Boston, MA

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Boston, Massachusetts, Airports

Logan International airport (BOS)

Boston, in brief

Sights in Boston - The Freedom Trail, which passes 16 of the most famous sites from early U.S. history; Boston Public Garden and the swan boats; Newbury Street for its boutiques and art galleries; the Italian North End for Old World ambience;

Beacon Hill, for its gas lamps and Yankee Federal architecture, Louisburg Square mansions and gold-domed State House; the South End, with its Victorian row houses; Fenway Park (if you're a baseball fan).

Walks -The Charles River Esplanade for a romantic stroll or a vigorous jog; Beacon Hill, with its old brick sidewalks and Federal bow-front architecture; Cambridge's Brattle Street, which runs from Harvard Square past stately Tory-era mansions; the Commonwealth Avenue Mall from the Public Garden to Kenmore Square; the walking paths through the Arnold Arboretum.