where should i visit in boston?.. i'm going there for the first time?

Answer 1

Oh man, you are visiting the best city in the world! The spirit of our inhabitants is incredible. Id take a walk on the boston common and enjoy the view. Also, check out the North End. It's a wonderful taste of what Boston's Italian heart was long ago and still is. Red Sox game would be a great thing. Most admired team in the major leagues.

Try the canolis at quincy market. To die for! Newbury St is amazing as well, every top name you can imagine.
HAVE FUN!

Answer 2

I agree with many of the other suggestions. A Duck Tour http://www.ducktour.com would be a great way to start off you Boston vacation because it takes you all around the city and on the Charles River as well. It also picks up at two very convienent locations in Boston. I also recommend getting there VERY early for your Duck Tour. They tend to book up early in the day during the summer/fall months and you wouldn't want to be disappointed by missing out.

Also since you're not familiar with the city, I recommend spending the rest of your first day (After the Duck Tour) walking the Freedom Trail from Boston Common to the North End. Then, eat dinner in the bustling, beautiful North End and have desert at Mike's Pastry's (best canoli's ever). You'll also be near the waterfront so you could divert from the Freedom Trail and visit the New England Aquarium or take a Harbor Cruise.

You could also visit Newbury Street--plenty of shops, activity, and I suggest dining at one of the outdoor areas for people watching, best to dine around 11pm when it's still cool out.

I also recommend grabbing a Go Boston Card http://www.gobostoncard.com (you can order them online or pick them up in Fanuiel Hall) but it includes admission to museums in Boston (like the MFA--a must do if the weather is Bleh) Duck Tour, Freedom Trail attractions, Harbor Cruise--etc. If you're staying awhile it will also help give you an idea on what there is to do in Boston as well as get you a deal on those things.

Also visit Harvard Sqaure to see Harvard University's campus and the graveyard there which is really interesting.

Answer 3

Hi: Boston is awesome but i'm not a city girl. I will have to say don't miss Cape Cod!! So many beautiful beaches and great restaurants .There is so much to do on the Cape. The Horse and carriage rides are nice in Boston and Fanuel Hall is great. I find the hotels are quite expensive in Boston and you might be better off finding a place to stay outside the city. Make sure you stay in a safe area though! If you need help in finding a nice place just ask.

Answer 4

Don't tell her to go on the goddamn duck tours! Take it from someone who lives in Boston, those tours are bad news, and obnoxious to boot.

What kind of Boston experience do you want? Do you want the historical tours type of visit? Do you want the fun club-hopping type of trip? Do you want to do some shopping?

If you're looking for history, the best thing to do is follow the freedom trail, a red line (sometimes painted, sometimes bricked into the sidewalk) that you follow on your own that takes you to various historical sights in town (wear your sneakers! It's a loooong walk). It's great because there's no speaker who doesn't know what they're saying and making stuff up, and because you can spend as much time at each sight as you'd like to. I believe you can pick up literature to further inform you as you walk, but there's information in the form of plaques everywhere you go. As a native, it's the only historical tour of Boston I would take.

If you want to club hop, there are two areas: Lansdowne Street near Fenway Park has all the college-age, hip type of clubs (Axis, Avon, etc). Across the river in Cambridge, in Central Square, there are funkier clubs that have more underground type acts (Middle East, TT the Bear's, etc)

If you want to shop, you have to go to the original Filene's Basement at Downtown Crossing. It's a discount department store that has some excellent finds and their famous automatic markdown system. I know there are other Filene's basements out there, but none of them measure up to the original. Also, Newbury Street is lots of fun to window shop (or buy if you have lots of cash to burn!).

You should visit the public gardens and the Boston Common, which are beautiful for walking or sitting to eat lunch. I saw a small circus act on the common the other day, they were very good. Sometimes small acts like that are performing, it's quite nice.

Of course, if you can get tickets, you must see a Sox game. Fenway park is the most beautiful man-made structure you will ever find yourself in, especially for a night game...gorgeous.

Hmm, what else? If you like Vietnamese food, the largest Vietnamese community on the east coast of the US is in Dorchester, a neighborhood in the southern part of the city. If you get off the red line at Fields Corner station (the Dorchester Ave. side), you'll fall over restaurants wherever you go! Other good eating spots would be Legal Seafoods (it's a chain now, but a good old Boston one, and quite delicious). I know you'll probably want to go to Cheers, but I warn you, $15 hamburgers are still just hamburgers. The Grand Chow restaurant in Chinatown is great. Pizzeria Regina in the North End (the Italian part of town) is excellent, but there's often a line. You should try to find out if there will be an Italian festival in the north end when you're there. They happen pretty frequently over the summer to celebrate various saints. Then you can walk around, enjoy some music, and eat and eat and eat delicious food.

If it gets hot, go to Carson beach in Southie, or you could travel north to Revere beach. I like people to stay in the city, though, I say Carson beach is best.

OK, this is getting long, so I won't write anymore. I hope you enjoy your trip, though!

Answer 5

take the trolley tour. It takes you all over boston and charleston. Then take the duck tours, that's wicket awsome. Then you can go to the John Hancock tower and see all off Boston from the 52nd floor. You'll feel like you're on top of the world. I love Boston. Born and raised, will ALWAYS be a Bostonian!!!!!!!

Answer 6

Quincy Market is amazing! Also visit Harvard Square.
For shopping: The Pru, Newbury Street.

Answer 7

Boston Tea Party, Harvard Square, botanical Garden. Don't forget to spend a day or two in Cape Cod.

Answer 8

Check out the historic district in the center of town, and you have to stop by Quincy Market. If you have time, Little Italy is good. I also love the Duck Tours.

Answer 9

You've got to take a Duck boat tour and go to a RED SOX game!

Answer 10

You should check out all the cool musuems such as the Musuem of Science!