A leading intellectual and cultural hub, Boston has long been associated with a certain patrician snootiness, yet, thanks to the constant influx of young blood to its numerous universities, it is a centre for fresh ideas and cutting-edge arts. Although its charming old neighbourhoods are impeccably preserved, this is a modern and increasingly style-conscious city, proudly displaying the results of decades of intensive urban regeneration.
Celebrated Boston pizzeria
Ancient wooden booths, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra on the jukebox, brusquely attentive waitresses, a decent house chianti and some of the best traditional pizza pies in town – Pizzeria Regina is everything you'd expect from an old-fashioned pizza parlour in Boston's 'little Italy'....
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America's oldest restaurant
Don't write off the Union Oyster House because of its 'Ye Olde' prefix and gift shop selling cornbread mix and lobster-themed trinkets....
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Boston's opulent jewel
In contrast to the austere style associated with New England religious architecture, Trinity Church, conceived by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in 1877, is an exuberant explosion of colour and pattern on a Greek cross model....
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Take in the rich history of America’s Revolution
The red brick sidewalks of the Freedom Trail winds 2 and one half miles to link some 16 historic sites of the Revolutionary War period....
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Established in 1800
Charlestown Navy Yard was once the country's premier naval dockyard....
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Christian Science's offbeat legacy
Arguably Boston's most unusual attraction, the Mapparium is in the world HQ of the Church of Christ, Scientist, where there are also two turn-of-the-19th-century churches and a 670ft reflecting pool designed by IM Pei in the 1960s....
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Long-standing gallery
This is one of the most prestigious galleries in the city, and Barbara Krakow is the reason why....
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The "Sweetest" Place In Boston
Modern Pastry Shop began serving over 70 years ago....
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One of Boston's finest
The spiritual forefather of Greater Boston's thriving Irish pub business, Plough & Stars has been going for some 30 years....
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Actually two libraries...
The original structure of Boston Public Library, designed by Charles McKim and completed in 1895, is now the research library, while an extension opened in 1972 functions as a general library....
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