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What are some must sees and must dos in Boston and the surrounding area? THinking of taking the family up for about 3 days this summer. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. We have never been there before.
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I haven't been in several years, but some things we enjoyed were the Duck Boat tour, the children's museum (it is really awesome), the aquarium, and Faneuil Hall.
You can also take a tour at the top of the Prudencial Center and the view is amazing! If you do the Duck boat tour, I dont know if you can get on and off to explore on your own like you can with the trolley tours. But, the Museum of Science and Aquarium are probably the biggest must sees. You can do Quincy market/Faniul Hall the same day aas the aquarium as its only 1/2 block away and across a street. (busy street)
Definitely a duck boat tour. If you're into history, the freedom trail is good. For museums, I love the Museum of Fine Art and the Museum of Science. Faneuil Hall is good, too. Or check out Harvard Square and Quincy Market. And if you've never been on a whale watch, those are fun.
I agree that Fenway park is a fun stop if you're into Sports.
Fanuiel Hall is great, I shy away from Durgin Park though, it's a fun restaurant, but they actually served my son a rum and coke instead of a coke when he was 2. I know, bad mother, giving my son soda so young.
The Boston Chipyard inside Quincy Market is the BEST place to get cookies.
Definitely check out the North End. Tons of history and yummy restaurants. People will say get pastries at Mike's or Modern Pastry, but honestly, my family prefers Bova's, it's off the beaten path, but walkable, and still in the North End. Plus, I believe they are open 24 hours.
Castle Island in South Boston is full of history.
There is so much to see and do in Boston. I know when I worked in the city, I would get so aggravated about all the tourist, but really, the city is rich in history and if I didn't live here, I'd want to visit.
Oh, and the Freedom Trail is pretty cool. And definitely the swan boats.
If you go to the North End in June or August, try the pizza, calzone and arroncini at Umberto's...dee-licious and not very expensive either! They are closed for the month of July. You have to get there early, though...when they run out of food, they are done for the day...some days as early as 2pm or so.
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Definitely Quincy Market, Fanueil Hall, and the Freedom Trail. If you go in August on the weekends in the North End they have the Italian Feasts. My family's feast is the Feast of Saint Anthony. Anyway like Shawnam1868 said, check out the pastries at Mike's and definitely go to Bova's. I pretty much was there every Saturday when I was growing up (My great grandfather lived around the corner from there). Their pizza is awesome.
We were there over 10 years ago and enjoyed all the things that people have mentioned. (duck tour, fenway tour, freedom trail, fanueil hall, north end etc. )
The only thing I'd add is a Whale watching tour. We took one from the small town of Gloucester 9north of Boston I think) and saw tons of whales! It was wonderful!
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You've gotten some great tips so far! I would like to second (or 3rd or 4th as the case may be) Mike's Pastry. Also the Duck Tours are good, but if I were you I would also take a hop on/hop off trolley tour. You will see a bit more of the city and you can get off and explore. You won't be able to do that on a Duck.
I'd also like to add....the duck tours are so cool-worth the extra $$$
There is a city run water taxi down at the dock,behind the aquarium area, where lots of touristy boat tours run out of- but the water taxi costs about 1.50 for an adult ticket to ride across the harbor over to where the USS constitution,and other historical sights are located! it's a lovely ride- one of the best secrets for enjoying Boston!
We take it every time, if the Constitution isn't too crowded that's another great,FREE tour thru history
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You have to get there early, though...when they run out of food, they are done for the day...some days as early as 2pm or so.
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