We are visiting Boston in May. What is a must see and do?

Question

We are a couple from England and both aged 28. We are visiting in May and would like some advice on what things we must see and do during our 4 day stay.

Answer 1

May is a great month to visit Boston. Definitely walk the Freedom Trail (a lot of the historic sites are along there). That will take most of a full day. Go on a day when the weather's nice because it's a lot of walking. Don't worry - they won't think you are trying to invade America. Eat dinner in the North End, Boston's historic Italian district. It's becoming more "gentrified" now but they have GREAT restaurants. And definitely go to Mike's Pastry. Actually, if you do only one thing in Boston, go to Mike's Pastry. They have SO MANY great Italian pastries - it's phenomenal. There's shopping of course - Macy's department store downtown and also Filene's Basement has some great deals. Especially since the exhange rate is so good for you. Harvard Square and Harvard Yard is always fun (also lots of good shopping around there too). There are a couple of art museums - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts both near each other, and also there's the Institute of Contemporary Art (just built a new building, apparently it's great). Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market is really touristy - it's kinda too bad that they took these old buildings, with so much history, and put all these cheesy tourist shops there. Haymarket is kinda cool, if you're in town on Friday or Saturday - not really a tourist place (it's just an outdoor produce market) but it's a great place to hear local Boston accents and locals. Sometimes it's hilarious. And if you want typical Boston seafood, I would say the Union Oyster House is the best restaurant (Anthony's Pier 4 is second best... Legal Seafood is ok but way overrated).

Answer 2

If you take time to go to faneuil, take the time to walk to the New
England Holocost Memorial. It is a very moving memorial.
Take a trip to either the top of the prudential center, or the Hancock building. Ride the T and see some locals lol :) The Aquarium is close to faneuil hall. The boston Museum of Science is interesting. There is a computer museum near Milk Street that is interesting if you like computers.

Good luck and enjoy your trip. (you could travel north and see New Hampshire Too, better then the old Hampshire. LOL)

Answer 3

Walk the Freedom Trail, visit the US Constitution, eat in the North End, eat at the Wharf, take the T to Fenway park and go to a Red Sox game, and go to the Boston Common.

Quincy Market is a tourist trap. Stay away.

Answer 4

superb around the corner from the O'Neil (no longer O'Neal) is the Bulfinch lodge - upscale type. interior a 7 minute walk, for the time of from Fanueuil hall on the industry, is The Bostonian - luxury type. interior a 2 minute walk is The Shawmut lodge - downscale eu-like conversion (could be a a million-movie star or maybe a 2-movie star in Paris). An 8 minute walk to the different area of Fanueuil hall will beget you The Devonshire Oakwood - area of an place of work skyscraper - luxury. A minute after that gets you to The club Quarters - yet another eu-form conversion yet a 5-movie star one; I even have not been there yet I hear no longer something yet great things approximately it. throughout the time of the industry on the waterfront is a Marriott. interior a 7 minute walk in the direction of Cambridge is a extra effective high quality holiday lodge. between those and the O'Neil lots of advantageous eating places and bars and golf equipment to maintain you happy, and the famed North end is likewise interior strolling distance. via ways, while you're a lager lover between them is Boston Beer Works, between america's maximum suitable brewpubs/eating places. there is likewise a infants hostal merely 3 minutes from the O'Neil in case you will like the exciting of roughing it. (very almost each and all the places reported via Answerers in the previous me are placed interior the Uptown back Bay that's the different area of the city - i won't be in a position to comprehend why they did so).

Answer 5

I would advise you do a Duck Tour first......then you get an idea of what Boston is about. I would certainly recommend going to see the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library as its amazing. We also did the Trolley tour and you can hop on and hop off at certain points during one or two days so you cover more of the city. You'll get your bearings more too and from then on you can walk, although the T is really simple to use

Answer 6

Me and my friend went in November, we'd say do some of the museum/history stuff, not all of it you dont want to get bored and shop till u drop! Defo go to the Cheers bar (not the one at quincy market tho!) and go see the ducks in boston common (one i missed last time i went!). We also booked a tour through our hotel so its a good idea to check any leaflets when you get there, we went on a half day tour, there wasnt many people on it and the driver was very friendly, he showed us soo much stuff we wouldnt off seen on our own. He took us to the norm...quincy market, uss and over to harvard plus lots more!
Have a great trip! x

Answer 7

Take the freedom trail. It's a walk through Boston and all the historical sites are on there. Go and see the harbour and the USS Constitution and have a great time.

Answer 8

We took the "Ghosts and Gravestones" tour.. and it was a WONDERFUL historical tour that drove us around the city with a great tourguide..

We also drove the extra time to Salem, Mass.. and saw the Witchcraft museum.. and went down to Plymouth, Mass, and saw the Plymouth Rock..

Fanuel Hall is nice... it's a marketplace with lots of shops to walk around.. and we've been to the aquarium.. that was fun, too..

There's so much history in the area..

Answer 9

Quincy Market for sure, never saw so much great food under one roof, you just buy what you want and sit and eat it, shrimp the size of the palm of your hand, yum. I liked going to the original Cheers and the shopping in the square plus the nice aquarium.

Answer 10

try some travel web sites to get some unbiased opinions - like tripadvisor.com. u should try to see the USS Constuitution, the Bunker Hill Monument, maybe the Old North Church, Boston's italian section called the North End, and try some of the lcoal foods.....