Boston North End, Italian Food, Colorful Festival
Boston has completed its long building project and is now better than ever as a walking city
The highway that once cut through the city and divided the North End from Boston's downtown has been put beneath the surface and the freed-up space has been converted to park space.
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Boat tours visit the Boston
Harbor Islands and the distant
beaches of Provincetown
Boston North End Many festivals to the saints take place in the North End. The North End is an easy walk from the piers and is located along the harbor The July Esplanade concert and fireworks on the Charles River are held not far away from Columbus Park at the edge of the North End
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Boston Ships: Cruise, Shuttle, and Entertainment
Other activities take place on the water and on the many islands in Boston's
historic harbor. Boston's harbor shuttle boats make trips to the islands, Civil War
era forts and Boston Light, the oldest manned lighthouse the country. Shuttle
boats make runs to the Old Ironsides dock beneath the bunker Hill Monument in
Chelsea and to the dock near the arena and the North End's famous Italian
neighborhood. From the Aquarium docks, boats also make whale watching trips
and on Sunday evening, salsa boat cruises
Odyssey.com event packages $39 per person and up
A commuter boat out of Boston serves the fishing port of Gloucester where a new
terminal receives cruise ships make foliage trips on the Canadian and Maine coast
and serve the Caribbean from new England. Seabourn Pride
Water Taxis from the dock near the Sonesta Hotel and a shuttle out of the Rose
Wharf hotel serve Logan airport

New Hotels:
Hotel: seaportboston.com/go/tnehub
www.renaissanceboston.com new hotel opened December 2007
Harpoon Brewery 306 Northern Ave. near the Seaport Trade Center and
the Fish Pier offers complimentary tastings
Schedule: Tues,Wed, Thurs. 4:00 pm
Fri. 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Sat. 12 noon and 2:00PM. www.harpoonbrewery.com
1-888-harpoon
Railroad: the Downeaster runs trains to the Maine coast
www.massbayrre.org/downeaster.htm
Bus service Boston to Cape Cod www.p-b.com Boston Water Taxi
www.citywatertaxi.com
Fungwha bus: $15. to New York City
Rockland Maine Lobster Festival First Week IN August Rockland
Maine annual event
Cruise ships leave Boston for one week
sails to Bermuda
Boston's North End Starts on the Waterfront at Columbus Park
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Boston Public Gardens swan boats. Third and
fourth week in April bring tulips and flowering trees
Boston Hotel: seaportboston.com/go/tnehub
Boston beer tasting www.harpoonbrewery.com 1-888-harpoon
Boston Water Taxi www.citywatertaxi.com
Boston North End is known for its Italian food and colorful festival. European in feeling,
the sound of the Italian language can be heard as commonly as English on the streets where
the locals sit at sidewalk cafés and sip cappuccino while watching the tourist hunt for the best
Italian restaurant and sweetest Italian pastry and gelato.
The Rose Kennedy Greenway
provides tables for having lunch or
coffee and includes walkways to the
North End
Boston's Faneuil Hall Market Place is
just a two minute walk from the North
End.
The men carry the statue from the church
restaurants and businesses in the North
End accompanied by a band and fireworks.
Twilight at Columbus Park
Biking on the Charles River
North End Restaurant Picks:
Marco, 253 Hanover st. 2nd Floor,
quiet
G'Vanis, Prince St., side street
near Paul Revere House
Hanover Street, the center of the North End
Boston's Faneuil Hall
Market Place is just a two
minute walk from the North
End.
Walk ways Around Boston Harbor
Boston Transportation,
Getting to Boston: Air service reaches Boston's Logan
Airport (BOS) from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars
are available at the airport. From the airport boat shuttles
reach the City of Boston at several places,
Transit service and taxis reach the city after a short drive.
Passenger Boat service leaves daily from Boston to the tip
of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown. Bikes can
go aboard.
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