Marvel at Massachusetts' capital city where super-swanky skyscrapers soar confidently over cobbled streets on city breaks to Boston
With its waterside café scene, sculpture-strewn parks and showy architecture, Boston is a city that mesmerises. The cobbled streets lying neatly behind the shiny yachts of Charlestown harbour give a sense of the city's colonial history. Triple decker townhouses tower over the web of wide avenues in Mission Hill and a collection of trendy art venues define nearby Roxbury. Cool bistros tempt in the Leather District and haute couture beckons in the boutique-lined avenues of Back Bay.
Best of Boston city breaks for...
- Families: Kids get interactive in the Science room or burn energy in the sandpits of Peep's World at the lively Boston Children's Museum. Set them challenges like reaching the top of New Balance Climb or filling a bag at the Recycle Shop.
- Active types: Collect the Boston Sports Trail route map from the tourist office or download to your mobile and set off to see where the New England Patriots play football and the Boston Bruins shoot ice hockey pucks.
- Shopping: Browse for trendy trainers, silk scarves and fashionable shirts in Boston's oldest marketplace, Faneuil Hall. Snack at its cheap food stalls and watch magicians bamboozle the crowds with playing cards.
- Romance: Nothing adds sparkle to a love affair like a Champagne and strawberry picnic! Pack a hamper for two and head to Boston's Emerald Necklace, a chain of parks where you can kick back beside a tree-lined river crossed by quaint stone bridges.
- Free & cheap: Follow a Freedom Trail guide past the State House and Bunker Hill and be gripped by Boston's role in the American Revolution. Climb aboard the USS Constitution to glimpse high sea living.
Getting into Boston from Logan Airport
- The MBTA Silver Line fast transit service whisks you from the airport to downtown Boston in around ten minutes.
- Most hotels provide a free shuttle bus for guests or you can take a taxi outside the terminal.
- The MBTA Blue Line subway, the speedy underground system, connects the airport with central Boston.
Getting around on weekend breaks in Boston
