Cobblestones, swan boats, and Boston's best shopping street.
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM· 1h 30m
Beacon Hill & Acorn StreetCities & MetrosWorth it
Gaslit brick lanes and the most-photographed street in the city.
Acorn St, Boston, MA11:45 AM – 12:45 PM· 1h
The Massachusetts State HouseState CapitolsAnchor
Charles Bulfinch's 1798 statehouse sits at the top of the Common with a dome that Paul Revere's company sheathed in copper and the state later covered in gold leaf. Free tours run on the hour; look up in the House chamber for the Sacred Cod, a wooden fish that has hung over the proceedings since the 1700s and once got kidnapped by pranksters from the Harvard Lampoon.
24 Beacon St, Boston, MA1:00 PM – 1:30 PM· 1h 30m
Boston Public Garden & Swan BoatsOutdoor & Water ActivitiesWorth it
America's first public botanical garden, with the pedal-powered swan boats on the lagoon.
4 Charles St, Boston, MA3:00 PM – 5:00 PM· 2h
Shopping on Newbury StreetShoppingBonus
Eight blocks of brownstone boutiques in Back Bay.
Newbury St, Boston, MA