So we decided to go to Boston this weekend. Any ideas on what we should do/see?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

and cheap hotels in the city?

will be arriving saturday afternoon and will leave sunday evening.

We will go to provincetown second week on september.

[NewJeffCT]

1. quincy market, and you can just walk around most of

downtown Boston in a few hours.

need to think of a few places, though, as I'm drawing a blank right now.

[MorningGlow]

2. North End

MMmmmmmm...pasta...gelato...cannoli...

[MissMillie]

3. When ThomCat came

he found reasonable hotels in the financial district. (I guess they don't see a lot of action on the weekends.)


The swan boats on Boston Common.

Dinner in the North End.

Oh, and I really liked the MFA, but I'm told the Gardner Museum nearby is even nicer.

Harvard Square and Quincy Market are awesome for people watching.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. matcom's ass?

:shrug:

we aint seen it here in a while

[IndianaJones]

5. watch this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-G0MAERPA&feature=related

[Beer Snob-50]

6. walk the freedom trail..

if you are into the history thing. and like everyone else, go to the north end for food.

[applegrove]

7. Walk through little Italy and have an italian dinner in a tiny little restaurant. Top it off

with a cappucino at a cappucino bar there.

[SeaLyons]

8. Don't know anything about Boston,

but have a great time....

[Critters2]

9. Walk the Freedom Trail. It'll take you to lots of interesting sights along the way.

You'll get to the bustling Downtown Crossing shopping district, the nice open space of the Common and Public Garden. Going to Old North Church will take you into the North End, where you MUST stop and have some good Italian food. The Freedom Trail will also take you to Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall.

So, that's my recommendation. Walking the Freedom Trail will take you to most of the other things people have suggested in this thread.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. Take a harbor cruise.

www.bostonislands.com

Walk along the Charles (Cambridge side near Harvard Square is a great section.)

Eat in the North End if you want Italian food (stay off the main streets and you'll find better food.)
Eat seafood. Legal Seafood is reliable but there are many others.

Go to the Elephant Walk for good Cambodian or French food.
www.elephantwalk.com

There's lots of good food in the South End -- hard to miss there.

Walk the Freedom Trail for a good dose of colonial history.
www.thefreedomtrail.org

The Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum is a hoot -- an old mansion with an eclectic collection of art.
www.gardnermuseum.org

The Mother Church of Christian Science has a stained glass globe of the world that you can view from inside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Church_of_Christ,_Scientist_(Boston,_Massachusetts)

[marzipanni]

14. My dad took three of my friends and me to the last two on your list

for my tenth birthday, almost 48 years ago! I really like doing something fun/interesting/different rather than getting stuff to celebrate occasions. I have no idea what birthday presents I got from anyone, but I still have a good memory of my dad taking us on a "cull-cha tou-ah" (as Bostonians might say it). The postcard of the inside of the large glass globe is still in a drawer at my mom's house. :thumbsup:

[achtung_circus]

11. Lovely place

is found http://www.olivegarden.com/locator/locationSearchalt.asp">here.

[edbermac]

12. Duck tour boats are pretty good.

They drive around the city for a while, then go into the Charles River for a short stretch.

http://www.bostonducktours.com/

[FunkyLeprechaun]

13. I stayed in the Holiday Inn- Somerville

On Student Rate and it was pretty reasonable. A short walk to the Orange line and not many stops from the red line (which you can take near Filenes Basement). If you're there for only one day it's best to walk around Quincy Market (Filenes Basement is near Park Street but you can get off there on the orange line).

Quincy Market is a short walk away from Filenes Basement.

If you like Irish Pubs, be sure to say hello to the Roisin Dubh just off to the side of Quincy Market. It is a lovely pub and one of the few things I miss in Boston. (lived there for 5 years)