My daughter and I are renting a car at airport,staying in Peabody Ma, Oct 26-30.Where is best food,tours, and things to do in Salem? How is the drive from Boston to Salem.?
2006-09-19 12:46:04 · 7 answers · asked by imagineves 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Boston
OH, wow someone asking a question about a place near me!! i can finally bee through and informative! Salem is a wonderful place to go with your daughter! I am twelve and live in Gloucester and i think Salem is a great place with lots of history and historical sites. Salem has the famous witch museums which still stands at the corner of North and Essex Streets in Salem, providing guided tours and tales of the first witchcraft trials. ( I love it) My favorite place to go there would have to be the Peabody Essex Museum. (PEM) it is a great place to go with lots of new England culture. You can reserve a visitor guide at http://www.salem.org/form.asp for more information about the PEM click http://www.pem.org/homepage/
i used to live in Boston 4-5 years ago and I thought it was great. Boston does have a little bit of a slow side because of a BIG DIG tragedy. I don't know if the tunnel is opened yet but i could be. If you are driving in by your self head north by going over the large bridge by the monument and the constitution ship. go over it to route 1 and then you'll end up where there are a lot of stores and stuff. When you see a exit that says North Gloucester, by Bertuccis. Go on there keep going north and when you past your first mall (The North Shore Mall) go off exit either 22, 23, 24, 25 and you'll find you way into Peabody with the signs. I hope you enjoy your trip to New England's Peabody! Have Fun!!!
Resturaunts:
Akropolis
72 Walnut St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 531-7369
Aroma
172 Newbury St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 535-4868
Asia Taste Resteraunt
637 Lowell St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 536-2860
Bel Aire Diner
131 Newbury St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 535-3555
Bill & Bobs Roast Beef
2 Central St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 531-9605
Brodies Pub
10 1/2 Lowell St
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 977-9988
Caffe Graziani
133 Washington St
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 741-4282
2006-09-19 13:09:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salem is one of the best places ever! Once you get there, it's small enough of a town that you can walk all over the place and find plenty of places to eat and visit. It is so lovely there!
When I go, I always eat at the Salem Beer Works. Excellent food & brews!
The best tourist attractions are the whale watches (although you may just be missing the season in October). We have gone on the Yankee Fleet.
The Peabody Essex Museum is tops!
I am pasting the names of the top three witch-related attractions in Salem. My husband and I go there often enough that we have seen all of the options, and these three are the best in town:
Cry Innocent/History Alive
Critically-acclaimed live reenactment of the witchcraft examination of Bridget Bishop. The year is 1692: you are the Puritan grand jury! Hear the actual testimony! Cross-examine the witness! Decide the verdict! The longest continually-running show north of Boston. Featured on Nickelodeon, Discovery, A&E, MTV, CNN, BBC, NPR & TLC! Cost: $8 for adults (13 – 56), $7 students, seniors. Children under 6 free. Allow 1 hour each event. Open summer: Fri-Tues, 11:30, 1:30 & 3:00. (No 11:30 on Sun); Open Sept/Early Nov: Sat-Sun, 1:30 & 3:00; Open Oct: 1st Sat through Halloween, multiple shows most days.
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA
(978) 867-4747
www.cryinnocent.com
The Salem Witch Museum
The Salem Witch Museum presents one of the most tragic and emotional events in American history: The Witch Hysteria of 1692.
Washington Square Salem, MA 01970
(978) 744-1692; fax: (978) 745-4414
www.salemwitchmuseum.com
email: facts@salemwitchmuseum.com
Witch Dungeon
Award-winning reenactment of the trail of beggar-woman Sarah Good, a guided tour of the dungeon and recreated village and Gallows Hill from Salem in 1692.
16 Lynde Street Salem, MA 01970
(978) 741-3570; Fax (978) 741-1139
www.witchdungeon.com
2006-09-20 04:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salem at that time of year will be great. There will be hay rides, and all sorts of stuff for Halloween and the Witch Museum, etc will be in full swing. Salem is about 45 minutes from Boston. Around Salem there are cities like Gloucester, and they are right on the water, so you can get some great seafood.
2006-09-20 06:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was just in Salem for 4 days the beginning of September. We hated the place we stayed in there so that made for a bad start. The town itself is somewhat of a letdown we thought. IT was nice just to say that we were there but we will not go back.
Boston Hot Dog Company is right in town and we really enjoyed it there with all their unique hot dogs and also the Salem Beer Works was cool. We spent a lot of time there.
We did the usual touristy stuff but 1 day is enought time to see everything in that town.
2006-09-27 03:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just got a lot of great info from Out of Control. Where are you staying in Peabody? My contact is available so let me know and I can help you through some back roads from Peabody to Salem since Rte. 114 will be a nightmare during Haunted Happenings.
2006-09-20 01:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes everyone gave good info. we stayed in boston and took a train (i think we paid like 2$ each) into salem for the day.
i know you said you were renting a car...but honestly if you want to save cash and the hastle of driving where you dont know your way. boston is a good walking city and they have a train that goes right into salem no car needed!
we were there a week and didnt rent a car at all, and still saw all we wanted to see!
2006-09-22 04:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by bigd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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