Three days in a walkable American city with a Revolutionary spine: a marked trail through the history, a river between two cities, and a fenway of museums and baseball.
Boston · 3 days United States
Best time: September to October for clear air and autumn colour.
The Freedom TrailDay 1
🖼️9:30 AM
Boston Common and the State House
The oldest public park in the country, with the gold-domed State House on the rise above it.
🚶 ~17 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
🍽️12:00 PM
Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
The eighteenth-century meeting hall where revolution was argued, with the market colonnade beside it.
🚶 ~12 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.4 mi
⛪3:00 PM
North End and Old North Church
The Italian quarter of narrow streets, and the 1723 church where the lanterns were hung.
Cambridge and the riverDay 2
📍9:30 AM
Harvard Yard
The oldest university in the country, its 1636 core open to walk, with Harvard Square outside the gates.
🚶 ~41 min · 🚗 ~5 min · 1.5 mi
📍1:00 PM
MIT campus
Downriver, a campus of serious modern architecture including a Saarinen chapel and a Gehry building.
🚶 ~30 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.1 mi
⛴️4:30 PM
Charles River Esplanade
The park along the Boston bank, with sailing dinghies on the water and the skyline behind.
Fenway and the museumsDay 3
🖼️10:00 AM
Museum of Fine Arts
One of the largest collections in the United States, particularly strong on American and Japanese art.
🚶 ~8 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.3 mi
🖼️2:00 PM
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A Venetian-style palazzo around a courtyard, hung exactly as its founder left it, with the empty frames of the 1990 theft still on the walls.
🚶 ~16 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
🌳5:00 PM
Fenway Park
The oldest ballpark in the major leagues, opened 1912, with tours when the Red Sox are away.
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Best time to goSeptember to October for clear air and autumn colour. Spring is pleasant and short; winter brings serious snow.
Getting aroundThe T is the oldest subway in the country and reaches most of what you want. Central Boston is small enough to cross on foot in under an hour.
Local tip: The Freedom Trail is a red line set into the pavement. You do not need a guide or a ticket to follow it, and it links most of the old town in about four kilometres.
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Day 1: The Freedom Trail
9:30 AM
Boston Common and the State House
The oldest public park in the country, with the gold-domed State House on the rise above it.
12:00 PM
Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
The eighteenth-century meeting hall where revolution was argued, with the market colonnade beside it.
3:00 PM
North End and Old North Church
The Italian quarter of narrow streets, and the 1723 church where the lanterns were hung.
Day 2: Cambridge and the river
9:30 AM
Harvard Yard
The oldest university in the country, its 1636 core open to walk, with Harvard Square outside the gates.
1:00 PM
MIT campus
Downriver, a campus of serious modern architecture including a Saarinen chapel and a Gehry building.
4:30 PM
Charles River Esplanade
The park along the Boston bank, with sailing dinghies on the water and the skyline behind.
Day 3: Fenway and the museums
10:00 AM
Museum of Fine Arts
One of the largest collections in the United States, particularly strong on American and Japanese art.
2:00 PM
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
A Venetian-style palazzo around a courtyard, hung exactly as its founder left it, with the empty frames of the 1990 theft still on the walls.
5:00 PM
Fenway Park
The oldest ballpark in the major leagues, opened 1912, with tours when the Red Sox are away.
Make this Boston plan yours
Forward your real booking confirmations to Petrel and it builds this exact day-by-day view for you: flights, hotels, reservations, live flight status, and the travel time between stops. Under a minute.
