Visit Boston

General Info

• Here's a map with fun points on it

• Travel Logistics

  • Logan Airport

  • The T (subway map)

    • Fares are $2.50 to walk up and ride. Otherwise, think about buying a pass ($11.00 for 1 day or $18.00 for 7 days), which gives you unlimited travel on Subway, Local Bus, Inner Harbor Ferry, and Commuter Rail Zone 1A.

  • Boston Express bus from Boston to NH (Kate's house is up Rte 93, near Exit 5 - North Londonderry)

Boston Proper

• Historic Sites

  • The Freedom Trail (2.5 miles- see the PDF map), hits a lot of the highlights:

    • Boston Common

    • Massachusetts State House

    • Park Street Church

    • Granary Burying Ground

    • King’s Chapel

    • King’s Chapel Burying Ground

    • Benjamin Franklin Statue & Boston Latin School

    • Old Corner Book Store

    • Old South Meeting House

    • Old State House

    • Site of Boston Massacre

    • Faneuil Hall

    • Paul Revere House

    • Old North Church, ‘one if by land, two if by sea’

    • Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

    • Bunker Hill Monument

    • USS Constitution

• Museums

  • Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)

  • Isabella Stewart Gardener

  • Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

• Shopping

  • Newbury Street

• More fun stuff

  • Fenway Park

Outside of Boston

• Lexington

• Concord

  • Walden Pond & Thoreau House

  • Minute Man National Historic Park, home of the North Bridge and site of the 'shot heard round the world'

• Plymouth

  • Plimouth Plantation

  • Mayflower II

  • Plymouth Rock

• Salem - witches and gallows and graveyards, oh my!

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Foliage

Are you visiting the northeast in pursuit of autumn gold? You’re not alone. As evidenced by flight prices, New England’s fall colors attract tourists by the thousands. Get out of the city, and find yourself on meandering roads through the country hillside… and bring your camera.

• Foliage Tracker

• Live Foliage Map

• Quiet Fall Foliage Drives

Try to hit popular foliage destinations mid-week to avoid the biggest crowds. Some of my New Hampshire favorites:

• The Kancamagus Highway

• The Flume

• Mt Washington Hotel - fabulous cocktail menu served on the veranda facing the mountains.