Things to See and Do in Boston

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Recommended Attractions in Boston

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  • Jun 20, 2008: ... ;     I started in Boston Common and walked the entire freedom trail. I actually lost sight of it for a ...
  • Jul 26, 2006: ... battle sites etc. We had a wander along the freedom trail through downtown Boston but I was a bit too hungry to take much of ...
  • May 3, 2009: ...  Harvard University, visited the Cheers bar, walked the Freedom Trail, went on an official tour of Fenway Park, ...
  • Sep 8, 2006: ... !!!! We had decided we were gonna have a look at the freedom trail so headed off to find it.....was kinda cool....went ...
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  • Sep 20, 2008: ... the city, we went to Café Pompe for breakfast in Little Italy. North end is largely residential and well-known for its small, ...
  • Feb 17, 2007: ... , Government Center, Faneuil Hall, the Boston Massacre site, Fenway Park, the North End, and everything in between.  The ...
  • Dec 24, 2005: ... time to have a nice dinner (the plan's for Italian in the North End) and brief rest before flying out. Anyhow, it won't be ...
  • Feb 19, 2005: ... luoghi che ho visitato sono contenuti in meno di 8 kmq. Il North End, che occupa la punta nord-orientale della penisola, è ...
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  • Jun 20, 2008: ... to think that I was trying to convince myself to save Fenway Park for tomorrow because I'd already done so much today. So on ...
  • Jun 20, 2008: ... Harvard. In a few minutes I'm off to see Fenway Park and then I'm going back to Boston Common and Faneuil Hall to see them at ...
  • Jul 15, 2005: ... they used in the series Cheers. We then wandered over to Fenway Park to have a look at the baseball stadium, home of the ...
  • May 3, 2009: ... , had a picnic and read books in America's oldest park Boston Common, visited Harvard University, visited the ...
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  • Jun 20, 2008: ... , but following the red brick road is fun), saw Boston Common, Public Garden, Faneuil Hall and the marketplace, took a ferry, ...
  • Jun 22, 2008: ... from the Boston Public Library and an easy walk to the Public Garden and Boston Common. This was a part of the city which I ...
  • Sep 16, 2008: ... beautiful flowers. It was the first public botanical garden in the United States.   J had lunch at Winsor Dim ...
  • Oct 2, 2009: ...  On our last day, we walked through the Boston Common and the Public Garden and went on the Freedom Trail Tour, and ...
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  • Sep 17, 2009: ... just to see some of the inside rooms (photos here). The Samuel Adams Brewery: For a morning of free beer this is a good idea, ...
  • Sep 11, 2009: ... currently in circulation! I went to the Samuel Adams brewery, which is largely a testing ground for new beers, and ...
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  • Feb 21, 2008: ... that particularly earned popularity to the kids is the Boston Duck Tours, a former World War 2 part-truck part-boat craft ...
  • Aug 30, 2009: ... Bascially it is the best way to get ya Boston bearings on foot. The duck tours are also good - travel around on an amphibious ...
  • May 1, 2008: ... the last Duck-tour of the day.  The duck tours are bus tours with a difference, in that, having completed the land part ...
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  • May 3, 2009: ... where we were its only customers, very bizzare!!! Loving Boston, definately a place that we could live!!!! But don't ...
  • Nov 15, 2008: ... Seaport, the Original Cheers bar, Boston Common (the oldest public park in the US), Beacon Hill, the Waterfront and the ...
  • Feb 19, 2005: ... Il Financial District è situato qualche isolato più a sud. Beacon Hill (la parte più antica della città), esattamente a ...
  • Apr 22, 2009: ... a gorgeous city and the area in which we are staying, Beacon Hill, is like a town out of the early 1900's with cobblestone ...
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  • Jul 26, 2006: ... restorations. In the end we just went to see the USS Constitution, which is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the ...
  • May 3, 2009: ... in the park (we named one Roxy) and visited the USS Constitution, the oldest warship in America. We decided on  ...
  • Sep 12, 2003: ... things. Bunker Hill, through the Navy yard to see the USS Constitution, which is the older commisioned shipped and it is ...
  • Oct 10, 2005: ... think the best attraction would be Paul Revere's House, the USS Constitution, Bunker Hill, or the Old North Church. You'd ...
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  • Sep 25, 2004: ... and State House. Then onto Park Street Church, the Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel and another burying ground, a lot ...
  • Jul 22, 2007: ... as: - State House - Park St Church - The Granary Burying Ground - King's Chapel - the church without a spire (the money ...
  • Sep 18, 2009: ... nbsp;8. Bell in Hand bar     9. Granary Burying Ground     10. Paul Revere House and ...
  • Jun 7, 2007: ... Revere and John Hancock at the Granary Burying Ground and to visit where the Boston Massacre took place near the ...
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  • Feb 21, 2008: ... sporty family for its interactive exhibits) and the Boston Children's Museum. In addition to these museums are the historic ...
  • Mar 19, 2008: ... lots of cool fish. 2. We went to the Boston Children's Museum.  We were aloud to touch anything!  My ...
  • Dec 31, 1998: ... Met DH's best friend and his daughters who live in Boston at the Children's Museum. DD and the girls had so much fun. The ...
  • Aug 15, 2008: $1 Fridays at the Children's Museum in Boston was a DEAL!  We spent nearly 3.5 hrs in there with Emma.  She spent ...
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  • Apr 15, 2006: ... ? Today we drove from Portland, Maine to Boston, Mass. The first stop was the Museum of Science. We got to see live snakes ...
  • Oct 2, 2009: ... the New England Aquarium (yay penguins!), the Museum of Science, and go on the famous Boston Duck Tour.  For dinner, we ...
  • Oct 8, 2009: Date 10/7/2009: Museum of Science last minute addition to schedule due to weather.         ...
  • Jul 8, 2005: ... by the back of the Fleet Center where the Boston Celtics play too.  The Museum of Science is very big and we didn't go ...
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  • Jun 25, 2008: ... de negende symfonie van Beethoven, uitgevoerd door het Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. We vonden het heel erg mooi, vooral de ...
  • Jul 2, 2006: ... to listen to an open air performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra...There is a surprise program which they refused to ...
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  • Feb 19, 2005: ... turistica, e gli fu dato il nome di Faneuil Hall Marketplace. I pescivendoli e i macellai hanno ancora i banchi nei magazzini ...
  • Jan 25, 2009: ... the founders of the USA. Quincy Market situated in Faneuil Hall Marketplace which was a stunning building. The area looked ...
  • Jul 6, 2006: ... of the points of interest, finishing up at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, where there is the greatest selection of freshly ...
  • Jul 21, 2007: ... Blackstone, passing through the farmers market and into the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.  Outside of Faneuil Hall, Sara ...
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  • Jun 20, 2008: ... to good use.       I started in Boston Common and walked the entire freedom trail. I actually lost ...
  • May 14, 2005: ... through to independence. Boston is a beautiful city built around Boston Common, a huge park that has remained a common since ...
  • Mar 8, 2005: ... as BU) is the biggest institution here. The facilities at Boston University never cease to amaze me. With assets of 2.7 ...
  • Jul 15, 2005: ... souvenirs as well as the normal high street shops. we walked through Boston Common and to the Bull and Finch pub. This is the ...