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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Boston!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Boston 2010 provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Boston 2010 features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Boston.
•Experience Boston like a local! Fodor's Boston 2010 features the best New England clam chowder, where to watch the Boston Marathon, and how to snag tickets to see the Red Sox play at legendary Fenway Park.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Full-color pullout map
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Boston!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Boston 2010 provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Boston 2010 features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Boston.
•Experience Boston like a local! Fodor's Boston 2010 features the best New England clam chowder, where to watch the Boston Marathon, and how to snag tickets to see the Red Sox play at legendary Fenway Park.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Full-color pullout map
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Be a Fodor's Correspondent............3
About This Book............6
When to Go............7
What's Where............8
Quintessential Boston............12
If You Like............14
On The Calendar............16
Great Itineraries............18
Chapter 1: Exploring Boston............21
Beacon Hill and Boston Common............22
The Old West End............36
Government Center............41
The North End............48
Charlestown............54
Downtown Boston............58
The Back Bay............67
The South End............81
The Fenway and Kenmore Square............83
The "Streetcar Suburbs" ............89
Chapter 2: Exploring Cambridge............95
Harvard Square............98
Brattle Street/Tory Row............107
Kendall Square/MIT............112
Chapter 3: Where to Eat............115
Best Bets for Boston Dining............118
Boston............119
Cambridge............135
Brookline............139
Allston............144
Jamaica Plain............145
Chapter 4: Where to Stay............149
Best Bets for Boston Lodging............152
Boston............153
Boston Outskirts............178
Cambridge............181
Chapter 5: Nightlife and the Arts............189
Nightlife............190
The Arts............211
Chapter 6: Sports and the Outdoors............221
Beaches............222
Parks............224
Sports............225
Chapter 7: Shopping............235
Major Shopping Districts............236
Department Stores............238
Specialty Stores............240
Chapter 8: Side Trips............255
Northwest of Boston............257
The North Shore............266
South of Boston............278
Side Trips Essentials............283
Travel Smart Boston............287
Getting Here and Around............288
Essentials............296
Index............303
About Our Writers............320
MAPS
Beacon Hill and Boston Common............25
Following the Freedom Trail............31
The Old West End............39
Government Center and the North End............44
Charlestown............56
Downtown Boston............61
The Back Bay, the South End and the Fens............72–73
The Street Car Suburbs............91
Harvard Square............100
Cambridge............102–103
Where to Eat in Boston............120–121
Where to Eat in Cambridge............140–141
Where to Eat in Allston, Brookline and Jamaica Plain............146
Where to Stay in Boston............162–163
Where to Stay in Cambridge............182–183
Boston Shopping............242–243
Cambridge Shopping............244
Northwest of Boston............259
Lexington............260
Concord............262
The North Shore............268
Salem............270
South of Boston............279
About This Book............6
When to Go............7
What's Where............8
Quintessential Boston............12
If You Like............14
On The Calendar............16
Great Itineraries............18
Chapter 1: Exploring Boston............21
Beacon Hill and Boston Common............22
The Old West End............36
Government Center............41
The North End............48
Charlestown............54
Downtown Boston............58
The Back Bay............67
The South End............81
The Fenway and Kenmore Square............83
The "Streetcar Suburbs" ............89
Chapter 2: Exploring Cambridge............95
Harvard Square............98
Brattle Street/Tory Row............107
Kendall Square/MIT............112
Chapter 3: Where to Eat............115
Best Bets for Boston Dining............118
Boston............119
Cambridge............135
Brookline............139
Allston............144
Jamaica Plain............145
Chapter 4: Where to Stay............149
Best Bets for Boston Lodging............152
Boston............153
Boston Outskirts............178
Cambridge............181
Chapter 5: Nightlife and the Arts............189
Nightlife............190
The Arts............211
Chapter 6: Sports and the Outdoors............221
Beaches............222
Parks............224
Sports............225
Chapter 7: Shopping............235
Major Shopping Districts............236
Department Stores............238
Specialty Stores............240
Chapter 8: Side Trips............255
Northwest of Boston............257
The North Shore............266
South of Boston............278
Side Trips Essentials............283
Travel Smart Boston............287
Getting Here and Around............288
Essentials............296
Index............303
About Our Writers............320
MAPS
Beacon Hill and Boston Common............25
Following the Freedom Trail............31
The Old West End............39
Government Center and the North End............44
Charlestown............56
Downtown Boston............61
The Back Bay, the South End and the Fens............72–73
The Street Car Suburbs............91
Harvard Square............100
Cambridge............102–103
Where to Eat in Boston............120–121
Where to Eat in Cambridge............140–141
Where to Eat in Allston, Brookline and Jamaica Plain............146
Where to Stay in Boston............162–163
Where to Stay in Cambridge............182–183
Boston Shopping............242–243
Cambridge Shopping............244
Northwest of Boston............259
Lexington............260
Concord............262
The North Shore............268
Salem............270
South of Boston............279
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