Boston in June

[Chuck_Norris]

Going to Boston in June (20-24) and was looking for some suggestions. We are going to watch 3 Sox games while we are there (the reason for the trip).

Any auggestions? Hotel, etc would be great.

 

[Gone To Texas]

You've chosen Boston's best month, IMO. What are your hotel criteria (location, price, quality, etc.)? One place you probably won't find on any travel websites is the John Jeffries House (google it). Very reasonable rates, comfortable rooms (very nice but not luxurious), in a spectacular location at the foot of Beacon Hill.

You can walk the whole city in less than a day, from Fenway to the North End, including the Freedom Trail. Very easy to get around by foot. The T for all its flaws is also convenient for visitors.

Cuisines that Boston does particularly well include Italian, seafood, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Chinese. More pubs than you can count.

 

[stockjock]

Making my first trip up there in July. Unfortunately it's for a wedding and the Red Sox are on the road. But I think it will be a blast anyway.

 

[Iantexas]

I was just up there for a graduation. We stayed at the Westin Waterfront, right next to the Convention Center. It was the only good deal we could find on Boston's big graduation weekend. On the upside, it was very new, clean, huge, had a cool bar/restaurant, and is only about 10 minutes from the airport on the Silver Line T (an addition to the subway that is actually a dedicated bus line). On the downside, it was not within real walking distance of anywhere- if I had my choice, I'd stay somewhere a little more lively.

My wife's parents stayed at the Radisson on Stuart near Arlington. That is a great location, though the hotel was nowhere near as nice. The cool thing is it's a super easy walk or T ride to Fenway- I walked back after the game Saturday in about 20 minutes- it's somewhere between a mile and a mile and a half.

Restaurants- we ate at a bar called Flash's (?) at the corner of Stuart and Arlington- good sandwiches, not too expensive. For dinner, we ate out at an Italian place called Davios. The one we went to was near the Radisson, but there is also one downtown. Great, upscale Italian place.

We went to a really good seafood dive on Sunday, but it was way out of the city center, out past Tufts in Cambridge, and though it was good I wouldn't recommend that trip.

 

[Texclerk]

Hit Legal Seafood.

 

[pantherhorn]

stayed downtown at the hyatt several yars ago. after 5:30pm they roll up the sidewalks.

 

[Math Mudrat]

My wife and I took the Duck tour there last year - I know it's dorky but it was a lot of fun and quite educational.

The cemetery where Paul Revere is buried along with a bunch of other Revolutionary War vets was pretty amazing.