Massachusetts
Boston
Boston is where America's story began — a compact, walkable city where Revolutionary history sits beside world-class museums, a historic harbor, and two of the country's great universities just across the river. The Freedom Trail threads the essential sites together, the waterfront and harbor cruises open up the sea side of the city, and the neighborhoods reward wandering on foot. Late spring through October is the prime window, with fall foliage making September and October especially memorable.
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Hotels
Where to Stay

The Newbury Boston
Back Bay
A landmark luxury hotel at the corner of the Public Garden and Newbury Street — a beautifully restored 1927 grande dame with a celebrated rooftop restaurant and the city's best address for shopping and the park.

Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Back Bay
Classic five-star service overlooking the Public Garden in Back Bay — spacious rooms, a renowned spa and pool, and the polished, family-friendly luxury the brand is known for, at one of the best addresses in town.
XV Beacon
Beacon Hill
An intimate, design-forward boutique hotel in a 1903 Beaux-Arts building on Beacon Hill — plush, residential-feeling rooms with gas fireplaces, and a discreet, personal style of luxury just off the Common.

The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Beacon Hill
A dramatic luxury hotel inside the converted 1851 Charles Street Jail at the foot of Beacon Hill — a soaring 90-foot central rotunda, buzzy bars in the old jail spaces, and rooms overlooking the Charles River.

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
Seaport
A large, modern upscale hotel in the heart of the booming Seaport District — multiple restaurants and bars, a rooftop pool, a spa, and a location surrounded by the waterfront's newest dining and nightlife.

Boston Harbor Hotel
Waterfront
A waterfront five-star hotel at Rowes Wharf, marked by its landmark archway on the harbor — refined rooms with water or skyline views, a renowned spa, and a location on the water near the North End and Faneuil Hall.

The Charles Hotel
Cambridge
Harvard Square's premier hotel — an upscale, understated property in the heart of Cambridge, with New England-style rooms, a noted jazz club, and the university, the Square, and the river all at the door.
Attractions & Tours
What to Do

Freedom Trail Walking Tour
The 2.5-mile red-brick path linking 16 of the most important sites of the American Revolution — from Boston Common to the Old North Church and beyond. A guided tour brings the history to life.

Boston Harbor Sightseeing Cruise
See Boston from the water — a narrated sightseeing cruise around the historic harbor, with skyline views, the waterfront, the Harbor Islands, and the maritime history that built the city.

Boston Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour
A narrated hop-on hop-off trolley looping the city's major sites — the easiest way to cover Boston's spread-out highlights, from the Freedom Trail to Back Bay to the waterfront, on day one.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
A floating, interactive museum on Fort Point Channel where you board restored 18th-century ships and throw "tea" into the harbor — reliving the 1773 protest that helped spark the Revolution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
One of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the country — outstanding collections of Egyptian, Asian, and American art, plus French Impressionists including a celebrated group of Monets.

New England Aquarium
On Central Wharf at the downtown waterfront — built around a four-story Giant Ocean Tank you spiral up and around, with sea turtles, sharks, rays, a beloved penguin colony, and harbor seals out front.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A Venetian-palazzo museum built around a glorious glass-roofed courtyard garden, displaying one collector's personal trove exactly as she arranged it — and famous for the empty frames left by the unsolved 1990 art heist.

Fenway Park Tour
A guided tour of the oldest ballpark in the major leagues — home of the Boston Red Sox since 1912, with the legendary Green Monster, and a century-plus of baseball history in every corner.

View Boston Observatory
The three-floor observatory near the top of the Prudential Tower in Back Bay — 360-degree views over the city, the Charles River, and the harbor, plus an open-air roof deck and a cocktail bar.

USS Constitution & Museum
"Old Ironsides" — the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat, launched in 1797, berthed in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Free to board, with an adjacent museum telling her story.

Boston Common & Public Garden
The oldest public park in America (1634) and the first public botanical garden in the country, side by side downtown — with the Swan Boats, the "Make Way for Ducklings" statues, and the start of the Freedom Trail.

Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market
The "Cradle of Liberty," a public meeting hall and marketplace since 1742, beside the bustling Quincy Market food hall — a Freedom Trail landmark that's also the city's liveliest spot to eat and browse.

Harvard & Cambridge Walking Tour
A guided walk through Harvard Yard and Cambridge — the nation's oldest university, founded in 1636, with its storied campus, Harvard Square, and the student-led stories you won't get from a plaque.

Boston Whale Watching Cruise
A high-speed catamaran cruise to Stellwagen Bank, a federally protected feeding ground where humpback, finback, and minke whales gather in the warmer months — one of the best whale-watching trips on the East Coast.
Go Deeper
The complete Boston guide
Neighborhood picks, itineraries, FAQs, and local answers from our Boston specialists — including 6 in-depth travel guides.