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About Boston

Boston, incorporated as a city in 1822, is one of America’s oldest cities, with a rich economic and history and a really lively inner city. As the economic and cultural hub of New England, Boston is home to nearly 590,000 residents, many institutions of higher education, some of the world’s finest, and numerous cultural and professional sports organizations. Millions of people visit Boston to take in its historic neighborhoods, attend cultural or sporting events, and conduct business.

Click here to view detailed map of Downtown Boston

http://www.massvacation.com/getAround/maps/Boston.pdf

Source: Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism

Click here to see How to get around Boston

There are many things to do around Boston depending upon your interests. The ANA Boston team has compiled a short list below.

Museum

Museum	Location	Description
The Children's Museum	308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 Ph: (617) 426 6500	Children’s museum serves children 0-10 years old, their families and educators. It is a place full of fun to bring your kids.
The Boston Historical Society and Museum	206 Washington Street Boston, MA 02109 Ph: (617) 720 1713	The Bostonian Society is dedicated to studying, and preserving Boston’s uniquely important history, embodied in materials, records, and structures such as the Old State House, and in sharing an understanding of the revolutionary ideas born here.
Harvard University Art Museums	485 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 Ph: (617) 495 9400	The mission of Harvard Art Museum is to preserve, document, present, interpret, and strengthen the collections and resources in its care, and in keeping with the larger purpose of Harvard University, to advance the knowledge and appreciation of art and art museums through research, teaching professional training, and public education.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum	280 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 Ph: (617) 566 1401	The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an intimate collection of fine and decorative art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians and scholars.
Museum of Afro American History Boston	46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill Boston, MA 02114 Ph: (617) 720 2991	It is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans.
Museum of Fine Arts	465 Huntington Avenue Avenue of the Arts Boston, MA 02115 Ph: (617) 267 9300	The museum of Fine Arts houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspire to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art.
The Museum of Printing	800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA 01845	The Museum of Printing is dedicated to preserving the history of the graphic arts, printing equipment and printing craftsmanship.
Peabody Essex Museum	East India Square, 161 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Ph: (978) 745 9500, (866) 745 1876	The Peabody Essex Museum is a museum of international art and culture dedicated to connecting art to the world in which it is made.
Salem Witch Museum	19 N Washington Square Salem, MA 01970 Ph: (978) 744 1692	The Salem Witch Museum brings you there, back to Salem 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic history lesson using state sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration - an overview of the Witch Trials of 1692. Additionally, Salem is one of the beautiful places to visit.

Music and Theater

Museum	Location	Description
The American Repertory Theatre	Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138) Oberon (2 Arrow St. Cambridge, MA 02138) Old Lincoln School [194 Boylston Street (RT 9), Brookline, MA 02445] Ph: (617) 495 2668	The American Repertory Theater is one of the country’s most celebrated resident theaters and the winner of numerous awards. The A.R.T has welcomed major American and international theater artists, presenting a diverse repertoire that includes new American plays, bold reinterpretations of classical texts, and provocative new music theater productions.
Arts Boston	31 St. James Avenue, Suite 360 Boston, MA 02116 Ph: (617) 262 8632	ArtsBoston is a not-for-profit organization serving Greater Boston's cultural institutions and the public. ArtsBoston is a comprehensive online arts and entertainment calendar for upcoming exhibits, performances, and concerts in the Greater Boston area.
The Boston Conservatory of Music	8 The Fenway Boston, MA 02215 Ph: (617) 536 6340	The Boston Conservatory is an independent private college with fully accredited programs in music, dance, and theater. It presents more than 200 performances each year by students, faculty and guest artists.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra	301 Massachusetts Avenue, Symphony Hall Boston, MA 02115 Ph: (617) 266 1492	The Boston Symphony Orchestra presents several performances and concerts, including free public tours of Symphony Hall every Wednesdays at 4:00 pm and second Saturday of every month at 2:00pm from January to June.
Boston Center for the Arts	539 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116 Ph: (617) 426 5000	Boston Center for the Arts is the largest landmark district in the United States covering more than 500 acres. It is dedicated to presenting performances and visual arts of our time.
The Handel and Haydn Society	300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Ph: (617) 266 3605	The Handel and Haydn Society performs Baroque and Classical music for chorus and period-instrument orchestra. Handel and Haydn is among the oldest continuously performing arts organizations in the country.
Huntington Theatre	Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont street, Boston, MA 02116) Boston University Theatre (265 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115) Ph: (617) 266 0800	Founded by Boston University, The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s largest and most popular theatre company and one of the nation’s most respected. It is located at two places.

Other Attractions

Museum	Location	Description
Arnold Arboretum	125 Arborway Boston, MA 02130 Ph: (617) 524 1718	The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is the oldest public arboretum in North America and one of the world’s leading centers for the study of plants. The Arnold Arboretum provides a variety of activities, including several family activities and free walking tours and scheduled group tours.
The Boston Freedom Trail	99 Chauncy Street, Suite 401 Boston, MA 02111 Ph: (617) 357 8300	The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, each one an authentic American treasure. It is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond.
The Franklin Park Zoo	One Franklin Park Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 Ph: (617) 541 LION	Franklin Park Zoo is located on a 72-acre site in Boston’s historic Franklin Park, long considered the “crown jewel” of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace Park System.
The Stone Zoo	149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 Ph: (781) 438 5100	Stone Zoo, formerly known as the Middlesex Fells Zoo, is located on a 26-acre site near the sparkling Spot Pond reservoir in Stoneham, MA. A perfect place to bring your young kids.
John F. Kennedy Library	The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125 Ph: 1 866 JFK 1960 Ph: 1 617 514 1600	The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation’s thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better word.
The New England Aquarium	The New England Aquarium Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110 Ph: (617) 973 5200	Founded in 1969, the New England Aquarium is a global leader in ocean exploration and marine conservation. The New England Aquarium has many features, including Simons IMAX Theatre, animals and exhibits, conservation and research programs and the most famous whale watch.
USS Constitution Museum	Charlestown Navy Yard Building 22 Charlestown, MA 02129 Ph: (617) 426 1812	Only yards away from “Old Ironsides”, the Museum is a “must see” for everyone visiting Boston, where interactive galleries take adults, families and children of all ages on a 200-year voyage. The USS Constitution Museum reaches out to all Americans with the story of one of our country’s most cherished icons.

Getting Around Boston

It is convenient to move around the City of Boston using the subway, buses, taxis and boats. The extensive system of MBTA trains and buses is the primary means of public transportation to get around the city each day. Even those who arrive into Logan International Airport will find public transportation to be a very convenient way to get into the city and surrounding areas.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

Subways

Speaking of subways, do you know that Boston is the first city in the United States to use subways? The Nation’s first subway line opened in Boston on September 1, 1897 to eliminate trolley congestion on Tremont Street. All the MBTA subways run Monday to Friday and on weekends operating as early as 5:00 AM in the morning to 1:00 AM.

The Getting Around Boston guide available in the MBTA website describes the T subway system for people of all abilities. The guide can be accessed through this link: http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/getting_around/

The following subways and Silver Lines are available to get around Boston.

Red Line: Alewife Station to Braintree and Mattapan Stations

The Red Line starts at Alewife Station in Cambridge. When it reaches JFK/UMass, it splits into two branches: Ashmont Branch serving the Dorchester neighborhood with continuing trolley service to Mattapan, and Braintree Branch extending into Quincy and Braintree. http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=RED

Green Line:

America’s oldest subway, the Green Line is a trolley service starting from Government Center or Park Street with service running westward on four branches or north to Lechmere station in East Cambridge. Many of Boston’s colleges and universities, hospitals, and cultural institutions (including Fenway Park) are located on or close to stops along the Green Line.

The Green Line has four branches:

B Branch: Boston College to Government Center

C Branch: Cleveland Circle to North Station

D Branch: Riverside to Government Center

E Branch: Heath Street to Lechmere

http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=GREEN

Orange Line: Oak Grove Street to Forest Hills Station

The Orange Line runs from Oak Grove in the City of Malden to Forest Hills Station near the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. Stops in between include the vibrant retail district of Downtown Crossing, Boston’s Chinatown, and historic Roxbury as well as tourist destinations in Back Bay and South End.http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=ORANGE

Blue Line: Wonderland Station to Bowdoin Station

The Blue Line runs from Wonderland in the north shore city of Revere, under Boston Harbor to the Government Center stop at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. Along the way it picks up passengers going to and from Logan Airport and folks visiting the New England Aquarium, Faneuil Hall, and Quincy Market. http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=BLUE

Silver Line

The Silver Line Washington Street Service travels between Dudley Square, Roxbury and Downtown Crossing at Temple Place. Operating in a dedicated bus lane along Washington Street, the Silver Line buses run every five minutes or better during peak time. The Silver Line Waterfront service operates via a newly constructed tunnel and bus lane connecting South Station to two new underground stations and one surface stop east of D Street (Silver Line Way). After the stop at Silver Line Way, the routes branch off. http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=SILVER

Silver Line 1: South Station to Logan International Airport

Silver Line 2: South Station to Design Center

Silver Line 4: South Station at Essex Street to Dudley Station

Silver Line 5: Downtown Crossing at Temple Place to Dudley Station

Source: http://www.mbta.com/

Biking

There are about 38,000 daily trips by bicycle in Boston, 20% of which are work trips. This figure does not include recreational trips starting and ending in the same place nor does it include bicycle messenger trips. The basic bicycle network in Boston is the local street system. Under the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston law, bicyclists may use all streets and parkways except divided express highways with on and off ramps. The roads in the City of Boston prohibited to cyclists are I-93, I-90, Storrow Drive, portions of Route 1A, the harbor tunnels, and the Tobin Bridge.

Source: Access Boston 2000-1010

Bike Routes of Boston and Cambridge

Source: Boston Bikes. www.cityofboston.gov

Please click for more detailed map of bike routes.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/TridionImages/BosBike%20Map%20may8final%20lores_tcm1-3455.pdf

Bicycle Paths around ANA Boston Venue

Source: Access Boston 2000-1010

There are several popular bicycle paths located around the ANA Boston Venue as shown in the map above and listed below:

1 Dr. Paul Dudley White Bicycle Path: This path is located along the Charles River from the Museum of Science to Allston-Brighton and beyond. Motor vehicles are prohibited on this path. The path makes a 17-mile loop on both sides of the river. On warm weekends the path is crowded with joggers, roller skaters, strollers, dog walkers, besides bicyclists.

2 Emerald Necklace – Muddy River: It is one of the paths heavily used by commuters. There is an asphalt path on the Brookline side of the Muddy River and a crushed stone path on the Boston side.

7 Pierre Lallement Path (SW Corridor): The Peirrer Lallement Bicycle Path runs along the Southwest Corridor route of the Orange Line for three miles from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain to Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay. The corridor continues as a sidewalk area to Dartmouth Street.

8 Melnea Cass Boulevard: It is a bicycle path along Melena Cass Boulevard connecting to Ruggles Station.

14 North Point: The North Point Park extends the Dr. Paul Dudley White Bicycle Path towards the harbor.

15 Emerald Necklace – Fenway: It is a separate bicycle and pedestrian paths in the Back Bay Fens that will connect to the Muddy River path to the west and, via Forsyth Street, to the Pierre Lallement Bicycle Path.

16 South Boston Harbor Trail: The South Boston Harbor Trail extends the Melean Cass Boulevard bicycle path underneath I-93 to the Fort Point Channel, where it would follow the water to the Boston Harbor at Fan Pier.

Bike Rentals and Tours:

Bikes can be rented from several places, including the following:

Urban AdvenTours - http://www.urbanadventours.com/bikes.php

Urban AdvenTours is a unique, eco-friendly bicycle tour company in Boston that provides original bicycle tours and quality bike rentals. We offer daily bicycle tours at 10am and 2pm, and our Funway to Fenway and Bikes@Night Tours leave every night at 6pm. Whether you take in one of our daily Boston tours, enjoy one of our quality bike rentals, or organize a company biking event with Urban AdvenTours, you are guaranteed to have a 'wheely' good time! The price for renting bike ranges from $35.00/day to $90.00/day.

Bike Rides for Ordinary People - www.bikeridesfop.org/

Recognizing that there is a great difference between riding on bike path and sharing the road with motorist, the group sponsors free community rides for casual riders. The routes taken are on less congested roads with limited hill climbs and range in length from 12 (the length of the Minutemen Bikeway) to 30 miles. The group waits up when people fall behind so that no one gets lost and so we can socialize as we ride. We welcome everyone and encourage people who have never ridden with a group to give it a try. We have had people of all ages and abilities on these rides.

Bike Rules on MBTA

Here is a summary of the rules for taking bicycles on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority vehicles:

Subway	Weekdays before 7 a.m., between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and after 7 p.m. Weekends any time. Only 2 bikes per car.

Trolley Green Line and Mattapan High-Speed Line)	Not allowed.

Bus	Bikes allowed only on external racks on select buses. Go to www.mbta.com for a list of buses.

Commuter Rail	All trains except during weekday peak hours in the peak direction.

Ferry Boat	All times.

Folding Bikes	When folded, are permitted on commuter rail and subway any time, except that on the subway they must be in a bag.

Source: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bikes/mbta.asp

Links to Trails and Paths

The following links provide information on trails and paths in and around Boston.

Arnold Arboretum - www.arboretum.harvard.edu/visitors/visitors.html

Paul Dudley White Charles River Paths - www.mhd.state.ma.us/downloads/maps/bikes/dudley.pdf

East Coast Greenway - www.greenway.org

Forest Hills Cemetery - www.foresthillscemetery.com/

Franklin Park - www.cityofboston.gov/parks/emerald/Franklin_Park.asp

Jamaica Way Bikepath - www.fenwayculture.org/MainSite/cyclepaths.htm

Melnea Cass Bikepath

Middlesex Fells - www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/fells.htm

Minuteman Bikeway - www.mhd.state.ma.us/downloads/maps/bikes/minute.pdf

Muddy River Bikepath - www.fenwayculture.org/MainSite/cyclepaths.htm

Neponset River Greenway - www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/lnrt.htm

Pierre Lallement Southwest Corridor Park - www.mhd.state.ma.us/downloads/maps/bikes/south.pdf

South Bay Harbor Trail - www.massbike.org/bikeways/indexb.htm

Stony Brook Reservations Paths - www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston

Walking

Boston is a very pedestrian friendly city and is often referred to as “the walking city. The City of Boston puts high priority on making the city walkable through various efforts, including marking crosswalks, regularly maintaining traffic signals and pedestrian pushbuttons, and employing innovative pedestrian safety signs at busy locations such as downtown, schools, parks, playgrounds, elder complexes, and libraries.

“WalkBoston” has developed a Downtown/Back Bay/South Boston Seaport walking map (shown below) to help commuters and visitors get around Boston.

Walking Map

Source: City of Boston.gov

If you want to download or print the map for your use, click on the link below.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/Images_Documents/city_routes.pdf