Boston at a glance

SIGHTSEEING, BOSTON Updated : Nov 20, 2014, 12.53 PM IST

Photo by:  Bert Kaufmann, Creative Commons Attribution Licence


There are lots of things to do and several places to visit in Boston. One of America’s oldest cities—and one with a distinct European vibe—Boston has grown into a thriving metropolis while retaining its small town feel. Georgian style town houses hold their ground alongside gleaming new sky scrapers; and cobbled streets exist in the shadow of modern marketplaces. Boston is an interesting blend of the old and the new, making it an absolute treat to discover.
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Back Bay

Fashionable Back Bay, with its imposing brownstones, leafy promenades, and gleaming towers, mostly draws visitors for its concentrated shopping area.

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Beacon Hill

As if they've stepped primly out of a Henry James novel, Beacon Hill's exquisitely preserved narrow streets are possibly the greatest collection of historic buildings in all America. Blending Federal, Greek Revival and V...more

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Cambridge

The city of Cambridge, with buildings spanning four centuries of history, is perceived as intellectually refined and perhaps a little removed from Boston, though it's only separated by the Charles River. You may think it...more

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Chinatown

Boston's Chinatown may be smaller than New York's, but there's plenty to see in this compact, dense neighborhood whose Chinese community dates back to the 19th century. It seems to contain much more inside than what's vi...more

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Downtown & Financial District

Time-worn historic buildings vie with gleaming corporate headquarters in Boston's downtown, which sometimes feels like both the city's oldest and newest area at the same time. Now a bustling financial powerhouse, you can...more

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The North End

In a calorically dense one-square-mile area bordered on three sides by water, a promised land awaits. The North End lures visitors and locals to its beloved Italian restaurants, numbering over a hundred, along with baker...more

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The South End

First a poor tenement district, then later a jazz mecca and centre of Boston's black middle class, The South End has transformed repeatedly in the last century. Nowadays, though gentrification is pushing the area upscale...more

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