Boston City Travel Guide

Welcome to Boston! The City of Boston, Boston hosts over 12 million annual visitors from across the country and around the globe. This vibrant, thriving city is renowned for its cultural facilities, world-class educational institutions, champion sports franchises, as well as its place at the very forefront of American history. Tourism is one of New England's largest industries; as the region's social and commercial hub, Boston is willing to accommodate and entertain you as few other cities can.

Due to its size, Boston is a very accessible city, but it may be that its reputation as a walking city relies on the creation of one of America's first historic walking tours, The Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail Foundation continues to work to preserve this perfect introduction to Colonial Revolutionary Boston. The Trail takes the visitor to 16 historical sites in the course of two or three hours and covers two and a half centuries of America's most significant past. A red brick or painted line connects the sites on the Trail and serves as a guide.

Since the past and the present live alongside the Trail, its visitors have the opportunity to see the City as it truly is. Many visitors prefer to linger and study the many exhibits, thus a full day or more can be devoted to browsing along the Trail. One can take a self-guided tour or one of the many tours available through the Boston Common Visitors Center at 148 Tremont Street or the Bostix Booth located at Faneuil Hall. If you prefer to ride, you can pay for one of the trolley tours, which are unofficial guided tours, but do take the rider to many of the sites along the Trail and allow one to disembark at selected stops.

Now let’s talk about eating – first stop – cannot be missed -Faneuil Hall Marketplace Here you will find over 40 pushcart eateries and 17 restaurants. Aside from the world class food, you can also find great shopping. Next stop at Legal Sea Foods – really fresh fish. Legal Sea Foods has long proven that a consistent, high quality dining experience never goes out of style. With over 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish available throughout the year as well as an award-winning wine list, there’s no doubt why legions of fans have fallen for Legal hook, line and sinker.

Indeed, the Legal Legend has cast a wide net. Accolades include Best Seafood Restaurant in America – NBC Today Show, `Top 10 Tried and True Restaurants in America – Bon Appetite and the honor of serving its legendary New England Clam Chowder at every presidential inauguration since 1981.

Last but certainly not least Cafe Bello. Brazilians were the first to raise cattle in South America, imported from Cape Verde to São Paulo in the 1530s. Churrasco pronounced shoo-RAS-koo or Brazilian barbecue was the traditional staple food of the gaúchos or cowboys of Southern Brazil for centuries before it spread to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It became very fashionable and there are excellent churrascarias restaurants specializing in Brazilian barbecue all over Brazil and around the world--now including Allston. The meat was originally cooked over coals, usually in a pit dug in the ground, skewered in metal spits. The only seasoning was coarse salt and each gaúcho had his own churrasco knife, which he used to cut pieces of meat from the spit. People in southern Brazil have churrasco pits built in their backyards with bricks or incorporated into a wall with decorative tiles around the edges. In the U.S., we use a gas grill! Churrasco has evolved into an elaborate meal, with different salads, sauces and farofa accompanying the meats. The meats used most often are Brazilian sausages, different cuts of beef, pork tenderloin and chicken. White meats are marinated overnight in a mixture of garlic, salt and lime juice. The red meats are seasoned with sea salt only. These meats, an assortment of daily buffet specials, baked goods and delicious Brazilian desserts and drinks can all be found at Café Belô. Eat in, take out, delivery and catering are available.


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