Insight Guide Boston

By Insight Guides and Brian Bell

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887290345
• ISBN13: 9780887290343
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.3" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Good guide to Boston

I recently attended the American Political Science Association meeting, held in Boston. This visit reminded me of how enchanted I am with this historical American city. To remind me of its many pleasures (historical sites, restaurants, sports, etc.), and to provide for advance planning the next time I take a relaxed few days in Boston, I purchased this volume. I am rather pleased with it. While I think it gives short shrift to the multitude of fine restaurants in Boston, for instance, overall this is a valuable guide to the city and the surrounding area. Some nice features: a series of maps of the city; a nice little insert with a summary of restaurants that one could put in one's shirt pocket to serve as a brief guide; a summary of "The Best of Boston" at the outset; description of a number of walking tours in different parts of the city and its environs. After an introduction to Boston, there is a brief but useful history. Then, some comments about sports, art, literature, and the like. Following is a section by section discussion of the city--from Beacon Hill & Boston Common to Cambridge. For each area surveyed, there is a nice discussion of key sites, a brief summary of the best restaurants and bars. Some sites that I would recommend: the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides is still pretty awesome); Paul Revere's house; the Art Museum; Quincy Market; Boston Common and the Public Garden (take a ride on the sawn boats!); Duck Tours; Bunker Hill; Harvard Yard; and so on and so on. It is nice to wander around a city that has so much history. . . . Not too many places in the United States radiate such a sense of our past (others might include, by the way, Philadelphia and Charleston, SC). Anyhow, this is a useful work for those who want some ideas about what to do, where to go, and where to eat in Boston.