dunnelli

My wife and I have a 5 hour layover at Logan on the way to London. Do we have enough
time for a quick tour of the city and a stop for a good Italian lunch in the North End?
I am concerned about going through the security lines at Logan and still making our connection. Any advice?

tchoiniere

Id say no as you would at the most have 2.5 hours outside of the airport (assuming 1/2 hour to get out of the airport if on time and then 2 hours before departure - how much time is needed for International flights).

Maybe you have enough time to get on the T to go get a quick lunch somewhere but that would be about it.

wyatt92

I don't see why you wouldn't have time to head to the North End for lunch. It's only about a 5 min cab ride from the airport. Obviously, you'd have to be mindful of rush hour traffic but I think your plan is doable.

travelbuff

I think with that much time, you'd have a fun time in the North End or Quincy Market for a lunch and quick site see. Maybe a stop at Old North Church or Paul Revere's House both in the North End, a nice lunch and then head back to the airport. As long as you're not doing it during rush hour 10 minutes to and from the airport is about right.

Should add, when you are landing at Logan, the houses just off the end of the runway, like you can almost see people in the windows, that's my hometown, Winthrop.

Have a lovely vacation.

amyb

The water shuttle between the airport and Long Wharf would get you just about to the North End restaurants pretty quickly too, without the worry of traffic (as would the subway Blue Line). If your flight is on time and you keep an eye on your watch, I think you could have lunch at the very least, but I wouldn't wander much further into the city than that.

As an aside, I'm guessing you'd already be checked in and checked through from your home to London, so if you have your boarding passes for all flights, I wonder if you need to be there two hours ahead really? I thought that was just for check-in? Irrelevant thinking out loud on my part, but it may give you a little more time.

yk

Like others said, you have about 2.5 hours. I'd just take a cab to North End and back. If you take the water shuttle to Long Wharf,
1) you have to catch the shuttle bus from terminal to the dock
2) The water shuttle runs once every 90 minutes.
http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/Do...ts/routeF2.pdf

It'll be faster if you take a water taxi, but it's cheaper and faster to just take a regular taxi.