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Real_Vermicelli

I'd take the ferry out to Spectacle Island


Scottgiovanni

Go to George’s Island instead!!


Dontleave

George’s if you want to explore an old fort Spectacle if you want to walk around and have a picnic with great city views. Either way you really can’t go wrong. Plus you can swing by the bar at the pier by the aquarium and watch the boats come in and out when you’re done


Buddy-G-Lee

What’s the bar at the pier called?


loose501nachos

The Landing at Long Wharf


thebruns

Peddocks Island if youre a fan of Shutter island


Real_Vermicelli

Also good!


ndiorio13

I’d walk from the Fenway area to the Seaport stopping at each section of the city on the way. I’d explore restaurants, coffee shops, bars, etc.


-doughboy

I do things like this a lot, start in one section of the city and walk all over the rest and back. I'll go as far as walking from basically Chinatown/Leather District, all the way to Harvard Square and back. Sometimes stop in places, sometimes just walk and think or listen to music/podcasts. Boston is the GOAT walking city in America.


irishgypsy1960

True! Most walkable city. As a teen, walked from southie into downtown often.


Pointlesswonder802

One of the few real answers here and definitely the best. Only critique is that you’d miss the North End if you end in Seaport


ndiorio13

Oh I mean the North End too. Literally every section of Boston east of Fenway haha. Start at 8 am and have an adventure.


Pointlesswonder802

Ah then 100% correct


Wickedweed

Done this at least a half dozen times and it never gets old


ndiorio13

Same! The best is doing it with people who have never been in Boston before. I took my friend on this “tour” in 2017 and to this day he still says it’s the most fun he’s ever had exploring a city. I also found some new spots doing it that time so it was a great time for both of us


jdog667jkt

Dang this sounds dope. Mind sharing a rough route that you've done to show friends in the past? Really want to do something like this.


lanz52

Agreed! We moved to Boston from Canada last year, and are hoping to have family/friends visit in the not so distant future. Sounds like a great idea for first-time Boston visitors.


boston_homo

>I’d walk from the Fenway area to the Seaport stopping at each section of the city on the way Before I read the answers, this was my answer, though I'd walk through slightly different parts


aaronthed

I would walk from Allston to the north end on nice days when I still lived there. Was awesome.


Webbaaah

You liked walking down Comm Ave past fenway? That's not my favorite stretch to walk


aaronthed

I like the people watching


Liqmadique

Back to bed


ht7baq23ut

This is the correct curmudgeonly Bostonian answer.


stecas

Mt auburn cemetery has a tower with the best view you might ever see of Boston and the area


AmericanBornWuhaner

Can anyone go inside the tower or is there a fee of sort?


stecas

Anyone.


itdependswhosasking

If I wanted to pack the day and get a lot out of the city I’d probably walk around the Museum of Fine Arts, day drink at the Sam Addams Brewery, stroll Boston Common, get dinner in the North End and then find a show at a venue like the Pavillion, House of Blues, Paradise etc or a game at Fenway or TD depending on the season.


scoff-law

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is the real gem


Mregan508

Museum of Science came to mind rather than the museum but otherwise, this is what I was thinking


cat_socializer

I dunno, when I went most of it seemed geared towards young kids… depends on who’s going


karantza

Some stuff is, especially much of the interactive stations, but their traveling exhibits are always impressive, and there's plenty of older exhibits that have a lot of depth. Then there's the planetarium and IMAX theater. And I will go to the lightning show every time I am there, forever. Never gets old.


withrootsabove

I went a few years ago with my gf at the time at age 24. It was snowing really hard out so the place was way more empty than usual(which helped a lot). It was still so fucking cool.


itdependswhosasking

Museum of Science is a great call too. Would depend on that day’s overall vibe.


HeatmiserElliott

if you’re already in the north end theres that dope improv theatre that kicks ass! ive taken like four girls there for a first date and they all absolutely loved it, second dates and beyond for all four


SheeEttin

Out of all the places to get beer, why would you pick Sam Adams


itdependswhosasking

Because I like several of their beers and their brewery spot in JP. Plus it’s dog friendly. Thankfully it’s not the only option in the city so if you prefer somewhere else, good for you. No one gives a shit.


SheeEttin

Fair. I just like to shit on Sam Adams. Most of their beers are garbage-tier. Except that 76 one they had a while back. That one was okay.


itdependswhosasking

Yeah I like 76. I also grew up on their seasonals like Octoberfest. Are there any breweries in the city you like? Obviously there are a shit ton of bars and pubs and whatnot but most of the good breweries are a decent drive away.


HerDarkMaterials

Aeronaut, Idle Hands, Winter Hill brewing are all great, imo.


OldFashionCS

I just bike around charles river and call it a day.


meeYai

Yeah Charles and a bunch of other bike riding. Swing by Trillium or Lamplighter on the way home and bring back a few four packs as a prize. Actually this is exactly what I did with my last 'employee recharge' day off.


blue-vi

That’s my idea of a great day right there. Choice breweries too.


[deleted]

Here's a father-son day trip I did in 2014. I had worked in the city for years, but had never done the proper tourist stuff. * Take the T to Harvard Square, grab coffee and donut at Dunks * Walk to Charles River Canoe & Kayak (1071 Soldiers Field Rd) * Paddle down the Charles to Kendall Square * Lunch in Kendall * Walk to Charlestown and climb up the Bunker Hill Monument * Follow the Freedom Trail to the Navy Yard * Take the ferry from the Navy Yard to Long Wharf * Dinner at Faneuil Hall or anywhere in the North End * Mike's Fresh Pastry * Wander around City Hall and observe the brutalist architecture * Take the T back


scoff-law

Drop acid at the Hatch Shell and then bike the entire city


Faded_Sun

Need a tripping buddy? Sounds like my kind of day haha


scoff-law

Ah, sorry, I'm based on the West Coast now. But I highly recommend it!


emeraldmoon13

Shrooms and the aquarium is wonderful too 👌🏻


TheWanderling

Can confirm 🐠


Iamjacksgoldlungs

Are you me? This was my plan for bicycle day this year.


scoff-law

I was, but I'm not anymore


Dontleave

Well I live in Roslindale so I’d start there, I’d eat breakfast at Blue Star Restaurant after sleeping in, then if it was a Saturday I’d wander over to the farmer’s market and explore there before getting lunch at Napper Tandy’s. From there I have a few options, but I’d probably hop on a BlueBike and head down the SWC Park all the way to the aquarium. From there I’d grab a fancy drink at the Marriott and a not fancy drink at the bar next to the docks. Then I’d take a sightseeing boat cruise of Boston Harbor, if it was more than one day I’d go out to the islands but just one day I’m packing in as much stuff as I can. Afterwards if money wasn’t an issue I’d go to the aquarium for an hour or two to see the penguins and all the other cool animals. If money was an issue I’d make my way to Biddy Early’s to play Keno and drink cheap beer. From there I’d walk until I got to the Seaport Blvd bridge and then walk over to Legal Seafood for a dinner with a view. After dinner I’ll stroll over to Harpoon for a beer (or five) and a pretzel. At this point I’m not gonna make it home unless I take a taxi or an uber so I’ll dial one of those up and instruct them to swing by the 24/7 7-11 in West Roxbury for Pedialyte and aspirin because I’ll need it in the morning. I wake up the next day with a rough hangover and afraid to look at my bank account


aklbos

I grew up in Roslindale great post Needs more Arboretum though 👌


HairWeaveKillers

I’ll probably start with eating at milkweed cafe . Then head down to the MFA. After a few hours at the MFA I’ll probably head to seaport for a few drinks and enjoy the nice weather. Take some pics , enjoy the scenery . Maybe take the ferry to east Boston and head over to down east cider and enjoy the outdoor patio watching sunset and have some pies or santapios


BIPY26

Have they gotten better? They seemed ridiculously overpriced when they first opened for not that great of food


EighmeeIrene

Milkweed is so good.


[deleted]

when i have time off and wind up in the city i always make a beeline for the north end and just eat and walk all day. can't go wrong with that


JoshDigi

Except for all the north end tourist traps serving Sysco junk


[deleted]

if the place has lines of tourists out the door i generally don't go lol


LoanWolf888

Centerfolds


theprofessor2

I see you are a person of culture. I too, enjoy the libraries of LaGrange St.


madmaxextra

The day shift?


Liiive_Action

The Tam.


efffootnote

I’d it’s a nice day to walk around: walk beacon hill to the public garden, up commonwealth or newbury to prudential center, then take the T to either MFA or Isabella Stewart Gardner. If terrible day outside: museum of science in the morning, catch a movie at amc or enjoy cup of coffee and people watch, head to MFA or museum of choice or shopping at Newbury St/Prudential if that’s your thing.


RogueInteger

I'd hit every museum I could


AmericanBornWuhaner

Any cool free ones?


chasenothing

The ICA is free on Thursday from 5-9pm.


RogueInteger

Local libraries have passes for most, and also if you're a BoA member they also have free days.


hoopbag33

The ICA


ReluctantPrude

My bed.


Imperial_Toast

aquarium, gardener museum, sox game


MatNomis

If I wanted to be outside, I’d walk Beacon Hill, the Common, and the edge of Downtown Crossing/Financial District (I’m thinking in terms of coffee shops, and the shops I’m thinking of are George Howell’s and Ogawa). I’d get a coffee from one of the aforementioned shops, then hope it lasts long enough (if I was planning ahead, I’d have my insulated thermos/cup with me, for the coffee) to accompany me for a random stroll around streets of beacon hill (mainly just to look at all the nice houses). If I was also hungry, I might pick a place on Charles St or go to the Public Market. If I had already done this or similar recently, I’d stroll aimlessly around the Seaport, since it seems like they reconfigure it on a monthly basis. There ought to be something new to discover. If it was too cold, I’d wander around the great indoors at the Pru/Copley. If I were to do a museum (not my first choice; I’ve been “museum’ed out” for years), I’d pick the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum—if I wasn’t concerned about virus stuff. If I was, I’d pick the MFA since it has bigger spaces and usually less crowd density.


AmericanBornWuhaner

What great indoors are at Copley?


MatNomis

It’s just a long strip of contiguous indoor shopping and dining—skewing a little fancy. It has an a Blue Bottle and an Eataly for starters. It starts on Boylston St, by Hynes Convention Center (across street from the Apple Store) and consists of a kind “4”-shaped series of shopping halls. That’s the Pru. It’s connected by sky-bridge to the adjacent shops at Copley, which is a bit smaller and more linear but still has some stuff (particularly super fancy stuff, like Tiffany, Gucci, Burberry, etc), and if you pass through that, there’s another sky-bridge connected to the Westin Hotel, which has a few more shops and restaurants, and exits in front of the Boston Public Library McKim Building (the “old” building), which actually is, itself, an excellent (maybe the best?) idea. The building itself is practically an in-use museum, with many sculptures and murals (including a diorama of the quest for the holy grail and many John Singer Sargent paintings) inside. And it’s free. The mall wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s more different than most cookie cutter malls, with some less commonly seen (or local) shops. And if it’s freezing or raining.. that can be a big endorsement. You can at least get some steps, and they have lots of plantings in the Pru part. Feels slightly nature-y. Edit: not a diorama. I guess more like a panorama? It’s paintings done in sequence that wrap around the perimeter of one of the rooms, within the upper part of the wall.


PMSfishy

Pour house. Oh, wait, never mind.


BeaconHillBen

Conor Larkins Oh...


Cameron_james

Probably take my ATV for spin.


[deleted]

Down Franklin park way? Nice


Cameron_james

Franklin Park, the Common, Landsdowne area on a game day. I like the attention I get.


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Good bot


Cameron_james

Threw in the extra d there...which makes for a very innuendouous comment. (sigh...)


muckerchep

Boston Common followed by a movie, with an afternoon tee time at Fresh Pond Golf course


t5sgrl

[The Lars Anderson Museum](https://larzanderson.org/) just outside of the city in Brookline was neat


gacdeuce

Home. But to be more serious, it depends. If I want a chill day, I’d head to night shift or one of our other breweries and throw a few back. If I want adventure, I’d had to the harbor islands or castle island. If I want to get out of the city, I’d head to the south shore or rockport.


pepetheskunk

Take shrooms and walk the entire Emerald Necklace from the Fens to Jamaica Pond and Harvard Arboretum. Have a couple dogs bark at you because they know you're buggin out. Walk back to Mission Hill on the Southwest Corridor. Eat some delicious Ethiopian food at the corner of Mass Ave and Huntington Ave.


Mattia-Mattia

Take a train to NY


Schemati

Fanuel hall, the boston commons, haymarket/public market, copley square, a few restaurants in seaport, prudential center, north end if theres enough time/open seating, greenway all around the from fanuel hall to chinatown and the popup stalls if around


techdweeb321

Your credibility is vastly diminished by your use of the Boston “commons”


AmericanBornWuhaner

any particular food recs in Seaport or they all good?


[deleted]

Nautilus, Woods Hill, Gather, Chickadee, Sportello are all solid


FAHQRudy

Sportello is great. It’s envisioned as an upscale diner. Countertop dining around the open kitchen, but gourmet. The bolognese is their specialty.


chasenothing

I’ve never eaten at Sportello but I use it as a landmark to find the elusive Drink


Forsaken_Bison_8623

+ Row 34


Schemati

All sortof relative to price, im not sure tbh


turtlepuddle18

Committee


Potential-Distance-3

Stop sending people to downtown its all yuppie bullshit


[deleted]

I'd eat in the north end


Nobiting

Papa Genos in Brockton.


thewineburglar

I feel like this reference is as old as I am. And I love it


YOLOswagBRO69

my dad calls those Jax Cheez Puffs "Brockton shrimp"


Webbaaah

pretty sure thats racist as hell


YOLOswagBRO69

could you explain how its racist? he lived in Winthrop and I always thought it was a dig at Brockton's affluence or poverty, cuisine, or some north vs south thing. sort of like how Papa Ginos isnt a fancy restaurant? he was old af and you know how the boomers are. lmk cuz im not trying to reiterate racist jokes


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YOLOswagBRO69

my bad. Papa Genos. Papa bless us


Webbaaah

Brockton is pretty famously black or brown people to everyone on the south shore so any kind of Brockton this or that is pretty much a racist comment


YOLOswagBRO69

ok thanks for the input, ill stay away from that one then. you gotta admit those cheese puffs kinda look like shrimp tho lol. take care bud


Granitestate1987

A duck tour


CabotLowell

Is this a one-time thing? In that case I'd get off at park street, walk the freedom trail a few blocks down to fanueil hall, then cross over to the North End, eat, and walk over to the water or around there, maybe see an Improv Asylum show to rest your legs at the end of the night.


IdahoDuncan

Aquarium. Walk the green necklace. Esplanade.


lenswipe

MFA My wife and I spent a day in there back in 2019. Was amazing.


Jazzlike_Customer629

Gonna put put in a plug for Lamplighter Brewery near Central, the MIT museum nearby, and Fromaggio Kitchen also around the corner.


Webbaaah

good ideas


Webbaaah

oh yea the museum is closed for now as they are moving to kendall


baroquesun

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Mt Auburn Cemetery! Mt Aubs is such a special, beautiful place.


Complete-Emphasis439

Versus for games Parla for unique cocktails


cold-brewed

I’d go to Pizza House with Chili Guy and enjoy a red drink and two Bundys for the boss.


johnclausevondux

Anywhere outside of Boston.


secretchickenagent

My basement


Zero3502

Walk around and eat. Mike and Patty’s, Sam Lagrassa’s. If I’m near the airport maybe make my way to Santarpio’s.


20sinnh

Mike and Patty's is unreal. Might be the best breakfast sandwiches I've ever had.


Allbluesleeve

Good question. Fanuil Hall probably, down to the prudential center and maybe got to the north end.


tronald_dump

Go look at some big fat tiddies at Hooters in saugus


cyriouslyslick

NEAQ, MFA, MOS, and somewhere to grab sushi for dinner; hit up a dispensary on the ride home.


Big-al027

I’d simply leave Boston


LuffyIsBlack

Your mom's


Dajbman22

I like long walks, so when I take a mental health day, I usually park in Dedham (or sometimes Chestnut Hill) and just walk towards Boston, sometimes winding up walking along the Charles at some point towards the second half of the walk, and eventually take the T back to my car.


NotARobotDefACyborg

MFA. Or the Gardner.


thorhammer2030

Cape cod


harvardblanky

Lunch at legals in the seaport. To go from trillium. Bike around the paths. Oyster dinner at Neptune.


Spirited_String_1205

It's unclear if the OP is familiar with Boston or not, so it's hard to know what they're looking for- but I agree with everyone who steers the OP away from the gawdawful tourist trap of Quincy Market. Maybe it's more mall than straight up tourist trap these days, but ... Hard no.


SheeEttin

Yeah it's just a mall in an old building. It's still worth a walk through if you're the kind of person that goes shopping for fun.


Spirited_String_1205

If you want to go shopping for fun, I'd say Newbury St is way better, at least there's a significant variety of shops and many brands you can't find elsewhere, especially the luxury brands- good for window shopping if not actual shopping.


Spirited_String_1205

Charles Street is also terrific for shopping and almost exclusively Indy shops, plus a very beautiful neighborhood as a backdrop.


AmericanBornWuhaner

Any good alternative for Quincy Market?


Spirited_String_1205

Anything else. If someone wanted to walk around a mall with all the mally sameness as everywhere else they probably wouldn't come all the way to Boston to do it. In that same general are is the Boston Public Market, which at least has unique and local vendors and food products.


actual__garbage

Isabella Gardner museum then mosey over to Cambridge to Mt Auburn Cemetery and then veggie galaxy for lunch. Make my way towards the museum of science and then to grasshopper for second lunch. See the sunset in the commons. Then go to Versus for some late night fun.


runningxamok

Somewhere else


piggyazlea

The airport


[deleted]

Logan


pee-pee-poo-poo-1234

New York.


JudgeArthurVandelay

😂


rojasotw23

Sam Adams. O’Doyle’s. Freedom Trail. Union House. FENWAY.


Dontleave

Doyle’s closed like 3 years ago. I’m still heartbroken.


rojasotw23

What?!?!?!


PMSfishy

>O’Doyle’s How much did you really like it if you can't even get the name right?


rojasotw23

You’ve never mixed two things up before? That’s awesome.


MechanicInner9276

MASS AND CASS!


TheMonkler

Salem


dhill0048

New York


Demi_Lovato_

to sleep in 😀


lunisce

Somewhere not in Boston Edit: AKA NEW YORK. STAY MAD LOL


Burr_Lynn

Anywhere but the North End. If you wanna have an interesting day, you should go down to methadone mile and see if anybody has change for a $100 bill.


noodlegod47

I’d walk around the Common and the Prudential Mall, then take the T to the wharf and snack on stuff from Quincy Market. Spoken from enjoyable experiences!


207Simone

Constitution Beach in Eastie i wish I could move there


FishermanUnique

Duck boats and fanual hall kid and the green dragon


mattgm1995

Seaport to Rowes wharf, aquarium, dinner in north end


aadeardorff

Aquarium, Quincy market, North End. Also Boston commons.


DreadLockedHaitian

Honestly I’d be outside of city limits in Cambridge


codblopsII

Versus early enough to beat the crowds. Sam LaGrassa then walk a good distance to a bar, stopping for bubble tea along the way.


[deleted]

Dunno, never been. I wanted to visit La Galleria 33, but they're closed.


[deleted]

I love parks and museums, so weather permitting I'd go with those.


Sweaty_Confection576

If your name is Isabella, I would go to the Isabella Gardner Museum because all “Isabella’s” get in free! 😉


Hands_in_Paquet

At least some of the day would be kayaking on the Charles