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Hi! We lived in the Boston area for 17 years and continue to visit there
for our children and grandkids. It is not a city for driving around it is
small and compact and best enjoyed on foot. Sites that i would recommend
are the Freedom Trail. This follow the Pre and Revolutionary War era. On
Boyleston st. are several churches including the church where mother goose
is buried, as well as several Revolutionary War heroes. While in that era
go up Charles st through the Boston Common to beacon Hill and see and
beautiful and historic area, visit the swan boats across also. Follow
Boyleston down to City Hall plaza and across to Fanueil Hall area. This is
also very historic and a good place to snack in the marketplace. From there
you have options. You can visit Chinatown, several good restaurants there,
walk along the waterfront in Columbus park. I know that many people
recommend the Italian restaurants in the North End [also a good walk to see
Paul Revere house] I would recommend Mikes for pastry and avoid the
restaurants. I am originally from New York
City and have always found the restaurants just fair if best. Most are for
the tourists and gentrified folk who now live in the North End. Twenty-five
years ago these restaurants were more authentic. If you have a car and the
time I would recommend two other sites to visit. One is the Lowell Ma.
National tour of the old factories where the industrial revolution took
place in the mid 19th cenntury. There is a boat trip involved good ethnic
restaurants and a very interesting tour. The other tour I would recommend
is going out to Lexington and Concord to see where the American Revolution
began. Good museum run by the Masons there. On a nice day you can follow
the actual battle.
before I forget, if you can visit Harvard Sq. My favorite seafood
restaurant in Boston is Legal Seafood, several locations, all excellent.
enjoy your visit alan
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