CambridgeAcross the Charles River: the oldest university in the country, its leafy Yard and museums, and the inventive buzz of MIT.
Food
Plan
- Boston · Plan Boston in Two DaysTwo days is enough to walk the Revolution, eat in the North End, cross the river to Harvard and see a game at Fenway.
- Boston · Plan Getting Around BostonBoston is small and walkable, with the oldest subway in America to fill the gaps.
- Boston · Plan Best Time to Visit BostonFall is the favorite for a reason. But every season in Boston has its own reasons to go.