Boston is the capital and most populous city of
Massachusetts.
As of
2005,
the city of Boston's population was 596,638. Additionally, Boston lies
within a large metropolitan area, the 11th largest in the United States,
known as "Greater Boston", which is home to approximately 4.4 million people.
Boston is not only the largest city in
Massachusetts, but also in the whole of New England,
and hence is often considered the unofficial cultural
and business capital of the region.
Some of the major companies with their headquarters in Boston include Bain & Company, Bain Capital, Gilette (now a subsiduary of Proctor & Gamble), Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, New Balance and The Boston Consulting Group.
The principal airport serving Boston is Logan International.
Boston is sometimes known as the "Athens of America" because of the many teaching, educational and research institutions located in the area - including over 100 colleges and universities in the Greater Boston Area, and more than 250,000 students in Boston and Cambridge. Some of the leading educational institutions in Boston include Boston University, Harvard University's business and medical schools, Northeastern University and Suffolk University. Boston University is a private research university and 4th largest employer in the city. Northeastern University is a private national research university known for its links with business and industry. Suffolk University is a small private university, particularly known for its law school.
Professional sports franchises in Boston include the baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, the basketball team, the Boston Celtics, and the ice hockey team, the Boston Bruins.
Here is the seven day weather forecast for Boston:
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Moon Metro Boston is the definitive guide to the hottest sights, shops, restaurants, amusements, and hotels that "the Hub" has to offer. With vivid color photos and discreet fold-out maps detailing all the must-see neighborhoods, this sleek guide highlights Boston's top sights as well as the spots only the locals know about. Clean, concise, and compact, Moon Metro Boston shows visitors where to dine along the Charles River, grab a drink at a bar near Fenway Park, shop at the boutiques in Beacon Hill, or when to catch a ride in a swan boat at the Public Garden lagoon. Moon Metro guidebooks take urban travel to a new level with an innovative fusion of style and function, and hip insider advice.
Our author, a longtime resident of Boston's North End, hits all the highlights, from Fenway Park to the Freedom Trail. She's checked out the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, honest reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.
Inside you'll find:
Insider advice on experiencing the best of Boston without breaking the bank. Our author will point you to free or reduced-cost entry times at the top museums, the best spots for a picnic or a stroll, dirt-cheap college concerts and shows--and even free concerts by professional orchestras.
Where to find the freshest seafood, the most elegant spots for afternoon tea, the tastiest dim sum in Chinatown, and the best cannoli in the North End.
Up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife, from the artsy boutiques on Newbury Street to the lively and chaotic college bars & clubs in Allston.
In-depth coverage of Cambridge
Detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; and advice on planning a successful family vacation
Side trips to Lexington, Concord, Plymouth, and the North Shore.
Opinionated reviews. No bland descriptions and lukewarm recommendations. Our expert writers are passionate about their destinations--they tell it like it is in an engaging and helpful way.
Exact prices listed for every establishment and activity--no other guides offer such detailed, candid reviews of hotels and restaurants. We include the very best, but also emphasize moderately priced choices for real people.
User-friendly features including star ratings and special icons to point readers to great finds, excellent values, insider tips, best bets for kids, special moments, and overrated experiences.
Product Description: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Boston will lead you straight to the best attractions Boston has to offer, with over 500 detailed maps, illustrations, and color photographs. You'll find detailed background information on the best things to do in Boston, from visiting the historical Harvard University and taking one of many historical walks to watching the Boston Red Sox play. This best-selling travel guide is packed with beautiful cutaways and floor plans of all Boston's major sights, as well as 3D aerial views of its most interesting districts, and now a new pull-out map with detailed sheet maps and useful transportation information.
Features include everything from a section on Four Great Days Out in Boston to where to go for a beer at the end of the day, with enlarged and enhanced Street Finder mapping throughout. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Boston is fully updated and expanded with dozens of reviews for hotels in Boston, recommended restaurants and tips for shopping and entertainment.
Don't miss a thing on your vacation with the DK Eyewitness Travel guidebook to Boston.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
-Packed with photographs, illustrations, and maps
-Cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights
-3-D aerial views of the city's most interesting districts
-Huge selection of hotels, restaurants, stores, and entertainment venues
-Specially devised walking tours
-Now includes a new durable, oversized pull-out map with useful transportation information, a distance chart, a street and sight index, and practical information for getting around the city.
Product Description: This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions information are included. The guide is complimented by clearly marked maps that are linked to city attractions.
This travel guide also features an itinerary with our suggestions for your travel route. Itineraries include links to individual attraction articles.
NEW FEATURE: The attraction articles now include links to Google Maps. On a dedicated electronic reader with a slow connection and a primitive browser, Google Maps will display the attraction on the map along with metro stations, roads, and nearby attractions. On an internet-enabled device such as the iPhone and the iPad, Google Maps will even show you the route from your current location to the attraction you want to go to.
With this travel guide you can turn some eReaders into audio guides. For example, on the Kindle, just open an article and click Shift+SYM to activate text-to-speech. Put the speaker on the back of the Kindle against your ear and enjoy your virtual travel companion. Press Spacebar to pause/resume text-to-speech.
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Table of Contents:
Essentials: A-Z Index | Tourism Office | Units Conversion | Eat | Drink | Hotels | Stay Safe
Product Description: Writing in 1907, Henry James called Concord "the biggest little place in America," and that hasn’t really changed in ninety-five years.
Concord is still revered as the birthplace of both the American Revolution and great American authors (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau). But through the lens of photographer John Kennard, who has made it his home since 1987, Concord is, first and foremost, a community—one of the best little places in New England, to paraphrase James.
Kennard photographs the icons—the parades, the reenactments, the birthplaces, the gravesites, the stately eighteenth-century architecture, the scenic splendor of Walden Pond. But he also shows us children marching in the parades, families splashing in Walden, and joggers running over the "rude bridge that arched the flood." Town meeting isn’t just a symbol of New England government in Concord; it’s an integral element of town life. And in Concord a picnic is still just a picnic.
A where-to guide to outdoor adventure in one of America's greatest metro centers—indispensible for today's young urbanites who crave outdoor sports and won't settle for less.
Boston is an adventure sports fanatic's heaven. With superb opportunities within the city limits—the Charles River and Boat Basin, the Bay and its islands, the "Emerald Necklace" of parks—Boston's suburbs and outlying attractions are even more impressive. The North Shore, the South Shore, the Cape, and the Islands offer world-class destinations. Weekending offers kayaking or biking the Maine Coast, climbing New Hampshire's White Mountains, bike- or ski-touring Vermont. Here, among the countless choices, are the best destinations for two dozen sports. 75 maps
Product Description: 53 of the Region's Best Trips!
Whether you're a local looking for a long weekend escape, a visitor looking to explore or you simply need some ideas when family and friends come to visit, Lonely Planet's Trips series offers the best itineraries - and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.
Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple - no matter what your interest
Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions
Explore the region with trips ranging from two to five days, and day trips from Boston
Local experts share their favorite trip ideas, including a clam digger's seafood tour, a sculptor's art tour and a winery trip from television personality Chef Harry
Iconic Trips chapter covers must-do trips across the region, from Fall Foliage to Coastal New England
Tune In
on the road with our regional music playlists
Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
Green Index lists the region's most environmentally friendly options
Travel America with Lonely Planet Since 1984 Lonely Planet USA has published over 100 guides to America, working with over 200 American travel writers. For this Trips series our authors drove more than 100,000 miles, visited 230 diners, stopped at 810 roadside attractions and rediscovered the country they love. Visit Lonely Planet online at www.lonelyplanet.com
Ask any Boston native, and they’ll all tell you the same thing: Bahston rahks. That pride and love is alive in Let’s Go Boston, the only travel guide brought to you by the students who know Boston best. Let’s Go balances the historic and the modern with panache, taking you down cobblestone streets, up the Freedom Trail, and right to Fenway’s cheapest seats. Our neighborhood-by-neighborhood organization means it’s easy to find that perfect trattoria in the North End or the boutique you’ve been dying to visit on Newbury Street. Whether you’re looking to grab a cold Sam Adams or a midday picnic in the Common, we’ve got you covered.
Completely updated every year, Frommer's Boston features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
Our 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.
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