Boston is a highlight of many cruises along the Atlantic coast. In this city full of American history, you’ll find plenty to see and do. While sights like Fenway Park or the Public Garden often come to mind when you think of Beantown, you don’t have to look far from where your cruise ship is docked to find entertainment.
Boston’s Seaport District, also known as the South Boston Waterfront, is located just minutes away from the city’s cruise terminal. Here’s what you’ll find after a short walk:
Boston Children’s Museum (BCM)
If you’re vacationing with your children this summer, be sure to take them to this award-winning museum that looks out onto Fort Point Channel. Highlights of the BCM include a bubble exhibit, hands-on construction site and rock climbing wall. Parents are guaranteed to have fun too. The museum’s design is quite interesting and is a great photograph location. After its major renovation in 2006, the building incorporated green technology including a rain run-off system that is used for irrigation and plumbing.
In the summer months, visitors look forward to an extra treat. Families can eat and play outdoors at the colorful and cool waterslide park – just look for the giant Hood milk bottle.
When completed, the Boston Harborwalk will be a 47-mile pathway along piers, beaches and shoreline stretching from Chelsea Creek in the north to the Neponset River in the south. The best part of the existing path is by far the section located on Fort Point Channel. This mixed use area is full of artists’ studios and unique architecture. For one of the best views of Boston Harbor, make your way up to the observation deck on 470 Atlantic Avenue.
If you just need a place to get away from the bustle of the city, Fan Pier is where you should go. Here you can enjoy what is arguably the best view of Boston. Get out your camera because the amazing panorama from East Boston to the Harbor Islands isn’t something that you’ll want to forget.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Boston is a place to not just experience history, but also appreciate art. The ICA was founded in 1936 as the Boston Museum of Modern Art and was housed in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. The ICA moved to the Seaport District in 2006 after the constriction of its stunning new building. Many of the museum’s exhibits tackle real social issues and use materials from everyday life for these works. The ICA is a contemplative space, and a great place to visit after a busy day of sightseeing.
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