Welcome to Beantown
http://www.explore.ie/world/article.php?ID=154
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/north-america/usa/boston/
Boston Brass Tacks (lots of info!)
http://www.explore.ie/world/brasstacks.php?aID=154&no_anchors=8#1
Boston Neighbourhoods
http://www.google.com/search?q=boston+neighbourhoods&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Boston Districts & Neighbourhoods
http://www.boston.worldweb.com/SightsAttractions/DistrictsNeighbourhoods/
http://boston-hotels.travelwand.com/boston-neighbourhoods.html
http://boston-hotels.travelwand.com/neighborhoods-of-boston.html
Boston Day Trips
http://boston-hotels.travelwand.com/boston-day-trips.html
Boston Parking
http://www.cityofboston.gov/transportation/parking.asp
http://www.nhbungalow.com/NEPARKING.html
Boston Common Garage http://www.mccahome.com/bcg.html
Subway Parking...
The T provides riders with plenty of parking options-over 100 parking lots and thousands of spaces. Please select a Commuter Rail Route or a Subway Route below to find parking information detail and view maps with driving directions
http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/parking/
Great food neighbourhoods
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/426589
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Boston Behind the Scenes
Link
Biweekly internet radio show includes episodes devoted to looks at Boston institutions like the bar used in the filming of "Cheers", the Duck Tours, North End bakery Mike's Pastry and the Big Apple Circus.
Biweekly internet radio show includes episodes devoted to looks at Boston institutions like the bar used in the filming of "Cheers", the Duck Tours, North End bakery Mike's Pastry and the Big Apple Circus.
Boston - GOOD list of Links and INFO !!!
Boston City Forum
Good amount of activity !
Boston Travel Tips
Restaurant tips
Transportation
Hotel
Doubletree Guest Suites' Boston: Great Location.
Hilton Boston Back Bay: What a steal...Hot wire!!
Doubletree Guest Suites, Boston - Waltham
- This is a fantastic hotel, just miles from downtown Boston.
- It is an inexpensive hotel for those looking for more in a hotel at the least possible rate.
About Boston
Trip Advisor Forum (good for hotel suggestions)
Rock around Boston (VERY busy board !)
Hotels
Good deals on Boston hotels on travelzoo.com (look for Boston under Other U.S. Cities & Canada).
Hotel 140 at 140 Clarendon Street because of the location and price. It is near Copley Sq.
The Hotel Commonwealth is the perfect hotel to stay at if you're taking in a Sox game. It's located in Kenmore Square, a stones throw from Fenway. You must take a tour of Fenway while you're here. Visit bostonredsox.com for all info.
I like the Sheraton, Boston and the Back Bay Hilton for Red Sox games. Go to Hotwire.com, look for 3.5star hotels in the Back Bay and you will get one of these hotels.
To SEE / To DO
The Duck Tours www.bostonducktours.com
Subway (the "T") http://www.mbta.com
walking Newbury Street
- The most fashionable street in all of Boston
Beacon Hill
Fenway Park (Kenmore Square stop)
Boston tea Party ?
drive to Summerville, park, take the "T" into town
Harvard and other universities
Trinity Church
Maparium / Christian Science Center www.tfccs.com
Boston Public Garden: Beautiful Garden http://www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org/
Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Residential Street http://www.beaconhillonline.com/
Boston Public Library: Library Facade http://www.bpl.org/
Cemeteries: Old Granary Burying Ground Tremont Street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granary_Burying_Ground
Trolley Tour
The Barking crab, is good for seafood, great views and good prices
The cheesecake factory is awesome,for main courses as well as desserts, portions are huge so don't order a starter
If you are really short of cash then grab something to eat at Quincy Market, it's like a up market food court
Check out the airport hotels as there is a very good rail link (called the T) witch takes minutes to get to the centre of town, you can even take the water taxi which is an event in its self!
Stewart Gardner Museum
the Cape
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Stroll Beacon Hill, Newbury Street, and the Waterfront.
Visit the Museum of Fine Art.
Go to Harvard Square and walk through Harvard Yard
The Kennedy Library
Aquarium
Harvard Museums
the Insitute of Contemporary Art
Take a Duck Tour--it's a fun way to see the city and get a historic overview. bostonducktours.com
Walk the Freedom Trail-- thefreedomtrail.org
Visit a museum--the Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Museum of Fine Arts are my favorites.
Take a tour of Fenway Park--go to bostonredsox.com
Do some shopping on Newbury Street--high-end shops. good place to people-watch.
Hit some bars--Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market area has loads of them, as well as Boylston Street in Back Bay.
Chowder? Union Oyster House and Legal Seafood
Where to stay? Holiday Inn Select--Govt Center. Centrally located in Beacon Hill, it's a no-frills hotel close to the T and many attractions, and it won't break the bank.
Driving
Hwy 95 & 495
Shopping
Prudential Center & Copley Place: Amazing shopping http://www.prudentialcenter.com
Macy's Address: 450 Washington Street Website: www.macys.com
Shu Uemuru Address: 130 Newbury Street Website: www.shuuemuru-usa.com
Craig's List http://boston.craigslist.org/
GET INFO
walking tours of boston
order maps from boston... is there a travel service?
Parking
If you go to the theater district, then park at the Transportation building at 10 Park Plaza. You can't miss it, it's on the same block as P.F. Chang's restaurant located at 8 Park Plaza, directly behind the Four Seasons Hotel complex. Drive down Kneeland St. all the way until you have to turn right and it's that building right there. Okay that's covering the theater district area of Boston. The reason why I'm telling you to park there is because if you go to any of the surrounding restaurants here? They'll validate your parking ticket and it's a few dollars OFF the rate. Remember that....
If you want to go to the North End for dinner and don't know where to park? Go to Commerical St. and park either at Lewis Wharf which is located right next to the Boston Yacht Haven Inn or one of the many open parking lots across the street from here. It's not bad to park here during the week.
If you get in to Boston after 4PM? Then park at the Post Office Square garage, it's clean, safe and plenty of security guards driving around. It's cheap too, it's only $9 to park all night long, that's during the week as well as on weekends. Go to their site to read about it and how it works here.
po square dot com. If you are near the Boston Common Garage it's set up the same way. Go there after 4 PM during the week and it's $9, you can't beat it with a stick. Weekends it's cheap too! (If there's a will there's a way!) If you want to be in Boston you CAN bring your car, you just have to know where to put it. So now you know...GO!
po square dot com. If you are near the Boston Common Garage it's set up the same way. Go there after 4 PM during the week and it's $9, you can't beat it with a stick. Weekends it's cheap too! (If there's a will there's a way!) If you want to be in Boston you CAN bring your car, you just have to know where to put it. So now you know...GO!
Parking Tips..............................
from http://www.ehow.com/tips_8809.html
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1) Look for signs.
2) Parking meters are free after 6 pm.
3) Out of order parking meters have a 1 hour limit (up until 6 pm).
4) Do not park at the Aquarium Parking Garage (it is a rip off).
5) Try parking meters along Commonwealth Avenue area (Back Bay) and the Boston University Campus area.
6) Park on Broadway St. in Arlington or the side roads between Broadway and Mass Ave., or on Mass Ave. itself.
I prefer Broadway because you can connect with the #87 MBTA bus which allows for easy access and frequent access to the city. You will end up either at Davis Square (red line) or the Lechemere (green line) stop in Cambridge.
7) If you become a member of the Museum of Science you can park at the Museum of Science. Some of the membership plans offer $2.00 off every time you park at the museum. After 5 pm the rate is $4.50 for members the rest of the day.
8) Park at the many subway station lots on the Orange Line. Oak Grove (Malden/Medford), Malden Center, Wellington garage, and Sullivan Square are decent choices. Price usually around $3.00 to park or $4.00.
9) You might try Constitution Beach or parking along Revere Beach and taking the Blue Line in. Constitution Beach has parking spots at the Beach and especially during the summer, they would not know you weren't at the beach.
10) You might also try parking along Bennington St. in East Boston across from the shopping plaza, near the overpass to the beach. There are some free spaces here and also a 2 hour limit parking (until 6 pm).
11) Park at Anderson RTC center in Woburn and take the Logan Express into the Airport. Or, Park at the Anderson Woburn RTC and take the commuter Rail into the city.
12) Park in Winchester for free on some side streets near the center. Walk to the train and take the train.
13) Park in Quincy Along Sea St. and take the bus into the "T" (red line)
14) Around the Fleet Center there are some Tow zone signs. Look for these signs and read them. They say that you can park there after 6 pm. With the exception of Saturdays and Sundays, when the Tow zone's are not in effect. Try the Friend St. area just beyond the fleet center.
15) The North End is tricky, but you might get lucky on Hanover St. with a 2 hour parking space. I'd recommend parking elsewhere and taking the 'T' or walking.
16) Boston Common garage is a garage underneath the Boston common. It is a pretty decent parking area.
17) Try Fitzinn Parking lots around Boston.
18) Go to the parking garage at Boston University's Agganis Arena. They charge (currently in 2005) $1.00 for each hour $8.00 maximum. Green line access on Comm Ave.
19) Consider parking in Brighton at the 2 hour parking spaces or at parking meters. Parking meters shut off at 6 pm. 2 hour parking signs are good till 6 pm then free parking. Green line access nearby.
20) If you are picking someone up at the airport (Logan), go through the tunnel to the airport (the Callahan)
and exit at the local exit. When you see the Santarpio's pizza, go straight to the stop sign. Go through the stop sign and the next light. You'll see some parking spaces on the right. Usually there is a space or two open along here (2 hour parking) until 6 pm. You can come a little after 4 pm and you're home free. If you are picking someone up from the airport. Park here. Then walk back up the street to the traffic light and turn right. You will enter the driveway to the park and the pedestrian walkway to the Airport blue line station. Go into the station and walk around to where the shuttle busses leave for the terminals. Terminal A and B is bus number 22 and C, D, E is bus 33. Busses are free.
21) Consider parking at Porter Square Shopping Center in Cambridge, it's pretty hard to tell when you are a shopper or someone parking there as a commuter unless you stay all hours of the day. If you're going into town for a few hours its usually fine.
22) Park in Winchester along Main St. (route 38) up by Andrea's Pizza, or on some of the side roads. Catch the #134 bus to Wellington Station (orange line)
23) Consider parking at the Twin City Plaza in Somerville and walk to Lechemere station down the street.
24) Park along some of the side roads of Wakefield or Lake Quannapowit, and walk down to the MBTA station (commuter rail).
25) Park along Vassar St. (Cambridge) (MIT) or (Memorial drive) and walk along the river and across one of the bridges into town.
26) Try for parking spaces in Brighton and or Newton, or Brookline along the green line. Sometimes they are free spaces, other times 2 hour space (check before you park).
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