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Downtown / Financial District
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Cobblestoned colonial alleys colliding with glass towers. Empty on weekends, packed weekdays, and threaded by the red brick line of the Freedom Trail.
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What to do
- •Walk the Freedom Trail
- •Rooftop drinks at Lookout (Envoy)
- •Lunch at the Quincy Market food court
- •Granary Burying Ground (Paul Revere, John Hancock)
- •Sunbathe at Post Office Square
Walking trails
Common to Bunker Hill, 16 stops, the original heritage walk.
Park St → Granary Burying Ground → Old State House.
Events
- •Boston Marathon route ends here (April)
- •Independence Day reading from Old State House
- •First Night New Year's Eve
Fun facts
- ✦The Old State House balcony is where the Declaration was first read in Boston (1776).
- ✦The Granary holds Sam Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Ben Franklin's parents.
- ✦Downtown Crossing was the first U.S. pedestrian shopping zone (1978).
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