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City Trip Boston, State Capital Massachusetts.

Neighbourhoods Boston : Allston, Back Bay, Bay Village, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Chinatown, Dorchester, East Boston, Fenway Kenmore, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mid Dorchester, Mission Hill, North End, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, South End, West End, West Roxbury.

Boston is the epitome of what American history is all about, an American city that proudly trades in on its colonial past, having served a crucial role in the nation's development from a few wayward pilgrims right through the Revolutionary War. There are plenty of skyscrapers, thriving business concerns and cultural outposts that are part-and-parcel of modern urban America, not to mention excellent mergers of past and present, such as the redeveloped - and bustling - Quincy Market, a paradigm for successful urban renewal.


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Car Rental Boston

 Alamo
 Avis
 Thrifty Car Rental 


Hostels

 Hostelbookers  -  Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

Hotels in Boston

 HotelCentraUSA
Search and compare rates at USA hotels. They offer hotels ideal for business and leisure travel. You're sure to find an ideal hotel room to match your budget and desired comfort level. 
 USA Lodging
With a list of over 60,000 accommodations establishments, this directory is an impressive list of motels and hotels on the web. Use the search tool to find what you're looking for in seconds, or navigate to your destination city from the list of states.
 Hotels.com

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 Boston  -  Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Here you'll find over 1000 points of interest, event listings and descriptions, family friendly things to do, and information you need to plan and book your trip Boston and the Greater Boston area.



Travel Guides Boston / Related books

Frommer's Boston 
by Marie Morris (Author)
Frommer's Boston features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you. The author, a longtime resident of Boston's North End, hits all the highlights, from Fenway Park to the Freedom Trail. She's checked out all the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of Cambridge; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to Lexington, Concord, Plymouth, and the North Shore. Frommer's Boston also includes a color fold-out map.
Paperback: 306 pages; Publisher: Frommer's; Pap/Map edition (September 12, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0471792624; ISBN-13: 978-0471792628

Transportation / How do I travel to Boston

 Boston Airport  -  Logan Airport

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Amtrak  -  American Railways

 MVRTA - Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority  -  public transportation service.
The MVRTA serves the northeast corner of Massachusetts with over 1 million miles of city, suburban, interurban, and rural scheduled bus routes.
 Greyhound Lines  -  Coach Line
 Peter Pan Bus Lines 
Peter Pan Bus Lines is a full-service motorcoach operator affiliated with the Trailways national network of motorcoach companies.

 Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority offers a wide array of travel services for commuters, commercial vehicles and visitors. Here is where you will find it all - everything from tourist destinations and truck regulations to locations for service areas and park and ride lots. You can also figure your toll with our toll calculator, find weather information for the regions of the state, or find information on farmer's markets and the Emergency Service Patrol.

 Digital Atlas of Boston by William A. Bowen
 Mapblast! Driving Directions  -  streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally  -  Route Planner USA
 Multimap.com


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 Travel Insurance 

 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism

 State of Massachusetts [ Massachusetts Government ]

 City of Boston  -  State Capital Massachusetts
Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of the region known as New England. Boston is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most culturally significant large cities in the United States.
 Boston - Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

 Black Heritage Trail
Massachusetts was the first state to declare slavery illegal, in 1783 - partly as a result of black participation in the Revolutionary War - and a large community of free blacks and escaped slaves swiftly grew in the North End and on Beacon Hill. Ironically, very few blacks now live on Beacon Hill, but the Black Heritage Trail through the area celebrates important sites in local black history (the various visitor centers provide maps). See The National Park Service.
 Boston Marathon 
 Faneuil Hall Marketplace
In the heart of downtown Boston, Faneuil Hall Marketplace is adjacent to historic Faneuil Hall and is bordered by the financial district, the waterfront, the North End, Government Center and Haymarket. It is a well-traveled part of Boston's "Freedom Trail." The Marketplace is a five-minute walk to the New England Aquarium, The Children's Museum, The Old State House, and Paul Revere's House. Other attractions that are between 7-15 minutes away include The New State House, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Garden, Old North Church, The USS Constitution, and Fenway Park
 Fenway Park
Watch a game in Fenway Park, the nation's most storied and quirkiest baseball stadium and home to the legendary Green Monster, Fenway's towering, 37-foot left-field wall. See Boston Red Sox. See also Save Fenway Parks
 Freedom Trail
Probably the best way to orient yourself in downtown Boston - and to appreciate the city's role in American history - is to walk some or all of the Freedom Trail. You can pick up or leave this easy self-guided route anywhere - a line of red bricks marking the trail is embedded in the pavement - but technically it begins on Boston Common at the Visitor Information Center.
 JFK Library & Museum
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world.
 Harvard Square
Harvard Square gets particularly lively on weekend nights, as a sometimes volatile mix of teen punks, religious zealots, musicians and students converge on the university's social center.
 Old North Church
It's disputed whether church sexton Robert Newman hung lanterns in Old North Church's steeple, warning Minutemen of British movements in the Revolutionary War, but the church is still worth a look for its eight old bells (the first cast in the New World) and ancient clock

 News Greater Boston  -  MetroWest Daily News
 News  -  The Boston Globe
 Radio  -  WBUR,  Radio Locator Massachusetts
 TV  -  The Boston Channel, WGBY - Public Television for Western New England
 University  -  Harvard University
 University  -  University of Massachusetts - Boston 

Cuisine  -  Boston Foods / Recipes

 Durgin Park
Durgin Park has been serving traditional Yankee fare such as pot roast and roast beef since 1827, and despite the grumpy waiters, locals still have rowdy fun at the restaurant's long, communal tables.

 Enjoy Massachusetts  -  Traditional Massachusetts Recipes 
There are many recipes that were created in New England and Massachusetts to make the best use of native ingredients. Here is a collection of recipes for you to enjoy at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other time of year!
 Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets  -  see 'Consumer Services / Recipes'
Come by FMFM markets in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston to pick up fresh, tasty, locally grown greens and spinach, as well as flowers, bedding plants and starts for your garden. Many markets will also feature rhubarb, goat cheese, eggs, honey, baked goods, herbs, maple products, and / or meat. More great vegetables and fruit to come as the season progresses.

 Massachusetts Restaurants

History of Boston

 Boston Historical Society
Founded in 1881 to save the Old State House from being moved to Chicago, The Bostonian Society is the historical society for the city of Boston. Through library and museum collections which date from the 1630s to the 21st century, through exhibitions on the American Revolution and Boston's neighborhoods, and through programs for adults and children, the Society brings Boston history to life.
 History of Boston, Massachusetts [ Wikipedia ]
The history of Boston, Massachusetts intertwines with the history of the United States.
Contents : European settlement, Colonial Boston, Boston in rebellion, 19th-century Boston, 20th-century Boston, 21st-century Boston, Geographic expansion.
 Boston Public Library
For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend a book, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children's room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website and an online store featuring reproductions of the BPL's priceless photographs and artwork.
 Museum of Afro American History

 Old Colony Historical Society [ Taunton ]

 NEHGS - New England Historic Genealogical Society  -  New England Ancestors

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Boston Art Dealers Association
 DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park 
 Harvard University Art Museums
Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
 Institute of Contemporary Art
 Museum of Fine Arts Boston

 Culture in Boston
The culture of Boston shares many roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the Eastern New England accent popularly known as Boston English. The city has its own unique slang, which has existed for many years. Boston was, and is still, a major destination of Irish immigrants...

 Boston LBGT Pride parade and festival 
 Boston Harborfest  -  one of the nation's premier Independence Day Festivals

 Ticketmaster.com  -  Concerts, Sports, Theater

Web Portals / Search Engines / Boston Directories

 Boston-online.com
 Bostongeek.com 
 Search Boston  -  Boston MA City Guide and Business Directory
 Boston.com -  Boston Globe
 Massachusetts Obituary Links  -  for researching obituaries
Links to Massachusetts obituaries, death notices, mortality schedules, cemetery inscriptions, and other genealogical data, arranged by counties. Scroll to the appropriate county for current listings.
 Masshome.com  -  A Comprehensive Directory of Web Sites for Massachusetts