The famed Newbury Street is next door to the Lenox Hotel reception, and is arguably the best place for shopping and dining al fresco in the city.
Can't come to Boston without a walk through the Common. People-watch or lay out a blanket and relax - the Boston Common is always a must-see during a visit. Established in 1634, Boston Common is America’s oldest public park. Puritan colonists purchased the land rights to the Common’s 44 acres from the first European settler of the area. Adjacent to the Boston Public Garden.
If you're coming from out of town, make sure to walk through the North End for Italian delicacies including amazing pasta and Mike's famous Pastries (Cannoli's)
One of the most pristine areas of Boston, the Seaport has some high-end stores, restaurants, and sights to see
Martha’s Vineyard Cape Cod Lexington is a quintessential New England town brimming with shops and history 15 miles northwest of downtown Boston. It’s known for Lexington Common, or Battle Green, where the first shot of the American Revolutionary War was fired and often honored in reenactments. Concord, six miles west of Lexingtown, is known also for its American Revolutionary War sites. A key battle took place at the North Bridge and is commemorated by Daniel Chester French’s Minute Man statue. In the 1800s, Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson drafted his essay “Nature” at the Old Manse which is one of Catherine and Derek's favorite places to picnic with Kit. Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House is worth touring. Best known through Henry David Thoreau's Walden, Walden Pond and the surrounding Walden Woods was a favorite destination for walks by local Concord Transcendentalists Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and yes, now by . . . Catherine, Derek and Kit!
Boston’s Freedom Trail - Boston's iconic 2.5 mile-Freedom Trail connects 16 nationally significant historic sites, each one an authentic treasure including Faneuil Hall and Paul Revere House.