Walk the Freedom Trail One of Americas' first historic walking tours, the Freedom Trail is the perfect introduction to Colonial and Revolutionary Boston. The walking tour takes visitors to 16 historical sites, covering two and a half centuries of America's most significant past.
Visit the Famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Faneuil Hall Marketplace is a collection of boutiques, eateries and pushcart vendors housed in converted 18th century warehouses. Enjoy the street entertainers that frequently perform outside.
Take a Ride on the Swan Boats The Swan Boats in the Public Garden are a Boston tradition. Enjoy a peaceful 15 minute ride as a Swan Boats driver paddles you around the Public Garden Lagoon.
Visit Paul Revere's House Built around 1680, Paul Revere's House is the oldest building in downtown Boston, and served as the home of Paul Revere and his family from 1770 to 1800. Revere left here for his famous "midnight ride."
Visit the Harbor Islands Just a short ferry ride from the city, you can visit the Boston Harbor Islands, the country's newest National Park, composed of 34 islands. Visitors can enjoy swimming, boating, island tours, hiking, fishing and bird watching.
Visit the Parks of the Emerald Necklace Boston's Emerald Necklace consists of an 1,100-acre chain of nine parks linked by parkways and waterways.
Tke a walk through Boston Common and the Public Garden, the oldest public park and botanical garden in the country. In the summer, the Boston Common's Frog Pond features a spray pool for children and in the winter a skating rink.
Shopping & Dining In the Back Bay, visitors can walk the length of Newbury Street for some of Boston's most chic, fashionable stores. The parallel boulevard, Boylston Street, has a number of fine department stores leading to the Shops at the Prudential Center that also connects by a walkway to Copley Place, a marble and brass enclosed mall full of upscale stores and restaurants.
In the midst of the bustling fast-paced financial district are the full range of national department stores, boutiques and pushcarts known as Downtown Crossing.
Outside of the downtown area, there are over 2,000 businesses in the neighborhoods' Main Street Districts ready to welcome you.
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