Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New England region. For vacationers, the focus in Boston should be on the downtown area which is anchored by the expansaive green space of Boston Common and the Public Garden, and is bursting with tourist attractions. Here you’ll find the Freedom Trail, Beacon Hill, Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the waterfront that accounts for the city’s maritime origins. This area is the Boston of American history books and the site of pivotal events that shaped United States history. It would probably be best if you packed your walking shoes because Boston is best explored on foot.

With so many places to visit in Boston, good planning is essential. Sites of interest include Black Heritage Trail, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston National Historical Park, Castle Island, Custom House Tower and Old City Hall. If you walk the Freedom Trail, marked by a red line or bricks embedded in the ground, you’ll pass Boston Common (including Boston Public Garden), Bunker Hill Monument, Faneuil Hall (Quincy Market is adjacent), Granary Burying Ground, Bunker Hill, Massachusetts State House, Old State House, Old North Church, Paul Revere House, and the USS Constitution.

There are numerous museums in the Boston area such as Boston Children's Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (an art museum focusing on European art), Museum of Fine Arts, Nichols House Museum, MIT Museum, Boston Tea Party Museum and the Museum of Science, a science museum, including an IMAX theater and planetarium. If you like libraries, you won’t want to miss the Boston Athenæum, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States or the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

If you enjoy seeing religious buildings, be sure to see the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, First Church of Christ, Old N... [More]

Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New England region. For vacationers, the focus in Boston should be on the downtown area which is anchored by the expansaive green space of Boston Common and the Public Garden, and is bursting with tourist attractions. Here you’ll find the Freedom Trail, Beacon Hill, Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the waterfront that accounts for the city’s maritime origins. This area is the Boston of American history books and the site of pivotal events that shaped United States history. It would probably be best if you packed your walking shoes because Boston is best explored on foot.

With so many places to visit in Boston, good planning is essential. Sites of interest include Black Heritage Trail, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston National Historical Park, Castle Island, Custom House Tower and Old City Hall. If you walk the Freedom Trail, marked by a red line or bricks embedded in the ground, you’ll pass Boston Common (including Boston Public Garden), Bunker Hill Monument, Faneuil Hall (Quincy Market is adjacent), Granary Burying Ground, Bunker Hill, Massachusetts State House, Old State House, Old North Church, Paul Revere House, and the USS Constitution.

There are numerous museums in the Boston area such as Boston Children's Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (an art museum focusing on European art), Museum of Fine Arts, Nichols House Museum, MIT Museum, Boston Tea Party Museum and the Museum of Science, a science museum, including an IMAX theater and planetarium. If you like libraries, you won’t want to miss the Boston Athenæum, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States or the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

If you enjoy seeing religious buildings, be sure to see the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, First Church of Christ, Old North Church, Old South Church, Trinity Church, and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Visiting Boston makes for a vacation that can be both fun and educational.