Boston Travel Guide
Travel guide to Boston, Massachussetts with comprehensive information about events, shopping, and major Boston sporting events to help you enjoy your visit more.
Boston Overview
Boston has a been described as being the Athens of America as a result of it being one of the main university cities in the USA, but there is far more to this great city than academia. Boston is a superb gateway to the whole of New England, and offers many stunning attractions to make your stay worthwhile.
The city has a superb location on a small peninsula of land just south of the famous university town of Harvard. You can explore the compact city centre in a day, although the wealth of attractions will take much longer to fully absorb, and that's before you even start shopping in the malls and department stores.
Boston was one of America's earliest colonies, and early on, developed a reputation as one of the most important and forward thinking. There are many historic areas of Boston that date back to the birth of the USA as a host of historic sites, and museums that explore the city's role in the American Revolution.
Boston is a great place to visit whether you come on a short city break or as the starting point of a driving tour around historic New England.
Top Boston Attractions
The best way to get a feel for Boston is by walking the famous freedom trail; a self guided walk through the most important parts of the city. Starting at Beacon Hill, you simply follow a path of Red Bricks to the main points of interest in Boston's history. As you explore the city and its history you pass the old State House, the Old Granary Burial Ground and the iconic Bunker Hill monument.
Museum Wharf has a number of interesting exhibitions from the nautical side of Boston's history. The most impressive sight on the waterfront is the replica of the Tea clipper Beaver: the ship where the original Boston tea party (the protest against British rule that kicked off the war of independence) took place in 1773.
Shopping in Boston
Boston is definitely one of America's top shopping destinations, and one of the best things about it is that all clothes that are individually priced as less than $175 are sold tax-free. This makes shopping in Boston even better value than the rest of the USA.
Boston's main shopping area is in the famous Back Bay area - in particular along Newbury Street where you can find most of the top designer shops and plenty of the region's famous antiques dealers.
If you want to experience a shopping mall American Style, make sure you head to the Prudential Centre on Huntingdon Avenue, where you can find most of the big name American chain stores including F.A.O. Schwartz - the legendary toy shop.
Boston Sporting Events
As one of the country's most important cities, Boston boasts a number of the most iconic sports teams, including the legendary Boston Red Sox base ball team, and the New England Patriots NFL team.
If you want to see The Boston Celtics - one of the NBA's most successful and historic teams play basketball, there are regular matches played at the famous Banknorth Garden Arena, and tickets start from less than $50.
