Visitor Information in Boston

Visitor Information

Contact the city and state tourism offices for general information, details about seasonal events, discount passes, trip planning, and attraction information. The National Park Service has a Boston office where you can watch an eight-minute slide show on Boston's historic sites and get maps and directions. The Welcome Center and Boston Common Visitor Information Center offer general information. The Cambridge Tourism Office's information booth is in Harvard Square, near the main entrance to the Harvard T stop.

Contacts

Boston Common Visitor Information Center. 148 Tremont St., where Freedom Trail begins, Downtown, Boston, MA, 02108. 888/733-2678. www.thefreedomtrail.org/visitor/boston-common.html.

Boston National Historical Park Visitor Center. 15 State St., Downtown, Boston, MA, 02109. 617/242-5642. www.nps.gov/bost.

Cambridge Tourism Office. 4 Brattle St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge, MA, 02138. 800/862-5678 or 617/441-2884. www.cambridge-usa.org.

Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2 Copley Pl., Suite 105, Back Bay, Boston, MA, 02116. 888/733-2678 or 617/536-4100. www.bostonusa.com.

Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. State Transportation Bldg., 10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510, Back Bay, Boston, MA, 02116. 800/227-6277 or 617/973-8500. www.massvacation.com.

Online Resources

Boston.com, home of the Boston Globe online, has news and feature articles, ample travel information, and links to towns throughout Massachusetts. The site for Boston's arts and entertainment weekly, the Boston Phoenix has nightlife, movie, restaurant, and arts listings. The Bostonian Society answers some frequently asked questions about Beantown history on their Web site. The iBoston page has some wonderful photographs of buildings that are architecturally and historically important. Bostonist, The Improper Bostonian, and WickedLocal provide a more relaxed (and somewhat irreverent) take on Boston news and information.