Guidebook for Boston

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Guidebook for Boston

Food Scene

Mostly carry out, people like to sit at the few counter seats too. "general store soda fountain" kind of place. Great breakfast things and sandwiches and open early Mon 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Tue 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Wed 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Th 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Fri 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Sat6:00 am - 3:00 pm Sun 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Richy's
1461 River St
Mostly carry out, people like to sit at the few counter seats too. "general store soda fountain" kind of place. Great breakfast things and sandwiches and open early Mon 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Tue 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Wed 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Th 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Fri 6:00 am - 5:30 pm Sat6:00 am - 3:00 pm Sun 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Also mostly take out...another hole in the wall with a few plastic tables...breakfast lunch and dinner... now serving beer and wine...limited hours: Sunday- Closed Monday- Closed Tuesday-Friday 11:00-2:00 + 4:00-10:00 Saturday 8:00am-10:00 Everyone told me I have to try the place but haven't yet. I heard the service is slow... call ahead... 40 minutes (because it's cooked to order and wildly popular) but they make great "soul food"... which around Boston means Caribbean influenced, BBQ/Burgers/Chicken and waffles. Menu is hard to find on the website...its hidden under "more" http://www.zazrestaurant.com/
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ZAZ Restaurant
1238 River St
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Also mostly take out...another hole in the wall with a few plastic tables...breakfast lunch and dinner... now serving beer and wine...limited hours: Sunday- Closed Monday- Closed Tuesday-Friday 11:00-2:00 + 4:00-10:00 Saturday 8:00am-10:00 Everyone told me I have to try the place but haven't yet. I heard the service is slow... call ahead... 40 minutes (because it's cooked to order and wildly popular) but they make great "soul food"... which around Boston means Caribbean influenced, BBQ/Burgers/Chicken and waffles. Menu is hard to find on the website...its hidden under "more" http://www.zazrestaurant.com/
known for gigantic sandwiches on fresh baked breads MonClosed Tue 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Wed 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Thu 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Fri9:30 am - 6:00 pm Sat9:30 am - 5:00 pm SunClosed http://tutto.cloudtestserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sandwhich_menu.pdf
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Tutto Italiano
1889 River St
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known for gigantic sandwiches on fresh baked breads MonClosed Tue 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Wed 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Thu 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Fri9:30 am - 6:00 pm Sat9:30 am - 5:00 pm SunClosed http://tutto.cloudtestserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sandwhich_menu.pdf
Coffee shop-turns into restaurant. Hip twists on comfort food and small plate style. Mon 6:00 am - 4:00 pm Tue 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Wed 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Thu 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Fri 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Sat 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Sun 8:00 am - 3:00 pm https://www.brassicakitchen.com/menus/
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Brassica Kitchen + Cafe
3710 Washington St
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Coffee shop-turns into restaurant. Hip twists on comfort food and small plate style. Mon 6:00 am - 4:00 pm Tue 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Wed 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Thu 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Fri 6:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Sat 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm Sun 8:00 am - 3:00 pm https://www.brassicakitchen.com/menus/
Energetic scene, cocktails, Cuban sandwich, grilled shrimp tacos... outdoor seating in warm weather with music on Wednesdays. Mon Closed Tue 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://753south.com/menu/
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753 South St
753 South Street
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Energetic scene, cocktails, Cuban sandwich, grilled shrimp tacos... outdoor seating in warm weather with music on Wednesdays. Mon Closed Tue 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://753south.com/menu/
Brunches, Live music Fridays and Saturdays during dinner, Specialty brick oven pizzas and most kid friendly place around, but also has late night menu until 11. Mon 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Tue 11:30 am - 1:00 am Wed 11:30 am - 1:00 am Thu 11:30 am - 1:00 am Fri 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sat 10:00 am - 1:00 am Sun 10:00 am - 1:00 am
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The Dogwood
3712 Washington St
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Brunches, Live music Fridays and Saturdays during dinner, Specialty brick oven pizzas and most kid friendly place around, but also has late night menu until 11. Mon 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Tue 11:30 am - 1:00 am Wed 11:30 am - 1:00 am Thu 11:30 am - 1:00 am Fri 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sat 10:00 am - 1:00 am Sun 10:00 am - 1:00 am
Great selection of small pizzas, outdoor seating/music Thursdays in warm weather. Monday-Thursday: 5pm-10:00pm Friday: 5pm-10:30pm Saturday: Noon-10:30pm Sunday: Noon-9:30pm http://sophiasgrotto.com/
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Sophia's Grotto
22r Birch St
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Great selection of small pizzas, outdoor seating/music Thursdays in warm weather. Monday-Thursday: 5pm-10:00pm Friday: 5pm-10:30pm Saturday: Noon-10:30pm Sunday: Noon-9:30pm http://sophiasgrotto.com/
Northern Italian MonClosed Tue 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Sun 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://www.antoniosbacaro.com/pdf/food_menu-8-28-18.pdf
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Antonio's Bacaro
5 Fairmount Ave
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Northern Italian MonClosed Tue 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Sun 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://www.antoniosbacaro.com/pdf/food_menu-8-28-18.pdf
open face lobster scallop ravioli Mon Closed Tue 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://delfinorestaurant.com/menu/
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Delfino Restaurant
754 South St
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open face lobster scallop ravioli Mon Closed Tue 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Fri 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://delfinorestaurant.com/menu/
Because it's fun to eat before the drive home http://pibeachcoma.com/
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Plum Island Beachcoma
23 Plum Island Turnpike
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Because it's fun to eat before the drive home http://pibeachcoma.com/
Because it's fun to eat before the drive home http://lobstalandrestaurant.com/home.html
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Lobsta Land Restaurant
84 Causeway St
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Because it's fun to eat before the drive home http://lobstalandrestaurant.com/home.html
Mostly known as a comfort food-seafood restaurant with a proper sit down brunch, and a bar...live music for Sunday brunch and Friday night. Mon 4:00 pm - 12:00 am Tue 4:00 pm - 12:00 am Wed 11:30 am - 1:00 am Thu 11:30 am - 1:00 am Fri 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sat 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sun 10:00 am - 12:00 am Brunch menu: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/78864d_276caa2f52cf4293b277100c45978fb9.pdf Dinner menu:https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/78864d_f6689190bb064240a1e7813bf930b44a.pdf
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The Fairmount Grille
81 Fairmount Ave
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Mostly known as a comfort food-seafood restaurant with a proper sit down brunch, and a bar...live music for Sunday brunch and Friday night. Mon 4:00 pm - 12:00 am Tue 4:00 pm - 12:00 am Wed 11:30 am - 1:00 am Thu 11:30 am - 1:00 am Fri 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sat 11:30 am - 1:00 am Sun 10:00 am - 12:00 am Brunch menu: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/78864d_276caa2f52cf4293b277100c45978fb9.pdf Dinner menu:https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/78864d_f6689190bb064240a1e7813bf930b44a.pdf

Drinks & Nightlife

also a restaurant with good pizzas and cocktails and a space for regular events/music...see the calendar link below. Mon 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Tue 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Fri 3:00 pm - 1:00 am Sat 12:00 pm - 1:00 am Sun 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm http://www.milkywayjp.com/dinner/ http://www.milkywayjp.com/calendar/
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Bella Luna & The Milky Way
284 Amory St
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also a restaurant with good pizzas and cocktails and a space for regular events/music...see the calendar link below. Mon 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Tue 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Wed 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm Thu 5:00 pm - 1:00 am Fri 3:00 pm - 1:00 am Sat 12:00 pm - 1:00 am Sun 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm http://www.milkywayjp.com/dinner/ http://www.milkywayjp.com/calendar/
local music almost every night. Small and grungy. Mon 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Tue 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Wed 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Thu 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Fri 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Sat4:00 pm - 2:00 am Sun 4:00 pm - 2:00 am
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Midway Café
3496 Washington St
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local music almost every night. Small and grungy. Mon 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Tue 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Wed 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Thu 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Fri 4:00 pm - 2:00 am Sat4:00 pm - 2:00 am Sun 4:00 pm - 2:00 am
"musician's training ground" squeeze into this old school hole in the wall for live jazz. http://wallyscafe.com/index.html Sunday5PM–1:30AM Monday 5PM–1:30AM Tuesday 5PM–1:30AM Wednesday 5PM–1:30AM Thursday 5PM–1:30AM Friday 5PM–1:30AM Saturday 5PM–1:30AM
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Wally's Cafe Jazz Club
427 Massachusetts Ave
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"musician's training ground" squeeze into this old school hole in the wall for live jazz. http://wallyscafe.com/index.html Sunday5PM–1:30AM Monday 5PM–1:30AM Tuesday 5PM–1:30AM Wednesday 5PM–1:30AM Thursday 5PM–1:30AM Friday 5PM–1:30AM Saturday 5PM–1:30AM
music and food http://www.houseofblues.com/boston
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House of Blues Boston
15 Lansdowne St
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music and food http://www.houseofblues.com/boston
http://tunnelboston.com/ Sunday Closed Monday Closed Tuesday 11PM–2AM Wednesday Closed Thursday 11PM–2AM Friday 10PM–2AM Saturday 10PM–2AM
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Tunnel
100 Stuart St
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http://tunnelboston.com/ Sunday Closed Monday Closed Tuesday 11PM–2AM Wednesday Closed Thursday 11PM–2AM Friday 10PM–2AM Saturday 10PM–2AM
https://royaleboston.com/ Sunday Closed Monday Closed Tuesday Closed Wednesday Closed Thursday Closed Friday 10PM–2AM Saturday 10PM–2AM
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Royale
279 Tremont St
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https://royaleboston.com/ Sunday Closed Monday Closed Tuesday Closed Wednesday Closed Thursday Closed Friday 10PM–2AM Saturday 10PM–2AM
5 pool tables, that's why... not for the food or the service! http://nappertandyspubs.com/location/napper-tandys-roslindale
Napper Tandy's Rozzie
4195 Washington St
5 pool tables, that's why... not for the food or the service! http://nappertandyspubs.com/location/napper-tandys-roslindale

Parks & Nature

natural beauty https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/
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Harvardin yliopiston Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway
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natural beauty https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/
Check a trail map first there are a few parking lots around the reservation. Or you could start your hike/run from the house, it's only 3.1 miles to the top of Great Blue from the front steps. https://www.mass.gov/locations/blue-hills-reservation
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Houghton's Pond Recreation Area
840 Hillside St
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Check a trail map first there are a few parking lots around the reservation. Or you could start your hike/run from the house, it's only 3.1 miles to the top of Great Blue from the front steps. https://www.mass.gov/locations/blue-hills-reservation
swimming, running, boating, picnic, fishing. https://www.mass.gov/locations/castle-island-pleasure-bay-m-street-beach-and-carson-beach
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Linnoitus
2010 William J Day Blvd
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swimming, running, boating, picnic, fishing. https://www.mass.gov/locations/castle-island-pleasure-bay-m-street-beach-and-carson-beach
best closest beach. https://www.mass.gov/locations/nantasket-beach-reservation
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Nantasket Beach
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best closest beach. https://www.mass.gov/locations/nantasket-beach-reservation
best beach... whitest sand and clearest water... a cold version of a Caribbean beach. Non-resident parking fills by 10am some weekend mornings but it's still worth it. https://gloucester-ma.gov/index.aspx?nid=299
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Good Harbor Beach
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best beach... whitest sand and clearest water... a cold version of a Caribbean beach. Non-resident parking fills by 10am some weekend mornings but it's still worth it. https://gloucester-ma.gov/index.aspx?nid=299
Plum Island has a town beach with lifeguards and random lots to park in for a classic beach day. To the south, Parker River National Wildlife preserve and Sandy Point State park have self guided trails and some fun beach sections but much of the beach is closed for bird habitat. A place to hike, swim, bird watch or surf fish.
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Plum Island
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Plum Island has a town beach with lifeguards and random lots to park in for a classic beach day. To the south, Parker River National Wildlife preserve and Sandy Point State park have self guided trails and some fun beach sections but much of the beach is closed for bird habitat. A place to hike, swim, bird watch or surf fish.
Because who can get enough of Fredrick Law Olmstead? https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/about-us/shattuck-visitor-center/guided-tours/ https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/
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Emerald Necklace Conservancy
125 Fenway
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Because who can get enough of Fredrick Law Olmstead? https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/about-us/shattuck-visitor-center/guided-tours/ https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/

Arts & Culture

A classic museum. Make an all day trip out of it. If it's a nice day, do a few mile walk around the Fenway section of emerald necklace too. https://www.mfa.org/ https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Ave
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A classic museum. Make an all day trip out of it. If it's a nice day, do a few mile walk around the Fenway section of emerald necklace too. https://www.mfa.org/ https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/
Coolest museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/
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MIT Museum
314 Massachusetts Ave
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Coolest museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/
Because contemporary art is fun, and being near the water is part of a Boston experience. Always good things for kids to do here. https://www.icaboston.org/
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Nykytaiteen instituutti, Boston
25 Harbor Shore Dr
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Because contemporary art is fun, and being near the water is part of a Boston experience. Always good things for kids to do here. https://www.icaboston.org/
"Have you ever considered a museum's collection an invitation to investigate your own relationship to creativity, or to interpret art and culture? To engage the mind and spirit, the PEM collection offers outstanding works primarily from the 1700s to today: paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, textiles, architecture and decorative objects. Our African, American, Asian, maritime, Native American and Oceanic art emphasizes the lively conversation that occurs through creativity across time, place and culture." https://www.pem.org/explore-art
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Peabody Essex -museo
161 Essex St
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"Have you ever considered a museum's collection an invitation to investigate your own relationship to creativity, or to interpret art and culture? To engage the mind and spirit, the PEM collection offers outstanding works primarily from the 1700s to today: paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, textiles, architecture and decorative objects. Our African, American, Asian, maritime, Native American and Oceanic art emphasizes the lively conversation that occurs through creativity across time, place and culture." https://www.pem.org/explore-art

Entertainment & Activities

http://www.coolidge.org/ Independent, nonprofit, art house cinema, an anchor for the area’s quality of life. Special programs you love: Science on Screen℠, Big Screen Classics, Coolidge After Midnite, The Sounds of Silents®, Cinema Jukebox®, Kids’ Shows, Box Office Babies, NT Live, Opera at the Cinema, and more! Movies you can’t see anywhere else, curated for your enjoyment. Maintaining the beauty of this historic theater, along with modern, top-quality sound and projection. Keeping the screens free of commercials.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St
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http://www.coolidge.org/ Independent, nonprofit, art house cinema, an anchor for the area’s quality of life. Special programs you love: Science on Screen℠, Big Screen Classics, Coolidge After Midnite, The Sounds of Silents®, Cinema Jukebox®, Kids’ Shows, Box Office Babies, NT Live, Opera at the Cinema, and more! Movies you can’t see anywhere else, curated for your enjoyment. Maintaining the beauty of this historic theater, along with modern, top-quality sound and projection. Keeping the screens free of commercials.
Ice Cream, Pizza, Bowling (no beer...good clean fun) https://ronsicecream.com/
Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Twentieth Century Bowling Alley
1231 Hyde Park Ave
Ice Cream, Pizza, Bowling (no beer...good clean fun) https://ronsicecream.com/

Sightseeing

The self guided Freedom Trail is nice. But sometimes it's nice to focus on something and hear it from an expert guide. The smartest guides work at Boston By Foot and there are many types of tours. http://www.bostonbyfoot.org/calendar-node-field-date-pm
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Freedom Trail
139 Tremont St
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The self guided Freedom Trail is nice. But sometimes it's nice to focus on something and hear it from an expert guide. The smartest guides work at Boston By Foot and there are many types of tours. http://www.bostonbyfoot.org/calendar-node-field-date-pm