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2 Days in Boston: Freedom Trail, Harbor & Cambridge

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The 2.5-mile Freedom Trail through revolutionary history, the North End, and Harvard across the river.

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Day 1 · 4 stops

  1. Boston Common

    America's oldest public park and the start of the Freedom Trail, a red-brick line through 16 revolutionary sites. The Public Garden's swan boats are next door.

  2. Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market

    Faneuil Hall

    The meeting hall where colonists protested British taxes, beside Quincy Market's food hall of chowder and lobster stalls.

  3. North End

    Hanover St

    Boston's Italian neighborhood: Paul Revere's house, the Old North Church of "one if by land, two if by sea", and cannoli on Hanover Street.

  4. USS Constitution

    Charlestown Navy Yard

    "Old Ironsides", launched in 1797 and the oldest commissioned warship still afloat, with free tours by Navy sailors. The Bunker Hill Monument is up the hill.

Day 2 · 4 stops

  1. Harvard Yard

    Cambridge

    Take the Red Line to Harvard Square for the old brick buildings of Harvard Yard, bookstores and cafés.

  2. Beacon Hill

    Acorn St

    Brick sidewalks, gas lamps and Acorn Street, said to be the most photographed street in America, on the slope below the State House.

  3. Fenway Park

    4 Jersey St

    The oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, home of the Green Monster. Tours run year-round, or catch a Red Sox game.

  4. Seaport & a lobster roll

    Seaport District

    A waterfront district of restaurants and the Institute of Contemporary Art — end with a lobster roll by the harbor.

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