EXPLORE THE AREA!

Take the "T" into Boston or take a road trip for the day.
 

Around Town
Boston is the home of many beautiful museums and cultural facilities, including the world class Museum of Fine Arts, the intimate Gardener, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of African American History, the Science Museum and Omni Theater, and the Acquarium, also with Omni Theater.  Start in Copley Square, in the heart of the Back Bay, and view the city panorama from atop the modern John Hancock building (by I.M. Pei), set dramatically behind historic Trinity Church.  Stroll up fashionable Newbury Street and proceed through the Public Garden, wending to the antique stores and cobblestones of old Charles street.   Lunch in the Italian North End.  Take the red line to the John F. Kennedy Library (also by Pei) seated boldly over the water looking out on the city.  Or take an amphibious duck boat tour. Or, for walkers, follow the Freedom Trail to historic landmarks such as Paul Revere's Old North Church, whose signal set in motion the American revolution.  Or take the Red line to Cambridge and stroll around Harvard Square.  Or rent a municipal bike for the day to combine more of the sites in your day in Boston. 
 
Day Trips   
  • Stroll to the historic landmarks of the Freedom Trail.  
  • Take a ferry from the Seaport to quirky, artistic Province Town. 
  • Take a whale watching tour.
  • Drive up to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to see historic Strawberry Bank and stroll the shopping district.  
  • Proceed north from Portsmouth to beachy Ogunquit, Maine.
  • Or just grab a municipal bike in Copley Square and see the neighborhoods of the city, from the Innovation District and Seaport to the Italian North End, and up along the Charles River to Harvard and MIT in Cambridge.  
The Boston team is happy to provide guidance as you plan your tour of our historic city.

"T" Tips: 

Looking for transportation?  Reach most tourist destinations on America's first subway system, the Boston "T".  Note that Lasell is a few blocks from the Riverside T stop on the Green, D line.    

To ride the T, first, get a Charlie card at the station or on line at http://www.mbta.com/fares_and_passes/passes/ .  If you want unlimited rides, load your Charlie card with the pass of your choice; Get an unlimited pass for a day for $12.00, or for 7 days for $21.25.

The "T" runs from 5:00 a.m. to midnight.  An app for directions to any destination on the "T" (for either Iphone or Android) is found at: https://transitapp.com/.

To navigate the "T", identify the stop where your destination is, and the color of the line that reaches that stop.  There are four color subway lines: red, orange, green and blue.  Head to the line of the right color by taking whatever train is available where you are to a stop where the desired line intersects.  The four lines all intersect at the center of town.   

"Inbound" vs. "outbound" -  It's possible to be on the right line heading in the wrong direction!  "Inbound" means you're heading toward 'Park Street" station and "Washington Street" station which are adjacent stations at the center of town.  "Outbound" means you're heading away from these central locations, out from the center of town.  For instance, if you are on a track that says "inbound" when you know you need to be heading away from Park Street, or outbound, you'll need to walk upstairs, and over to the other side of the track to get on a train heading outbound.  To get on a line of different color, ride inbound to the center of town where you can switch to a different color line.

And if you're heading "outbound" from the center of town, you should make sure you're heading in the right direction outbound, since from Park Street at the center of town, every train is heading "outbound" whether its heading north or south!  To make sure you're going the right direction, use the car name; Each car has the name of the last stop on the line in the direction its heading.  So if you know you're on the outbound track on the red line, determine whether you want the outbound red line toward "Alewife" to the North, or the outbound red line toward "North Quincy," to the south, and make sure the car you get on has that name.  

And finally, even if you're heading in the right direction, still be sure to make sure you're on the car thats heading to the right endpoint in the right direction, since there may be multiple endpoints for a single line in a single outbound direction!  For instance, the Green line outbound train has four different end points and you would not wish to get on a green line train to Riverside only to end up at Boston College!  To make sure you're on the right car, again check a map to learn the name of the end point on the line that leads to your chosen destination.  Make sure the car you board has the name of that end point on it.  If not, you may be on the wrong car even if you're on the right color line heading in the right direction.

In summary, know your destination stop and the line that reaches it.  Determine if you need to head inbound or outbound on that line from where you are - towards the center of town or away from it.  And finally, when you've identified the right direction, determine the car whose endpoint will take it past the stop you need and only board that car on your chosen track.  Phew!  Its not hard once you get the hang of it, but newbies beware of easy mistakes.   



 
 











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