Places to Explore In Side Trips from Boston

Discover the best places to explore in Side Trips from Boston with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Concord

The Concord of today is a modern suburb with a busy center filled with arty shops, places to eat, and (recalling the literary history made...

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  • 8 Things To Do

Essex

The small seafaring town of Essex, once an important shipbuilding center, is surrounded by salt marshes and is filled with antiques stores and seafood restaurants...

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Gloucester

On Gloucester’s fine seaside promenade is a famous statue of a man steering a ship’s wheel, his eyes searching the horizon. The statue, which honors...

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  • 7 Things To Do

Ipswich

Quiet little Ipswich, settled in 1633 and famous for its clams, is said to have more 17th-century houses standing and occupied than any other place...

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  • 2 Things To Do

Lexington

Incensed against the British, American colonials burst into action in Lexington in April 1775. On April 18, patriot leader Paul Revere alerted the town that...

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  • 6 Things To Do

Lowell

Everyone knows that the American Revolution began in Massachusetts. But the Commonwealth, and in particular the Merrimack Valley, also nurtured the Industrial Revolution. Lowell’s first...

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Marblehead

Marblehead, with its narrow and winding streets, beautifully preserved clapboard homes, sea captains’ mansions, and harbor, looks much as it must have when it was...

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  • 3 Things To Do

New Bedford

In 1652 colonists from Plymouth settled in the area that now includes the city of New Bedford. The city has a long maritime tradition, beginning...

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Newburyport

Newburyport’s High Street is lined with some of the finest examples of Federal-period (roughly, 1790–1810) mansions in New England. The city was once a leading...

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Plymouth

On December 26, 1620, 102 weary men, women, and children disembarked from the Mayflower to found the first permanent European settlement north of Virginia (they...

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  • 6 Things To Do

Rockport

Rockport, at the very tip of Cape Ann, derives its name from the local granite formations. Many Boston-area structures are made of stone cut from...

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Salem

Known for years as the Witch City, Salem is redefining itself. Though numerous witch-related attractions and shops still draw tourists, there’s much more to the...

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  • 8 Things To Do

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