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Boston - Is it worth going?
- Thread starter Lord Bamber
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Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
My favourite US city.
Don't forget to go on one of the Duck Tours. You can get the tickets and pick up the ride at the Prudential Centre. It's great fun.
Don't forget to go on one of the Duck Tours. You can get the tickets and pick up the ride at the Prudential Centre. It's great fun.
Probably mine too. I can only think of one or two that rival Boston. Great city.
San Francisco is currently my favourite US city but that could all change next week.
Special mentions for Portland and Vegas too.
LA is by far the worst US city I've visited, wouldn't go back.
grummitts gloves
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Haven't been for many years, but loved it. More laid back than New York, but still a great city.
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San Fran is my other favourite US city, although I have always imagined Seattle would top San Fran. I haven't been there, but loved Vancouver which is apparently similar to Seattle.
I forgot about Seattle, I didn't think it was as good as San Fran or Vancouver but still well worth a visit. I think I was there on a Sunday and Monday in March so there wasn't a lot going on especially after coming straight from Vancouver, I can imagine it being pretty good for a weekend in the summer.
Lord Bamber
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I'm off to Boston a week today, this thread has made me look forward to it even more
Any hints tips suggestions on your return gratefully received.
Again, thanks all for the responses.
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
God yes, it's beautiful. Try and get to the baseball if you can - I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but the atmosphere was amazing!!! And you can drink at your seat too!!!!
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Boston is a great City - we were lucky to arrive there just after 18" of snow had covered Boston Common.
What I like about the City was the fact you could walk everywhere (even in the snow!)
Harvard is a good shout, Duck Tours etc - I presume you've already been on TripAdvisor?
For ideas as to what to do, where to eat
NYC, San Fran and Detroit are my favs. Miami is my least fav. Nice architect though.
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Would never back to Detroit. Awful, scary place.
Now Chicago...... that is great!
Now Chicago...... that is great!
I think that's why I liked it ;-) Their music and civil rights history is pretty interesting though.
fataddick
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Boston is my favouritest City, I go over there every year for a week to catch 3 or 4 Red Sox games. Best bars are the Boston Beer Works (two branches), Bukowski's (two branches) and the Publick House - a bit out of town in an area called Brighton, has about 40 beers on draught. Union Street (by Quincy Market) is a road entirely made out of sports bars and Irish pubs. Good things to do are the New England Aquarium (essentially a giant circular tank full of hundreds of different fish, sharks, giant turtles, etc, who somehow don't eat each other), whale watching boats from next to it (they have a bar onboard), the USS Constitution and Cassin Young boats in Charlestown Naval Dockyard, the weird Isabella Stewart Gardner art museum (scene of the world's biggest art theft when crooks dressed a coppers casually wandered off with $400m of exhibits!), the Mapparium - a giant globe you walk through - at the Christian Science Centre, and the ever popular Duck Tours (amphibious vehicle that goes on the river as well as around the city). Most people would say the Back Bay area, particularly around Copley Square, is the best place to stay. I like the Lennox, but it's a bit spendy, or Copley House Hotel will rent you an apartment near Symphony Hall. Really want to stay at the Liberty Hotel at some point - it's a converted prison in the Beacon Hill area - as it looks ace but v posh. You should defo take in a sporting event if you can, although the baseball and soccer seasons have finished and basketball doesn't start until mid-Dec. NFL play in Foxboro which is way out in the sticks (can't get there without a car). I'd recommend an afternoon in Salem too - it's 45 mins on the train, about a tenner return - full of witchcraft stuff as you'd expect, it also has a nice harbour area and the only non-Boston branch of Beer Works.
Lord Bamber
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Just returned today, three days is plenty if you are willing to have hectic days - day flight in late night flight out....
We used the hop on hop off guide buses which are good to get around and get some details, we stayed at the omni parker Hotel which is a fantastic location, rooms are a tad small but the beds are amazing and you wont really spend much time in the room unless you have had a few too many the night before...... not pointing any fingers.....
I had been before but i had forgotten just how un American of a city it is, only two Mcdonalds! people are more willing to help than other major American cities.
For me it pisses all over New York which is the most over rated city in the world in my view, shopping is as good if not better because they dont charge new York prices.
Sam Adams tour is a must as its free and you get free beer, so is the Mohs guided tour.
I would say Phili is still my favourite city But Boston is a close second.
We used the hop on hop off guide buses which are good to get around and get some details, we stayed at the omni parker Hotel which is a fantastic location, rooms are a tad small but the beds are amazing and you wont really spend much time in the room unless you have had a few too many the night before...... not pointing any fingers.....
I had been before but i had forgotten just how un American of a city it is, only two Mcdonalds! people are more willing to help than other major American cities.
For me it pisses all over New York which is the most over rated city in the world in my view, shopping is as good if not better because they dont charge new York prices.
Sam Adams tour is a must as its free and you get free beer, so is the Mohs guided tour.
I would say Phili is still my favourite city But Boston is a close second.
seagullsoverlincoln
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- Jul 14, 2009
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Did the 2007 Boston Marathon. Great city but weather can be foul if you are unlucky and dependant on time of year. Recommend the duck tour,micro bars,clam chowder and whale watching.
The city centre is safe and has a great vibe
The city centre is safe and has a great vibe
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
We are going to San Francisco in February, looking forward to it