Boston is ideally suited to visitors, thanks to pedestrian-friendly streets and a compact size that allows sightseers to explore the city. Numerous cultures, ethnicities, commercial offerings, and recreational opportunities only strengthen Boston's rich character and showcase a dignified city. Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood and dairy products. The city possesses several elaborate theatres, including the Boston Opera House, The Wang Center for the Performing Arts, and the Orpheum Theater, to highlight a few. Renowned performing arts groups include the Boston Ballet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Pops, and many more impressive venues.
Beacon Hill is a gorgeous, tree-lined section with posh restaurants and shops, and historic sites like Boston Common and the State House. Chinatown is the third largest Chinese neighborhood in the US. It is renowned for its plethora of eateries, the theater district, and for the Downtown Crossing.
The downtown area and financial district are home to skyscrapers filled with legal offices, financial institutions and executives, as well as a Colonial section featuring many of the most popular stops on the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail. Located herein is the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, a landmark, now the city's most popular destination, littered with shops, eateries, and bars. The Italian-flavored North End also features historical standouts, including Paul Revere's House and the Old North Church.
One of Americas' first historic walking tours, the Freedom Trail is the perfect introduction to Colonial and Revolutionary Boston. The Famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace offers a collection of boutiques, eateries and pushcart vendors housed in converted 18th century warehouses. The Swan Boats in the Public Garden are a Boston tradition, offering a 15 minute ride as a Swan Boats driver paddles you around the Public Garden Lagoon. Boston’s Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100 acre chain of nine parks linked by parkways and waterways. Take 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. |
