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Ben’s Recommendations

As a private tour guide and ten year resident of Boston, people booking a tour often ask for my advice on where to go and what to see/do in and around the city. This page contains my personal recommendations. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Restaurants

• Artu – 6 Prince Street, Boston – North End
• Towne – 900 Boylston Street, Boston – Back Bay
• Hamersley’s Bistro – 553 Tremont Street, Boston – South End
• Mistral – 223 Columbus Avenue, Boston – South End
• L’Espalier – 774 Boylston Street, Boston – Back Bay
• Douzo – 131 Dartmouth Street, Boston – Back Bay
• Atlantic Fish Company – 761 Boylston Street, Boston – Back Bay
• Legal Sea Foods – Multiple Locations
• Main Streets Cafe – 42 Main Street – Concord, MA
• Milk Street Cafe – 50 Milk Street, Boston – Downtown Crossing
• Tangierino – 83 Main Street – Charlestown, MA

For Pizza

• Pizzeria Regina – 11 ½ Thacher Street, Boston – North End
• Pico – 513 Tremont Street, Boston – South End

For Coffee and Dessert

• Cafe Vittoria – 290-296 Hanover Street, Boston – North End
• Mike’s Pastry – 300 Hanover Street, Boston – North End
• J.P. Licks – 352 Newbury Street, Boston – Back Bay

Hotels

• Nine Zero Hotel – 90 Tremont Street, Boston – along the Freedom Trail
• Omni Parker House – 60 School Street, Boston – along the Freedom Trail
• The Colonnade – 120 Huntington Avenue, Boston – Back Bay
• The Back Bay Hotel – 350 Stuart Street, Boston – Back Bay
• The Lenox Hotel – 61 Exeter Street, Boston – Back Bay

Attractions

• Boston Duck Tours – 80-minute tours depart from the Prudential Center and the Museum of Science
• Prudential Skywalk Observatory – Located on the 50th floor of the Prudential Center, it offers spectacular 360-degree views of the greater Boston area and beyond.
• The Public Garden – Back Bay, Boston and the Swan Boats
• New England Aquarium – 1 Central Wharf, Boston
• Boston Harbor Cruises – Long Wharf, Boston
• Historic Boston Sightseeing Cruise
• Sunset Cruise 
• The Black Heritage Trail – Beacon Hill, Boston (Brochure)
• Boston Red Sox Baseball – Fenway Park 4 Yawkey Way, Boston (Game Schedule)
• Tours of Fenway Park

Museums

• Museum of Fine Arts – 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
• MFA Video – New Art of the Americas Wing
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – 280 Fenway, Boston
• Gardner Museum Video
• Museum of Science – 1 Science Park, Boston
• JFK Library – Columbia Point, Boston

Theater

• BosTix – ½ Price Discount Tickets
• Boston Theater
• Blue Man Group – the Charles Playhouse 74 Warrenton Street, Boston
• Boston Opera House – 539 Washington Street, Boston
• Citi Performing Arts Center – 270 Tremont Street, Boston
• Wilbur Theatre – 246 Tremont Street, Boston

Spa and Shopping

• Exhale Spa – 28 Arlington Street, Boston – Back Bay
• Newbury Street – Boston – Back Bay
• The Shops at Prudential Center – Boston – Back Bay

Outside of the City

• Adams Historic Sites – 1250 Hancock Street – Quincy, MA
• Longfellow House – 105 Brattle Street – Cambridge, MA
• Lexington and Concord – Minute Man National Historical Park
• Lexington Historical Society – Sites in Lexington
• Concord Museum – 200 Lexington Road – Concord, MA
• Plimoth Plantation – 137 Warren Avenue – Plymouth, MA
• Mayflower II – State Pier, across from 74 Water Street – Plymouth, MA
• Newport Mansions – Newport, RI
• The Chanler at Cliff Walk – 117 Memorial Boulevard – Newport, RI (for a romantic weekend – lodging in Newport in grand style)