To help you get oriented with Boston, we have provided a set of links with tour information, maps, and guides at the bottom of this page.
Boston Ideas
Compact, walkable, historic and clean, Boston blends old-world charm and moTo help you get oriented, we have provided a set of links for tours, guides and maps for your convenience at the end of this page.
Compact, walkable, historic and clean, Boston blends old-world charm and modern convenience better than many American cities. Boston has some of the best preserved historic buildings and neighborhoods in the country.
For culture buffs, Boston offers a wide variety of cultural attractions, many within walking distance to The Hotel. The theater district is a short walk away and home to the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, the Shubert Theater and the Colonial Theater. The city also offers concerts by The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops, performances by the Boston Ballet including the holiday performance of The Nutcracker, and an assortment of wonderful museums including The Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Museum of Science and the Children's Museum. The New England Aquarium offers aquatic exhibits, divers, penguins, a giant ocean tank and a dolphin and sea lion show.
For those looking for a historic experience, there's plenty to do in Boston. Enjoy a historic walking tour of Boston on The Freedom Trail or take the Trolley or Duck Tours and see the Old North Church, the USS Constitution, Paul Revere's House and the State House. Visit the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum, the nation's memorial to the 35th President. Enjoy films and exhibits on the life of John F. Kennedy.
Historically costumed staff demonstrate the daily life of a rural New England village of the 1830's at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The museum covers 200 acres with more than 40 exhibits including restored houses, gardens, meeting houses, mills, and a working farm. Or stop in Plymouth to relive the 1600's at the Plymouth Plantation, view the Mayflower ship and the Plymouth Rock.
Relive the children's book Make Way for Ducklings and visit the ducks in Boston's Public Gardens directly across from The Ritz-Carlton, Boston. Visit Harvard Square/Old Cambridge, the center of Cambridge activity since the 17th Century. The square is home to Harvard University, historic buildings, bookstores, cafes, restaurants and shops. You can visit Salem, MA and the Salem Witch Museum which recreates the witchcraft hysteria of 1692. While still in Salem, tour the mansion made famous by Nathaniel Hawthrone's novel House of Seven Gables.
And for the sun worshipers, visit the beautiful beaches of Cape Cod.
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