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The Draw
• Five hundred years of history in a leisurely afternoon stroll
• The Brahmin pomp and pageantry of “the Athens of America”
• The raucous local spirit of Fenway Park and Beantown
The Scene
Boston is an old city that’s on the move. Today the cobblestone streets of John Hancock and Paul Revere carry thousands young, striving professionals. While Newbury Street remains the city’s august commercial promenade, a lively new gallery district south of Washington Street draws the aesthete set. Visitors can stay in the understated elegance of the Eliot, or the sci-fi glam of Nine Zero. So take your pick (historic or contemporary), but we suggest a little of both.
To Be Seen
• Beacon Hill. The stately, red brick-clad province of old money Yankees
• The North End. An Italian idyll: butcher shops, corner markets and many, many restaurants
• Cambridge. Across the Charles, the home of MIT and Harvard is the classiest college town in the nation.
For The VIP
• Cheer (or boo) the Red Sox in person. Book an indoor-outdoor luxury suite, complete with plasma screens, mini-bar and views of the Boston skyline, at Fenway Park and watch the Red Sox play ball in style. For details, call 877-REDSOX-9.
• Sail away. Become a Cruising 40 member of Boston Sailing Center and rent the best ship in the fleet -- a sleek 2006 Bavaria 37 yacht--for some high-performance sailing around Boston Harbor.
• Rub shoulders. Dine on rum and tobacco-smoked salmon, JFK lobster stew and Black Angus filet mignon in your own private dining room at historic Locke-Ober. The opulent restaurant has been serving Bostonian power brokers, and U.S. presidents, since 1868.
Overrated
The Freedom Trail. Visit your favorite historical sites, but feel free to stray from the path. This is a town for amblers without agendas.
Underrated
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Around the corner from the Museum of Fine Arts you’ll find another world; an intimate collection of European masterpieces housed in a 15th-century Venetian-style palace.
Don’t Miss
• Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Featuring the Bull Market, dozens of handmade pushcarts selling New England artisan wares.
• The Public Garden. The oldest botanical garden in the United States comprises 24 acres of pastoral reverie.
When To Go
New England in the spring or fall is magic, pure and simple.
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