I’m just back from my first trip to New England, AND I LOVED IT. I spent most of the trip glamping on Cape Cod and doing a day trip to Nantucket, but I had about a day and a half in Boston.
I’ve been obsessed with Gilded Age mansions for a while now so of course I’ve had my eye on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Yes, it’s a house but she actually built it to be a personal museum for her extensive collection.
Usually when I’m researching a trip, I will seek out bookshops and sometimes even trek pretty far to visit a place that looks special…given the time crunch in Boston, I did absolutely no research so imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon the SWEETEST bookshop in Beacon Hill.
Tatte (like Latte) has 22 locations in the Boston area and I don’t know about you, but as a traveler in an unfamiliar city I LOVE when there’s a super nice local coffee shop/bakery with locations everywhere you seem to be.
I love a hotel with a good theme/story and boy does this one have one! The Liberty was an old jail (completed in 1851 and in use up through the 1990s) and they’ve won awards for their preservation work.
You can’t go to Boston without at least walking by the Cheers bar. It’s right off of Boston Commons so you don’t have to go out of your way. Come in and have a drink if you must, but I’m warning you…the food is downright awful!