What is there to do in Boston,Mass.in one week?

Question

I arrive in Boston 04-20-07.So far I'll see the Sox @ Fenway on 04-21-07 & return to Sacramento 04-28-07.I'm open to suggestions.No car rental.Money is also scarce.

Answer 1

Luckily for you, most things are very close. You can almost walk to many things!

In Boston, Fanuiel Hall / Quincy Market is a must. It’s a little touristy now, but still a place to revel in history while eating and shopping to your heart’s content.

Freedom Trail as well, except don't walk the whole thing. Just hit some of the highlights. Go to the old North Church, Old South Meetinghouse, and the nearby Cemetery to see John Hancock and other famous people tombstones.

If you like museums, the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) is one of my favorite in the world (that and the Musée D'Orsay in Paris). Museum of Science is pretty neat too.

If you like to shop (even window shopping), go to the shops at Prudential Center / Copley Plaza. Also, be sure to walk down nearby Newbury St just for fun and window shop.

Harvard Sq can be entertaining to walk around. Or you can bounce down to MIT and walk those hallways as well. Next to that is the esplanade, where you can walk the Charles River, which is gorgeous in the summer time, walk downtown and grab something to eat near Fanueil hall!

You can also get a day pass for the "T" (subway) and ride all over just for fun! (esp since you say you won't have a car)


If you want to wander outside of Boston, there's also

Salem (north of Boston),
Bunker Hill memorial in Charlestown (and you can climb it)
Old Ironsides (USS Constitution) in Charlestown,
JFK library (just south of Boston),
Lexington and Concord (where it all started) out Route 2 (about 30-40 min away).

Some of those are accesible by bus, commuter rail, etc. If any of them interest you, just go to the website for directions, or you can check out mbta.com for the metro Boston transportation system.

Be sure to have a meal at a restaurant in Boston’s famous Italian North End.

Enjoy the seafood too! For affordable seafood, No Name's is the place to go. Outside of that, you could do the old reliable Durgin Park @ Quincy Market.

As you might be able to tell, Boston's one of my favorite cities. Hope you have a fantastic time!

Answer 2

Ah, Sacramento! Many memories for me!

You won't find little to do in Boston (actually you should consider it Boston/Cambridge) - it is like an East Coast San Fran without many hills. As the prior Answerer states much is walkable (more people walk to work in Boston/Cambridge than in any other American city); otherwise, the public transit is quite good (with an extensive suburban train system so you can cheaply train it to other nearby cities and towns of interest like Providence and Salem and Gloucester-Rockport and Lowell. And there is cheap Amtrak service to Portland, ME (Amtrak to Providence is NOT cheap -- take the alternative T train); Portland is certainly worth a day). Other than getting a good travel guide, pick up the weekly free alternative newspapers ("The Boston Phoenix" and "The Boston Dig") when you arrive for complete listings of activities.

Best of all for a Californian, if you wish to economize on meals and have a craving for good store-bought munchies there are Trader Joes here (but only 2 are alcohol licensed, sigh!).

Answer 3

Visit the Wharf downtown where you can explore old ships, The town Square has tons of shopping outdoors and inside. If you can try to go over to Salem there you can visit the museums, the witch trials, old town square, the old jails. All of this if pretty much free. There are tons of musuems downtown Boston also,. There may be a few dollars admission price on some of these spots. Have fun. D & G Gifts Etc www.dandggiftsetc.com

Answer 4

The aquarium is fun, and it's really pretty in the wharf area. If you just wanna sight see without having to pay, try taking a walk down the Freedom Trail. There are lots of landmarks and booths with free maps and guidebooks along the way.

Answer 5

Check out some of the cool restaurants....If you can grab a copy of Rachel Ray's magazine, Spring Fling for this month there are all kinds of things around the Boston area she's listed to do and see.

Answer 6

there are supposed to b some really good (and fairly reasonablely priced) resturants around. You should definetly go to Cheers, or down to fisherman's warf. My parents bought lobsters for, I wanna say $4 or $5 bucks. Southie is also a really great place to check out. Or u could just lounge around in the commons!