new boston ideas

any recommendations other than patriots trail or hop-on-hop off---been here twice before and looking for something new (yn)

JKF Library is very interesting if you are into something like that.

Laura

JKF Library is very interesting if you are into something like that.

 

Laura

Thanks!

Walk newbury st, nice shops and cafes, galleries, also convenient to boston common for walk to sWan boat ride, a boston tradition. Museum fine arts fairly close to this area too. Walk Commonwealth ave, parallel to newbury, see lovely homes, and check out pub Cheers was based on.

Or seaport district, new and lovely area, tour harpoon brewery, lunch on waterfront, ICA museum.

any recommendations other than patriots trail or hop-on-hop off---been here twice before and looking for something new (yn)

We are looking st a tour of Fenway park for our anthem cruise in October.

Thanks for the ideas.

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The tour of Fenway Park is great.

Also consider the science museum at MIT. Way cool!

John

Food walking tour of North End with http://www.offtheeatenpathtours.com. Took this tour last year, excellent great history and a variety of delicious food.

Jonathan

The Museum of Fine Art is fantastic and nearby the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum is quirky but fascinating, too.

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Fenway Park tours are from 9 am to 5 pm approximately $20.00 pp. check website. Tasty burger right on corner st. Great burgers, onion rings or fries and a 16 oz Pabst beer $10.00.

Harpoon brewery has beer hall and tours, good pretzels and you can walk waterfront to Museum of contemporary art. Boston beer company has tours but it's further away in Jamaica Plain, Sam Adams beer.

Take a cab to Boston sea aquarium area to walk to north end. Regina Original Pizza or Galleria Umberto on Hanover st excellent hidden gems. Paul revere house and first church. Modern pastry.

Across st fanuel hall very tourists type area.

TripAdvisor and yelp have info on all above.

It's easy, if you're healthy to walk in a day to Boston common gardens and all these areas.

A cab ride to the aquarium is a great start point. Trolley tours start there. J. Hooks has excellent lobster rolls. Try the cannoli or lobster clay pastry at mikes pastry.

Also near Columbus park is the Boston harbor island tours. Out to an old island civil war fort/prison. Jasper White has a satellite seafood joint out there.

A little cash is great in the North End. Some take cash only.

Do you have to stay in Boston? You could go to Salem or Lexington and Concord.

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The Museum of Science is not exactly at MIT, but nearby, and an excellent place to visit with or without kids. Beacon Hill and the Esplenade are picturesque adjacent walks. The Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are both great choices and right next to each other. The New England Aquarium is one of the best aquariums in the country. The JFK museum is fantastic, too, and is right next to The Commonwealth Archives where you can see the Declaration of Independence without DC's long lines, and they will even give you (for free, really!) A copy of the document as a souvenir. If you aren't that interested in the museum scene, take a dreamy ride on a swanboat in the Boston Public Garden. Boston Public Library is free and has lots of cool and quirky exhibits. Trinity Church is next door and is an architectural treasure with windows, paintings and architecture by John la Farge, among others. My favorite spot to bring visitors is the nearby Mapparium at the Christian Science Church, a three-story tall, stained glass globe you can walk through. Boston is such a treasure trove, very walkable with super safe and cheap public transportation. There is no "been there, done that," even as a resident, I discover new and delightful features of my hometown every day.

I recommend the Boston Tea Party Museum. Great for adults and kids. Also, make sure to visit the Boston Public Library - wonderful architecture! And if you haven't hiked the Freedom Trail, be sure to do so and visit the following: Bunker Hill monument (walk up the steps), Old North Church, Green Dragon Tavern, Holocaust Memorial and the North End which is full of the best Italian food -- be sure to stop at the Florentine Cafe and have the squash ravioli! Love Boston - great city. Also recommend the JFK library -- we have been there and it was a wonderful museum with many artifacts -- great even for those who feel like they know a lot about JFK.

The Museum of Science is not exactly at MIT, .

The poster may actually mean the MIT Museum, which presents basically science oriented exhibits.

It also occurred to me you mentioned doing the hoho bus but not the Boston Duck Tour. That is a whole lot of fun and leaves right from the Museum of Science. It is amphibious, takes in a lot with an often amusing and informative historic commentary and you can likely find a discount online at Groupon or similar site. If you do it earlier in the day you may get an idea of places you may wish to go back and explore later. I will echo previous posters who recommend the North End for culinary exploration, delicious! There is a carousel nearby on the Greenway, and buskers on weekends.

Have you seen the unique and realistic glass flowers at the Harvard museum (by red lineT to Harvard stop and a short walk)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Flowers

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/magazine/one-of-a-kind-cambridge-mass-the-glass-flowers.html

I wouldn't recommend a Duck tour to anyone, based on their increasingly poor safety record, in multiple cities, both on land and in the water. It is insane to drive one of these things around the streets of Boston, given their poor visibility for the driver, and in the water they are a cinder block being held up by the grace of god and the bilge pump. JMHO.

Check out the Maparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library. It is really unique!

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60745-d144269-Reviews-The_Mapparium-Boston_Massachusetts.html