Things for a family to do in Boston...besides the science museums and aquarium??

Question

We've been to those places already. So what else is there to do? We're staying in Boston for the weekend in January with our 2 boys ages 9 and 4. I know, not the best time of year for a trip but its bc I work for a hotel and they let employees stay anywhere for free but only in Dec & Jan.

Answer 1

Boston Duck Tours would normally be my answer but they don't run in January. ( http://www.bostonducktours.com/about_pofd.html ) So the alternative to that are the various Trolley tours. (There are a few of them. They all pretty much run the same routes.) Also an all day ticket on the trolleys are a good supplement to getting around town without using the MBTA.

Children's Museum & Computer Museum (They are next door to each other) in Boston close to South Station. (Assuming you haven't been to that one. If you have, then my mistake.)

Frog Pond on the Common opened up this week for ice skating.

If it's Dec 31 then there is First Night.

Could see what is happening at the TD Banknorth Garden. If there is a game or a show going on. Or see if they do tours during off days/nights.

Could check the Theater District and see if the Nutcracker or the Rockettes are available.

Just some ideas. :)

If you really run out of things to do:
There is also Lucky Strike Boston, Jillians, Good Times, and Boston Bowl during the day. If you have a car or are willing to take a T ride to the suburbs Stone Zoo usually has Santa's Village in the evenings. (You will want to time this right as the only bus that goes near there is the 132 and it has limited hours and stops. So check the MBTA website if you want this as an option and do not have a car.) Also I'm not sure how far into January you are visiting, so you'll want to call the Stone Zoo and ask when they shut it down. It usually is open shortly after/into the new year.

Answer 2

umm when i went last winter we went shopping and there is a nice resturant at the top of the prudential building with a great view of the whole city then there is leagl seafood right neat the aquarium and then there are tours of the city and theres the one house where paul revere or whatever lived and that church all on the freedom trail that oges around the city its a little cold so bundle up and then theres the one boat that has that little museum and little italy for a bite to eat even the t is an in tresting trip and you could get off at the harvard and boston college stops and have a look around thats always fun

Answer 3

The zoo is first, in spite of the fact that the aquarium is a great determination too... next could be a museum (except I lived close to and had a in the back of the scenes bypass to the Smithsonian, through fact then i could stay in there)

Answer 4

Be sure to visit the Mapparium in the Mary Baker Eddy Library nearby the Prudential Center. It is a 3 story stained glass globe that you actually walk through. It is a one of a kind attraction that the kids will adore. also the Skywalk observatory is a great way to see everything from 50 stories up. Tomb is also a great attraction that puts your family in the tomb of an egyptian pharaoh and the only way to get out is to solve the puzzles in each room. I hope that these recommendations are good for you.

Answer 5

Duck Tours, Trolley tours, Blue Man Group (pretty cool-9 year old would probably like, not sure about 4 year old?) Frog Pond ice skating, tour Fenway Park (not sure if they do that year round)

Answer 6

Celtics or Bruins or BC basketball/hockey.

Bowling at Kings, next to the Sheaton.

Answer 7

USS Constitution, Computer museum,

Answer 8

You can go on the duck tour, where it will show you all around boston