A Whirlwind Boston Weekend Getaway Itinerary

So I got to thinking this morning that instead of waiting to take a week long New England trip next fall when Luke get's his time off. Why not take a weekend trip in the summer. This is just an idea and probably won't happen but I decided to come up with an itinerary of what all we could do if Luke took the Friday and Monday off from work...

In advance we would buy 2 1-Day Go Boston Cards for $50 a person. This will save a ton of money on various tours and give us the option to do other stuff to. We'd also need to download and print a copy of the Freedom Trail Map.

So here is the schedule of events:

Fly in Thursday night after work

Friday:

Wake up early and drive down to Boston and park under the Boston Common

Spend day walking the Freedom Trail while listening to MP3 Tour ($15) and riding the Beantown Trolly (free with Go Card - $29 savings per person) 

The Trail includes the following historical stops:

USS Constitution (free with Go Card - $4 savings per person) 

Bunker Hill Monument & Museum

Copp's Hill Cemetery 

The Old North Church 

Detour for a stop at Mike's Pastry 

The Paul Revere House (free with Go Card - $3.50 savings per person) 

Faneuil Hall - Eat Lunch (historic talks ever 30 mins)

Site of the Boston Massacre 

Old State House (free with Go Card - $7.50 savings per person) 

Old South Meeting House (free with Go Card - $6 savings per person) 

Old Corner Book Store 

Boston Latin School

King's Chapel Burying Ground 

King's Chapel 

Granary Burying Ground 

Park Street Church 

The State House (call in advance for scheduled free tour) 

The Boston Common (15 min Swan Boat ride - free with Go Card - $2.75 savings per person)

After completing the trail, return to the North End for an early dinner.

After dinner head over to the Museum of Fine Arts for a quick tour before it closes at 9:45 (free with Go Card - $20+ savings per person) 

After museum head back to Beacon St for a drink and snack at Cheers 

Saturday:

Wake up and have breakfast at Parker's Maple Barn  

Have a casual morning in Nashua/Hudson

Grab lunch at Wally's 

Have a free evening with friends

Sunday:

Go to Hudson's meeting

Have lunch with friends

Head down to Rockport/ Glouchester to spend the afternoon and evening

Monday:

Wake up and head back down to Boston to tour Fenway Park ($12/per person) 

Tour Samuel Adams Brewery ($2/per person) 

Catch afternoon flight home


I love this schedule because it includes most of the main things I either loved doing or always wanted to do when I lived in New England. The only thing I might consider adding is heading down to Cambridge to stroll around Harvard a little. And with the Go Boston Cards we will end up saving at least $45 on all our tours not counting the restaurant discounts that come with it.


What summer vacations do you have planned?