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AAA Travel Guide: Official AAA maps,
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AAA Travel Guide: Boston includes trip-planning information covering
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Boston calls itself “America’s Walking City,†and with good reason: driving
can be a challenge. What better excuse to park your car and explore on
foot? There’s history around every corner.
No trip to Boston would be complete without a walk along the Freedom
Trail, a red brick line winding through the Financial District, Beacon Hill
and the North End, past more than a dozen famous landmarks—Faneuil
Hall, the Old North Church, Paul Revere’s house. Beyond these streets
where patriots walked are scores of distinctive
neighborhoods to explore: Cambridge, Back Bay,
Charlestown, Brookline, Fenway and the South
End. You’ll rub elbows with Yankee pragmatists,
Irish fatalists, Kennedy liberals, Brahmin blue-
bloods, die-hard Red Sox fans and sleep-
deprived students of every stripe—Boston has
one of the highest concentrations of colleges and
universities in the world. If you can say, “Park the
car at Harvard Yard,†without using an “r,†you’ll fit
right in.
Essentials
Walk the Freedom Trail, which connects 16 famous sites across the city.
Sit in a pew at the Old North Church, where “one if by land, two if by seaâ€
signaled a revolution.
Buy a souvenir at the Faneuil Hall marketplace, the city’s commercial
heart since 1742.
Ride a swan boat across the lagoon at the Public Garden, considered the
first public botanical garden in the country.
Catch a Red Sox game at Fenway Park, one of baseball’s oldest and
most historic stadiums.
Go where “everybody knows your name,†Cheers Beacon Hill, the model
for the long-running TV comedy series.
Watch early-morning rowers on the Charles River, the center of Boston’s
sporting life.
Take an evening stroll through Little Italy, where the sights, sounds and
aromas will take