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The Best Things to Do in Boston, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 | Travel Guide PlanetofHotels #Boston

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Discover the best of Boston, Massachusetts with this curated guide to its historic sites, cultural attractions, and charming neighborhoods. From the bustling Quincy Market to the historic Freedom Trail and the serene Public Garden, experience the quintessential New England charm and rich American history that Boston has to offer.

  • Quincy Market

    An ancient market complex constructed in 1824-1826 with restaurants, snack bars, stores, and food outlets, known as a true gastronomic paradise.

  • Freedom Trail

    A route marked on the city's sidewalk that connects 16 landmarks, museums, churches, historic houses, monuments, burial grounds, and an old warship, revealing Boston's Colonial history and its contribution to the struggle for Independence.

  • Beacon Hill

    One of Boston's oldest and most fashionable neighborhoods featuring picturesque 19th-century buildings, gas lanterns, and cobblestone sidewalks.

  • Public Garden

    The first Botanical Garden in the country, featuring the Swan Boats attraction on a large pond, operating since 1877.

  • Boston Common

    The oldest city park in the United States, where the Commonwealth Shakespeare company holds free performances of Shakespeare's works every summer.

  • Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park

    A park laid out in 1976 offering a wonderful view of the harbor with a long colonnade, rose garden, and beautiful fountain, great for picnics and walks.

  • Rose Kennedy Greenway

    A popular park in downtown Boston combining green spaces, landscape gardens, and squares decorated with fountains, lighting systems, and art installations, including the interactive Fountain Harbor fog.

  • Museum of Fine Arts

    A museum with an exhibition that will be a treat for the eyes.

  • Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

    A museum which stages some of the most important events in American history.

  • Boston Harbor

    A harbor with two lighthouses, including Boston Light, erected in 1718 and the oldest in the country, greeting ships at the entrance.

  • Harvard University

    America's oldest university, founded on September 8, 1636, and a cultural and architectural treasure where visitors can wander the campus and explore its old red brick buildings.

  • Newbury Street

    A 1.5 kilometer long street with beautiful 19th-century buildings housing hundreds of stores and restaurants, including trendy coffee shops and Bohemian boutiques.

  • Union Oyster House

    America's oldest continuously operating restaurant and a National Historic Landmark, operating since 1826 in a beautiful Georgian house.

  • Acorn Street

    Among the most photographed streets in the United States.

  • Massachusetts State House

    Make sure you check out the Massachusetts State House

  • Chinatown

    New England's only historic Chinese quarter, where you can taste the Region's best Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine and find many authentic shops, souvenir stores, excellent eateries, and restaurants.

  • Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

    Includes 34 islands and peninsulas offering visitors many activities, tours of historic forts, picnics with stunning Bay views, overnight camping, hiking, bird watching, and exciting cruises.