As "America's Walking City" Boston offers the visitor the opportunity to enjoy a unique 'green getaway' car-free!

A vibrant international city visitors can walk from the pedestrian-friendly Newbury Street to the Charles River riverfront parks. A walk from the charming Beacon Hill to the downtown Boston waterfront where the soon-to-be 40-mile Boston Harborwalk awaits as well as the 27-acres Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Boston's most popular visitor attraction, the Freedom Trail, is a walk-through-history trail. At the mid-point of the Freedom Trail is Boston's most popular café district - Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

Visitors can walk to museums, attractions - or hop on a very efficient Trolley that loops through the city. The Boston public transit system-easily understood by visitors with its four-color lines that connects hotels, attractions, shops, convention centers, and different neighborhoods. Even Logan International Airport is now connected through the brand new Silver Line. Terminals with the Amtrak South Station---so traveling by train is really enjoyable.

Water, rail, and coach transportation in Boston is convenient. It is easy and inexpensive for the visitor staying at a hotel in Boston & Cambridge to tour the Boston Harbor Islands, Cape Cod (Provincetown), Salem, and Quincy by fast ferry. A day trip to Portland Maine, Providence Rhode Island, or even New York City by high speed rail is affordable. You can also take a day trip by coach to the Wrentham Village Outlet or Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun Casinos. All of which are also low cost and convenient.

Boston & Cambridge hotels, restaurants, attractions & tours are engaged in a widespread 'greening' initiative. For more information on Boston's Green Vistiors Program vist BostonUSA Green Visitors Program.

-The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau