Highlights on Visiting Boston
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Boston Skyline - courtesy of Greater Boston
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Shopping
Hall Marketplace landmark was one of the first
urban historic shopping districts and its success inspired many
other cities throughout the USA following its opening in 1976.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace features more than 100 national & local
shops and local specialty pushcarts, 14 restaurants and pubs
including Cheers, McCormick & Schmick's, Ned Devine's Irish Pub and
Todd English’s Kingfish Hall. Many outdoor cafes, more than 36
international food vendors inside of the Quincy Market Colonnade,
which is the largest food hall in New England.
Boston’s newest summer event is at Faneuil Hall
Marketplace : the Changing of the Guard jointly offered by Faneuil
Hall Marketplace and the Freedom Trail Foundation feature the
Freedom Trail Players, experienced 18th century costumed guides, who
re-enact what might have been daytime and nightly guard duty in a
hostile environment. The Changing of the Guard event occurs twice on
Sat, Sun & Monday at the Faneuil Hall northwest corner at 11:45am &
1:45 pm.
Culinary Walking Tours & Events in Boston
Boston Chinatown culinary walking tours are 5
years old in 2012 (began in October 2007): The popular Boston North
End Italian culinary walking tour company, Michele Topor’s Market
Tours, has offered a Boston Chinatown Asian culinary walking tour
for five years. The tour features tips on the differences between
the many regional cuisines of China, where to buy and how to select
the finest authentic ingredients, and includes a Dim Sum Luncheon…
"From Russia with Love!" A Walking Tour of Russian
Cuisine Where you can find the best Russian borsch, pirozhki, and
caviar? What is the Russian way to drink tea and vodka? Discover the
answers at our 3_hour culinary adventure while tasting delicious
authentic Russian specialties: light fluffy blintzes, delicate
Siberian dumplings, imported caviar, mouth-watering desserts, and
half-dozen more.
Visit treasured best spots in Washington Square
and enjoy interesting personal stories about their owners.
Walking Tour of Jewish Cuisine: What the Jewish
cuisine is? Find it out under the expert guidance while tasting
authentic Jewish food _ matzo ball soup, latkes, falafel, kosher
wines, and dozen more. Visit many of the town's treasured Jewish
food stores and restaurants and hear unique anecdotes about their
owners. Discover traditions that lie behind the food and savor the
rich history of Jewish Brookline. …
Boston’s Taste of Chocolate features five
chocolate walking tours: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Faneuil Hall
Marketplace, South End, Chocolate & Wine. For example The Back Bay 2
½ _hour tour includes affluent Boston at its best, boasting
landmarks like Copley Square, the Prudential Center, and the Public
Library. This historic area is rich in culture, architecture – and
of course, fine chocolate. Visitors learn the history and life of
chocolate, how luxury chocolates are created, and much more. Stops
include:
Hotel Chocolat – A trendy European cocoa grower
who manages production from bean to bar in their private tasting
room; Boston’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie; a cozy boutique with
Boston’s largest selection of imported bars (95% of tour-goers have
not ever been here); a Swiss chocolatier famous for creating the Dom
Perignon Champagne Truffle; a famous New England Ice Cream maker who
has taken the chocolate plunge and has made their chocolates
available to our tour; a break for the taste buds at a hip cosmetics
company that uses chocolate in many of its skincare products; and
Boston’s Best Cupcake. Samples as you go, plus tips on tasting,
buying and storing fine chocolate.
Sam Adams Beer 25!
Twenty-five years ago, a new beer debuted in bars
across Boston. It was called Samuel Adams Boston Lager, and it came
from a recipe first brewed in 1870 by the great-great-grandfather of
management-consultant-turned-brewing-entrepreneur Jim Koch. The beer
became a classic, is available all over the world, and Koch's Boston
Beer Company is now a $415 million dollar (2009 sales) company.
Samuel Adams' success helped fuel the American craft beer
renaissance. Visitors will learn about the history of Samuel Adams,
the brewing process and, of course, taste some of the award winning
beers. Tours start approximately every 45 minutes. Each tour has
limited space, so be sure to arrive early! Saturdays are especially
busy and they often fill all available tour spaces by early
afternoon. Please note that the brewery is now open at 10 AM on
Saturdays. Visitors can visit the Sam Adams Brewery in Boston’s
Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Free introductory walking tours daily.
Courtesy
www.bostonusa.com
