Activities in Boston
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Boston Whale Watching Cruise
3 hours (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Fenway Park
From April to September you can watch the Red Sox play at Fenway Park, the nation’s oldest and most storied ballpark. It is also the most expensive. Tickets in the bleachers are $25 to $30, while more comfortable grandstand seats are $50. Even at these prices tickets are hard to come by, but single seats and obstructed-view tickets are sometimes available on the website during the week leading up to a game. First-come, first-served standing-room-only tickets are sold on game day; head to the ticket windows at Gate C on Landsdowne St. Otherwise, you can always get tickets from scalpers around Kenmore Sq. If the Sox are doing well, expect to pay two times the face value.
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Boston Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour
1 day (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Discover Boston at your leisure with a one-day ticket on the Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour. Create your own itinerary to see the most popular sights of Boston at …Not LP reviewed
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Boston National Historical Park Visitors Center
Guides dressed in Colonial garb - think Ben Franklin - lead Freedom Trail walking tours from the visitor bureau at Boston Common. Or join one of the free, ranger-led Freedom Trail tours provided by the Boston National Historical Park Visitors Center.
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Guided Tours
The Adams family sights are accessible by Guided Tours, which depart from the Adams National Historic Park Visitor Center. Every half-hour, trolleys travel to the John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplaces, the oldest presidential birthplaces in the United States. These two 17th-century saltbox houses stand side by side along the old Coast Rd, which connected Plymouth to Boston.
The houses are furnished as they would have been in the 18th century, so visitors can see where John Adams started his law career, started his family, and wrote the Massachusetts Constitution (which was later used as the basis for the US Constitution). From here, the trolley continues to The Old…
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Swan Boats
If the slow-going swan boats seem out of place in today’s fast-paced city setting, they are. The story of the swan boats goes back to 1877, when Robert Paget developed a catamaran with a paddlewheel that was propelled by pedal. Inspired by the opera Lohengrin, in which a heroic knight rides across a river in a swan-drawn boat, Paget designed a graceful swan to hide the boat captain. While today’s swan boats are larger than the 1877 original, they still utilize the same technology and they are still managed by Paget’s descendents. A relic of Boston’s bygone days, the swan boats present an image of serenity and contentment.
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Charles River Swimming Club
- Boston, USA
- Activities › Other
In the last decade the Charles River has undergone a massive cleanup effort, which has been lauded as successful. Indeed, now the Charles River Swimming Club hosts the annual Charles River One-Mile Swim, the first open-water swim in Boston’s beloved ‘dirty water’. But that does not mean that just anybody can swim in the Charles. The swimming club conducted countless tests, monitored the weather and water flows and made special arrangements for a safe swimming dock along the Esplanade. The club estimates that the river will not actually be open for public swimming for another 10 years.
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Gillette Stadium
The New England Patriots play football in the state-of-the-art Gillette Stadium, 32 miles south of Boston in Foxborough. The season runs from late August to late December. Again, it’s hard to get tickets, as most seats are sold to season ticket holders. Seats run from $65 to $169. From I-93, take I-95 south to Rte 1. Otherwise, direct trains go to Foxborough from South Station. The New England Revolution plays soccer here from mid-April to early October. The cheapest tickets are $20, but for $40 you can sit behind the team benches.
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Boston Whale Watching Cruise
3 hours (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Looking for a whale watch that requires less travel time, offers the most comfortable ride available and gives you more time viewing some of the world's most ma…Not LP reviewed
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Boston Duck Tour
90 minutes (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Water is no barrier for a duck, why should it be for you? A Boston Duck Tour is a wonderful way to get a great look at Boston on land and water. See all the maj…Not LP reviewed
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Brookline Golf Club at Putterham
The Brookline Country Club is famous for hosting the 1999 Ryder Cup. You probably can’t get on that private course, but you can play next door at Putterham, a less famed but perfectly pleasant public course. Wide fairways and a lack of water hazards make this a suitable course for all levels. To get here, take Huntington Ave west out of the city. Continue on Boylston St (Rte 9) when it enters Brookline. Turn left on Hammond St, then turn on Newton St at the rotary.
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Winter Island Maritime Park
Just south of Salem Willows Amusement Park (less than 2 miles northeast of Salem center) is Winter Island Maritime Park, the site of Fort Pickering and its lighthouse. It is now a public park with a campground and the tiny Waikiki Beach (don’t get too excited by the name: it’s really just wishful thinking). Two miles south of the town center, Forest River Park has two beaches, picnic areas and a saltwater swimming pool.
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Charles River Esplanade
- Boston, USA
- Activities › Park
The southern bank of the Charles River Basin is an enticing urban escape, with grassy knolls and cooling waterways, all designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The park is dotted with public art, including an oversized bust of Arthur Fiedler, long-time conductor of the Boston Pops. Paths along the river are ideal for bicycling, jogging or walking. The Esplanade stretches almost 3 miles along the Boston shore of the Charles River, from the Museum of Science to BU Bridge.
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Carson Beach
West of Castle Island, 3 miles of beaches offer opportunities for swimming in an urban setting. L and M St beaches are adjacent to each other along Day Blvd, while Carson Beach is further west. All the have nice harbor views, but it’s not the most pristine setting to soak. The HarborWalk connects Castle Island to Carson Beach and continues all the way to the John F Kennedy Library & Museum in Dorchester.
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Day Trip to Martha's Vineyard
12 hours (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Take a day trip to Martha's Vineyard in the comfortable and convenient transportation of a mini coach. Leave the hassle of driving up to someone else as you rel…
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Milky Way
Though this subterranean bar acts more as a retro lounge and nightclub, it was originally a bowling alley back in the 1960s and six of the old lanes have been retained for your candlepin pleasure. The price is good for as many as six people to bowl, including shoe rental. And if you’ve got a buck, you know you want to play Super Chexx Hockey, the hottest game of 1983, which pits the USA against the USSR.
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Boston CityPass
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Most famous attractions at one amazing low price with plenty of time to see it all! And with a leisurely nine days to use all of the tickets, you can take every…
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Blue Hills Ski Area
Just south of the city, in the Blue Hills Reservation, this small ski area offers a quick and easy snow holiday for urbanites. Sixty acres of skiable terrain includes 10 different ski runs – three of which are black diamonds. Rental is available ($28 for skis or a snowboard), as are lessons. It’s probably not the highest or steepest mountain you will ever ski, but it is the closest to Boston.
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Vending Machine
The kind firefighters at Engine Company 50 work in a sweet 19th-century firehouse with the Freedom Trail passing close by. On most summer days, they open up one of the bays so that hot walkers have access to a vending machine that sells cold drinks, embedded in some old wooden lockers covered in departmental patches. Sit on the bench out front and admire the charming streetscape.
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Emerge by Giuliano
Occupying a gorgeous 19th-century town house on tony Newbury St, this day spa tempts both men and women. The mahogany Men’s Club offers not only a shave and a haircut, but also manicures, pedicures, waxing and sport massage – everything the metrosexual in you might desire. Women are not neglected, of course, and there’s a whole host of treatments (mostly massage) for couples.
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Boston Ghosts and Gravestones Tour
2 hours (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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Join other adventure seekers and become an apprentice grave digger on an entertaining tour through the darker side of Boston. A scary, fun and informative frigh…
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Charles River Canoe & Kayak Center
Besides canoe and kayak rental, Charles River Canoe & Kayak offers classes and organized outings, including a Friday-night Barbecue Tour ($63 per person, 6:30pm Friday, May to August), which includes an introductory lesson, a paddle along the Charles and a barbecue on the shores of the river. From Harvard Sq, cross the Charles and walk west along the river bank for about 20 minutes. There is also a Newton branch.
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Boston Dinner Cruise
3 hours (Departs Boston, Massachusetts)
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For the ultimate in elegance, you can't go past this three-hour dinner cruise on Boston's famous harbor. Enjoy fine dining, delicious wines, and entertainment p…
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Exhale Spa
If you are waiting to exhale, now you can do it at this spa for mind and body. Offering up to 10 classes a day, Exhale focuses on core fusion (like Pilates) and yoga basics in a dramatic studio. Exhale also offers acupuncture, nutrition consulting and other healing services, in addition to the more traditional spa services. After your workout, treat yourself at the mani-pedi bar.
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Karma Yoga
- Boston, USA
- Activities › Yoga
Offers 10 different kinds of yoga classes, including a range of physio yoga, heat yoga (takes place in a 90°F room) and Chi Kung (Chinese yoga). There is also a fully-equipped gym upstairs. This place is gorgeous, with hard-wood floors and imported Indian art and furniture. The quaint café serves organic tea and vegan pastries, including the most delicious cupcakes in the world.
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Lucky Strike Lanes
Run by a national chain, this high-tech bowling alley is embedded inside Jillian’s, a large entertainment complex containing a dance club, arcade and pool hall. As the place fills with the Landsdowne St crowd, waiting for a lane can sometimes take a while. After 8pm on weekends the alley is exclusive to patrons over 21 years. Note the dress code: no sportswear.
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