City Breaks in Boston
Boston city breaks
Dubbed ‘the Athens of America', Boston is one of America’s oldest towns, and a city break here offers a wealth of culture and history to explore. Long home to America’s social elite, city breaks in Boston are spent exploring the museums and art galleries, visiting the parks and zoos, or attending cultural events like the Boston Pops Orchestra, or the annual Harbour Fest.
Boston can be humid and unpredictable in late spring and summer. You could take city breaks in autumn, when Boston is warm and balmy, and has the magnificent displays of the New England Fall to entice you into its parks and gardens; or winter, when the city is alive with magic, and ice crystals glitter in the air.
Things to do on Boston city breaks
A city break in Boston is great for those who enjoy exploring on foot. Attractive and compact, city breaks in the ‘Walking City’ are centred on the Information Centre, in Boston Common. This is the base for two popular walking tours. The Freedom Trail takes you back to the notorious Boston Tea Party, and the birth of the American Republic, while the Black Heritage Trail is a fascinating look at Boston’s fight to end slavery.
Boston is a city of many firsts. Take a city break here and you are in the home of America’s first public library, first public school and first subway system. Alternatively, visit the Museum of Fine Arts before taking a wander round America’s first botanical garden.
Boston has over 50 colleges and universities, as well as several prestigious schools. Cambridge, on the opposite side of the Charles River, is the largest college town in the world. The college grounds, with their ivy covered buildings and russet covered trees, make a charming spot for a picnic in early autumn.
“Cheering” city breaks
Boston isn’t all old architecture and seats of learning. The twisting streets, colonial churches and historic architecture of the old town contrast sharply with the skyscrapers, freeways and shopping precincts of the new.
Beacon Hill, once home to hundreds of freed slaves, in today an affluent residential district – as well as home to the original Cheers TV bar (once the very British-sounding Bull and Finch Pub!) If you’ve taken a city break with the family, be sure to visit the New England Aquarium, and the white tigers at Franklin Zoo.
We at Future Travel recommend our city breaks in Boston to anyone looking for a city with a traditional, New English feel.