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Where to Stay in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Harbor opens below Boston, the capital of Massachusetts and the old city of New England, known for the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall.
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Where to stay in Boston
Not every neighbourhood fits every trip — here's what each one is good for.
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North End
The Old North Church rises over the North End, a Boston neighborhood whose lanes carry the Paul Revere House and a stretch of the Freedom Trail.Where to stay →
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South Boston
Holy Name Church marks South Boston, a Boston neighborhood whose streets gather the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral and a World War I Memorial.Where to stay →
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Fenway/Kenmore
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston anchors Fenway/Kenmore, a Boston neighborhood also holding the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and New Fenway Park.Where to stay →
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Triple-deckers climb the hills above Dorchester Bay in Dorchester, the largest district of Boston, threaded end to end by Dorchester Avenue.Where to stay →
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Jamaica Plain
The Loring-Greenough House stands in Jamaica Plain, a Boston neighborhood laced with the parks of the Emerald Necklace and lined with old churches.Where to stay →
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The Freedom Trail core
The old core along the Freedom Trail puts Faneuil Hall, the Old State House, and the Union Oyster House within one walk of Boston Harbor.Find hotels in The Freedom Trail corestaying by the Old North ChurchThe old north streets
The streets north of the market around the Old North Church and the Paul Revere House hold Boston's oldest lodging near the harbour.Find hotels in The old north streetsthe Boston Navy Yard sideThe Bunker Hill shore
Across Boston Harbor the Bunker Hill Monument, the USS Constitution Museum, and the Boston Navy Yard mark a quieter base off the Freedom Trail.Find hotels in The Bunker Hill shoreHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in Boston
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Museums & Galleries
6- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heritage
- Old State House Heritage
- Bunker Hill Monument Heritage
- Boston Navy Yard Heritage
- Paul Revere House Heritage
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- Boston Athenæum Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Old North Church Heritage
- Trinity Church Heritage
- Old South Church Heritage
- Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Heritage
- Church of the Covenant Heritage
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- African Meeting House Heritage
- Charles Playhouse Heritage
- Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Chinese Immigrant Memorial
Stadiums & Sports
1- White Stadium
Landmarks & Notable Places
7- Union Oyster House Heritage
- The Dutch House Heritage
- Malcolm X—Ella Little-Collins House Heritage
- Frederick Ayer Mansion Heritage
- William Lloyd Garrison House Heritage
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- Loring-Greenough House Heritage
- Ellen Swallow Richards House Heritage
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About Boston
What is Boston known for?
Boston is known as the capital of Massachusetts and a founding city of New England. History runs through it. The Freedom Trail links the Old State House, the Old North Church, and Faneuil Hall, while the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the New England Aquarium draw crowds to the harbour and the arts.
Boston Harbor carries the old story.
What are the main landmarks in Boston?
Boston lines the Freedom Trail with the landmarks of the early republic. The old town holds them. The Old State House, Faneuil Hall, and the Old North Church stand along the trail, while the Paul Revere House and the Union Oyster House keep the colonial streets and the Bunker Hill Monument rises over the harbour.
Collections fill the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Boston Athenæum. Boston Harbor runs below.
What is the history of Boston?
Boston was founded in 1630 on the harbour that carries its name. The water made the town. English settlers built on the neck of land above Boston Harbor, and the port grew over the following century into the chief city of Massachusetts and the leading town of New England.
Its wharves faced the sea. The Old State House and Faneuil Hall rose at the heart of the colonial port. Boston stood at the centre of the American Revolution.
Anger over a tax on tea boiled over. Colonists threw shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor in protest, and the Old North Church, the Paul Revere House, and the Bunker Hill Monument still mark the streets and the ground where the revolt began. The Boston Navy Yard built and berthed the fleet by the harbour.
The USS Constitution Museum and the African Meeting House keep later chapters of the harbour city, one for the fleet and one for its people. From that founding city the republic took much of its early shape, and the Freedom Trail links the old landmarks of Massachusetts in New England. The harbour holds the memory.
Where is Boston?
Boston sits on Boston Harbor in Massachusetts, built on a low neck of land beside the water. The harbour shapes the city. The old core rises above the water by Faneuil Hall and the Freedom Trail, while the port opens east to Boston Harbor and the sea beyond.
New England spreads inland behind it. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Trinity Church stand back from the harbour on the higher ground.
What is the climate of Boston?
Boston holds a temperate coastal climate shaped by Boston Harbor and the Atlantic. The sea works both ways. Winters turn cold and snowy off the water, summers grow warm and humid along the harbour, and storms roll in from the sea against the New England shore.
The Atlantic keeps the seasons swinging.
How do you get to Boston?
Boston is reached by air, by rail, by road, and by sea through Boston Harbor. Routes converge on the port. Flights land at the city's airport, trains run in across New England, and highways carry traffic into Massachusetts from every side.
The harbour still takes ships. Boston Harbor opens the city to the sea. The old port at Boston Harbor once brought the whole town by ship.
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What is the best area to stay in Boston?
The Freedom Trail core: walking to Faneuil Hall and the Old State House. The old north streets: staying by the Old North Church. The Bunker Hill shore: the Boston Navy Yard side.
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Updated September 2026