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HI,
I will be visiting Boston with my husband from Dec 4-12.
He will be at a conference during the day. I am looking for interesting trips to take alone. I prefer indoor activities.
I am also interested in daytime concerts or lectures and of course shopping.
Any advice welcome,
Thanks
need to find a budget hotel that has access to public transportation system to Cambridge hopefully under seventy five dollars per day and near decent food.
will be traveling on Saturday for a week long conference.
any suggestion would be helpful along with contact information.
My husband and I have a short weekend in Boston. We are trying to choose between two restaurants that seem to both get raving reviews on here. Which one should we go to: Legal Seafoods or Union Oyster House? Thank you in advance for your suggestion!
Hello,
From this address, is it easy to get to the major sites? would you recommend driving from this address to the area where the major sites are located or do you recommend a taxi? or a bus?
152 Endicott Street/I-95
Route 128 & Endicott Street
Danvers, MA 01923
Hello,
From this address, is it easy to get to the major sites? would you recommend driving from this address to the area where the major sites are located or do you recommend a taxi? or a bus?
Hello
I scanned forum for information on parking and did not see any recent postings.
I was planning on a trip to salem and the hotel is about 3 miles from the attractions. Is there easily accessible safe ( safe for car ) parking near the attractions or is there a shuttle or something along those lines to take people to the tourist area of the city? i plan on staying at the Days Inn which is about 3 miles from the attractions.
Thanks so much!! ( plan on going next week and probably stay on a Thursday evening and check out Friday)
thanks
We will be in Marlborough/Milford Oct 23-25 for a hockey tournament. What would you recommend for 2 groups of 15 very active boys, ages 10-14, to do? Some in our groups will have a nice block of time to go into Boston or Salem, but others only have 4-5 hours available. I am sure there are some very good local activities that I cannot find on the internet. One thing we were trying to do is see a college ice hockey game, but the internet search turned up all away games. Where can we find the best pizza in Marlborough and Milford? Is there any good (quick) method of travel into Boston? TIA
Me and my friends are going into Boston for the First time, meeting friends from work & going out to dinner together! Have never taken the T before. Could you tell me is it an easy and safe way to get around Beantown? We are excited to see Boston at Nighttime!
Would value opinions & thoughts on this.
Thanks!
LinJoyce0330@vtmail.com
We are thinking of doing a Boston Halloween Tour and would like to find a moderately priced hotel/bed and breakfast, etc. for that night. The tour is over by 7:30pm. We would not mind staying in an area outside of the city, but don't want to travel more than 30 to 40 minutes.
In December 4-8 I'm going to a professional meeting in Boston. It takes place in the Hynes Convention Center. My wife is accompanying me.
I'm now looking for a hotel (preferrably 4-star), better if it's in the general area of the Convention Center (Back Bay), but more importantly it has to be ok for my wife: She has to be able to get in and out on her own (when I'm in the conference), so we're looking for an area which is "walkable", safe to walk (at least in daytime), conveniently located with respect to shopping areas...
Would you recommend staying in the Back Bay area (does it matter if it's Back Bay West or Back Bay East?), in the West End area, or in the Financial District?
Any recommendation for specific hotels?
My husband and I are flying into Boston for a weekend date, and we would like to know what things are a MUST SEE in Boston? I've looked at the part of the Boston page with suggestions, but there are so many! We are open to anything, so I would like to hear what you suggest for a 2 day visit. If you have restaurant suggestions for something romantic and / or a place that is a must-go in Boston for Boston food, I would like your suggestions as well.
I'll be arriving via cruise ship and thinking about taking public transportation into town, specifically, to the Visitors Center at Boston Commons to take the Freedom Trail tour. Looks like there might be public transportation from the cruise ship to Boston Commons via bus and train. Can someone confirm the routing I would need to take?
Also, looks like the bus/train fare is $2 from Black Falcon Ave near where the cruise ship docks, to take the bus then train to Boston Commons for the start of the Freedom Trail walk. I have a question about the fare. If I first take the bus, will the bus driver issue me a transfer/ticket, or something to use for the train from So Station to Park St. Station? Can someone explain how this works? Thanks!
Hello all
I'm heading to the U2 concert on Sunday night in Gillette Stadium. I've just found out the distance between the stadium and Boston city centre is about 35 miles&that the only shuttle bus doing a service between the 2 is a 'Rock Bus' and they are all sold out! It seems from their website though, that there are only 4 buses going from Boston South (Station Bus Terminal). There is a sort of suggestion box which i filled. But at the moment i am making no headway.
I don't really fancy the thought of getting a taxi in either direction, although it may well come down to that. As naturally i don't want to be stuck out in the suburbs late at night, not knowing where i am.
If anyone can provide me with more information about whether more Rock Buses are being ran (depending on numbers of requests), then i would very much appreciate it.
I'd feeling a bit nervous about this at the moment
Many thanks everyone
DG
Hello all
I'm heading to good old Boston for the first time this weekend and i was wondering if anyone could recommend stuff in Boston of military/historical interest? Monuments, memorials, museums, anything really. I'm mainly interested in ww1 and ww2 stuff, but i'm keen on anything historical really. I know there's a lot of history in the city, but if anyone can recommend anything specific i'd be very thankful :)
Cheers!
DG
A friend told me that there was an affordable place to stay with small "shacks" literally on the docks in p-town. Does anyone know the name and web page for it?
We visited Boston today. We planned to leave the car at the Alewife station and use the train to our destination. We felt terribly confused when we tried using their automatic ticket machines. When we tried buying the tickets, the system asked which zone we were using. We figured it out by luck, but we couldn't find what the stinky zones meant (on a map, distance wise, what they are, which applied to us, etc).
Do any of you know how that works or how to find that info?
We only noticed a map on the wall telling about lines and streets, but nothing about zones. It wasn't on their brochures either.
We arrive in Boston at 2015 PM on Saturday evening at South Station Trans CTR 700 Atlantiv Avenue; and we are staying at Hemingway Avenue. We were wondering what would be the cheapest, and safest method of transport to get there.
I came across this article that made me want to visit the Island. I would love to hear from any regular people who have traveled there who aren't celebrities. You'll enjoy this article too, so I'm adding it to my post.
Well, my son Ben leaves for the U S of A this afternoon. He will spend the first 3 nights in Boston before he goes to UMASS.
Ive seen briefly on the news yesterday that there will be "something" on in Boston this weekend to do with the death of Ted Kennedy. Does anyone know what exactly is happening? Will there be extra security? Road blocks? Places closed? Or will it pretty much be business as usual?
Have anyone stay at the Logan Airport hotels?
They have Comfort Inn Logan Airport and Embassy Suite Logan Airport.
Are these hotel noisy from planes taking off and landing?
Can you please tell me is Logan Airport has easy access to the MBTA Airport Station? How to got from the Airport terminal to the MBTA station? Is these hotel can go directly to the MBTA and easy subway ride to all the sightseeing spots in Boston?
I have read some negative comments about Boston Park Plaza in downtown Boston. Is this hotel less desirable compare to the Logan Airport hotels?
We are mature San Francisco couple traveling first time to Boston
on Oct 21 to 25. We seek moderately priced hotel. We will tour
all the popular and favorite sightseeing spots.
We do not mind further outside areas by taking the subway.
We are comfortable with hotels with 3 stars, something simple like Holilday
Express. What areas should we look for hotels and what price range we need
to pay? Thank you.
Looking for recommendations on hotels/b&b's in the North End or close to North End. I am visiting my brother (in a week) who lives in the area and I would like to stay either in a reasonably priced hotel that is close to his place so I can walk down to his apt. or near enough to where I can easily take the T or a bus. Hotels close to restaurants/nightlife would be a plus.
We'll be taking the ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket, but we need to get from Boston to Hyannis first, with two small children. I was hoping for car service, rather than a bus? Is there a recommendation for the best car service? On the way back, we'll have four adults, in addition to the two children, so an SUV or minivan option is ideal.
I like to just take a short tour on my own at the harvard yard on 6 Sept (sunday). May i know if there are any hourly carpark? And about how much do they charge? Thank you. :)
I may be arriving in Boston at roughly 1.30 PM from Europe and have to connect with Jet Blue-Is this difficult or can we get a luggage rack and make it to Jet Blue--Thanks
My sister won a trip to Nantucket at an auction. We will likely be going the weekend of Oct. 2nd or Oct. 16th (the prize is only good for specific dates). Can anyone tell me if restaurants & stuff will still be open at this time? We had planned to go on Columbus day weekend but the car ferry is pretty much completely booked already!
Also, if the house we are staying in is not in town, will we need a car or is there still other transportation easily accessible at this time of year (taxi, shuttle?) Just wondering b/c the ferry is insanely pricey! we are wondering if we can get away with not bringing a car...
Also, any recommedations for things to do at this time of year are welcome. In fact, any advice/suggestions you may have would be very much appreciated!