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Getting Around Boston From Logan Airport Taxi Subway Airport Shuttle Water Taxi Rental Car Around Town Walk Taxi MBTA or “T” subway system
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America’s Walking City Boston is a city of neighborhoods Boston is compact with many attractions clustered together Visitors to the city can safely walk from one end of the city to the other in just 30 minutes!
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Experience the Neighborhoods
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Back Bay Boston Public Library Trinity Church Newbury Street Hynes Convention Center
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Beacon Hill Massachusetts State House Elegant townhomes Narrow brick streets Local boutiques Quaint B&B’s
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South End Largest Victorian brick-rowhouse district in the U.S. Eclectic art studios Independent boutiques Tiny bakeries Top notch restaurants
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Chinatown & Theatre District Third largest Chinatown in the US Thriving Theatre Scene Paramount Theatre Modern Theatre Fabulous restaurants
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Cambridge Boston’s Left Bank MIT and Harvard Five main squares
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The Fenway Home to the Red Sox Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Museum of Fine Arts Symphony Hall
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MFA Expansion In November 2010, a new wing that consists of five floors and fifty three new galleries opened at the Museum of Fine Art. The wing is devoted to the Art of the Americas, which includes works of art produced in North, Central and South America over the course of three millennias.
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North End America’s oldest residential neighborhood Restaurants Paul Revere’s house Old North Church
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The Big Dig is finally DONE! Introducing the Rose Kennedy Greenway America’s largest urban underground tunnel system has connected the airport, BCEC, CruisePort, Boston, Cambridge and the east-west & north-south highways (I-90 & I-93). Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway – 1.5 miles of gardens and paths North End to Chinatown
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace Quincy Market Street entertainers Colorful Market, featuring restaurants, gifts, clothing and gourmet shops
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Charlestown
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South Boston Waterfront Marinas Hotels Artists’ lofts Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Children’s Museum Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
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Rejuvenated Waterfront The rejuvenated South Boston Waterfront is bustling with continued expansion of commercial, residential, and retail locations. Liberty Wharf is home to several new restaurants all of which have spectacular views of the Boston Harbor.
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Arts, Culture & History Over 40 museums and historical sites call Boston home including: Museum of Science John F. Kennedy Museum & Library Boston Symphony Hall Museum of Fine Arts Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Center for the Arts
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Additional Attraction Expansions and Restorations New England Aquarium Marine Mammal Center & Sharks & Rays Touch Tank JFK Presidential Library Museum Education Wing Museum of African American History Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum New Wing Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate (2015) Harvard Art Museum (2014)
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Boston & Beyond
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Boston, Gateway to New England Boston is conveniently situated less than an hours drive from other New England States Attendees can extended their visit before or after their meeting: seashore of Cape Cod and the Islands coast of Maine lakes of New Hampshire mountains of Vermont mansions of Newport casinos of Connecticut
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