Do a Duck Tour http://www.bostonducktours.com/

I had a blast doing it.

Duck tours are great, but if you’re feeling cheap, as I often am, I would recommend the Freedom Trail. It’s long, but you get to see all the historic sights of Boston.

I agree with Duck tour, and freedom trail. If you are a baseball fan historical Fenway offers daily tours as well. If the weather doesn’t cooperate a stroll through the Museum of Fine Arts or Fanueil Hall is also a great place to check out. Are you staying in the city? I actually work for a hotel just on the outskirts.

The grave yards around Boston Commons are cool, as well as the public gardens. Have lunch at Parish Cafe. Walk the cobblestone streets of beacon hill. go to the top of the prudential tower. Have a beer at Boston Beer Works, right next to Fenway.

Freedom Trail, beginning at Boston Common; Duck Tour; cross the river to Cambridge for lunch at the Miracle of Science bar & grill, followed by Chocolate Sluggo icecream & coffee in Toscanini’s, just off Mass Ave; check out the MIT Museum; finish off with dinner and a Harpoon or two in Shay’s pub, near Harvard Square. Perfect!

Hi Adam,

Well, that’s not very much time to see Boston. I’m not much of a sightseer so I personally would just spend the day hopping on and off the red line—spend some time in Harvard square, Central Square, Charles street etc. I love walking around Cambridge! I find Boston proper to be so crowded I tend to avoid it. But seriously, just check www.yelp.com for recommendations of places to go. If you go to yelp you’ll see all kinds of “must see” lists. You can also post questions in the talk section and you’ll get a ton of answers.

Have fun!

~Suzanne

i agree with the duck tour and the freedom trail. boston is a great city to walk around in, but the public transportation is fabulous too. i think the best way to finish your day is to go to Mike’s Pastry in the Italian section of the city (not exactly sure what it’s called?). THE BEST pastries anywhere!! i’m jealous you get to go – have fun!!

Duck tours are so obviously touristy, you just might want to stay away from it. You’re literally a stone’s throw away from the Atlantic Ocean, for heaven’s sake! In mid-October the traffic is horrible from the tourists driving up toward New Hampshire to look at the fall color. But, it hasn’t yet been cold enough for them to change. So what I’d do – again, if I were up there again – is drive up the coast just past the Maine border. Ogunquit and Kittery where there’s a neat little lighthouse called the Nubble. I don’t recall it costing anything to go look at it, It’s a great drive through very picturesque country and probably less than an hour away if the traffic’s good. When I was there with a friend, we walked around the nearby shops, I got brave and scrambled down onto the rocky shore and watched the cobalt blue Atlantic Ocean lap at my feet (relatively low tide, of course.). It was a very moving experience for me, who had never been that close to the ocean.

The duck tours are very touristy but very fun and a good way to see a great deal of the sprawl in a pretty short amount of time, and learn a good amount, too. If you are into the history stuff, the freedom trail’s is also a good option. fenway park does tours-i’m assuming there’s info on the website or if you google it. they might be sorta pricey but i don’t think too bad, and it’s definately a cool tour for any baseball fan. check out the public garden if it’s nice out and if they are still in season, go on the swanboats. fanuiel hall has great food, people watching and shopping. there are usually performers, too, especially on weekend afternoons/evenings. if you want to get some local flavor, get some espresso in the north end. whatever you do, take the T. it’s what a true bostonian does-don’t try to drive/park if you’re not used to it- and you get a great feel for the heartbeat of the city and the people who make it great. have fun.