| Penny |
Apr 3rd, 2001 05:38 AM |
I've lived in the Boston area for many years, so I don't often take the opportunity to do "touristy" things. However, a relative was visiting last fall, and we came into the city to be tourists. It made me see it again with new eyes--it's a great place. Now I remember why I moved here. . . .<BR><BR>The Duck Tour will give you a great overview of the city. In addition, think about walking the Freedom Trail, or at least part of it. See http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/. Old Ironsides is far away from the rest, and you can omit it--if you do, you end up in the North End and can have a great meal, or at least some espresso or cappucino in one of the many Italian cafes. <BR><BR>Ride the Swan Boats in the Public Garden. It's cheap and quaint and the garden should be beautiful in May.<BR><BR>Go to the Isabella Stewart Gardiner museum, or to the Museum of Fine Arts. If you're at that end of town, think about stopping by the Christian Science Center--the architecture is interesting, and you can walk through the "Mapparium," a stained glass globe of the world. <BR><BR>The Aquarium is world-class; from the wharf nearby you can take a cruise of the harbor, or even take a whale watch, though the seas may be rough that time of year and you'd have to devote at least half a day.<BR><BR>The Science Museum is very good, and has an Imax theater. <BR><BR>If you really have only one day, though, I'd do the Duck Tour and then walk part of the Freedom Trail--at least make sure you go to the Old Burying Ground, which is the first or second stop (I think), to the Old State House, Faneuil Hall, and Old North Church. Paul Revere's House is interesting, too. Then have dinner in the North End--Boston's "little Italy."<BR> |
