Boston Tour 3/18:
We will go to Boston on March 18. Visit Museum of Fine Arts, Freedom Trail or Skywalk in Prudential Center and maybe eat lobsters.
In total we will walking about 3 miles. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes keep your warm.
Remember to bring your student ID for discount.
Prepare money(<$100) for Tickets for train, museums, subway, lunch and maybe dinner.
Below is the detail trip plan.
And in the end there is a google map for this trip. Please click it.
And I attached some of the information of this trip.
Enjoy it.
1. 9:06 – 10:20 Durham – Boston North Station $16.00
2. 10:20 (If we want, we can have a fast lunch at Burger King near north station. Or we will go to Museum of Fine Arts directly)
Point A: North station
Point B: 103 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114 (Burger King))
3. Take Boston Subway green lane(Lechmere to Heath Street) from NORTH STATION to Museum of Fine Arts(I attached the subway schedule).
You can find the subway map from
http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/?route=GREEN (Click the interaction map to view detail)
$1.70 (CharlieCard)
4. Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mfa.org/visit/index.asp?key=3
We will spend several hours in this museum.
It opens from 10:00am to 4:45pm.
Students 18 and older $15 (OISS said it will be free if we use student ID card. But the website said it’s $15. So bring your Student ID )
I attached the floor plan. You can find the exhibition in it.
5. After the Museum, we have several options (depends on time and weather)
Option One:
We can go to Prudential Tower for a Skywalk. (Take subway from Museum of Fine Arts to Prudential)
Student with college ID $9.00
(Prudential Center)的五十樓(SkyWalk)看360度的波士頓市景.
http://www.prudentialcenter.com/shop/shop_detail.php?id=64
Point D in map.
Option two:
Go back to north station directly(If we do not have enough time, we have to take 6:20pm train back to Durham)
Point A in map.
Option three:
Freedom Trail from Park Street Station
We will take subway green line from Museum of Fine Arts to Park Street Station
Have lunch here (Burger King)
Then we will start Freedom Trail from here.
Point E in map.
Option four:
Freedom Trail from Faneuil Hall Marketplace
We will take subway green line from Museum of Fine Arts to Government Center
Have lunch here
Faneuil Hall Marketplace -- Boston & Maine Fish Company 吃大碗的Clam
Chowder和Lobster Roll (龍蝦沙拉放在熱狗包上), Then start freedom trail from here.
We will walk about 2 miles. Prepare comfortable shoes and clothes keeping your walk.
Point F in map.
Point G in map.
Point H in map.
6. Back to North Station.
We will be back to North Station before 6:00pm.
Point I.
7. 6:20pm train back to Durham.
That’s all!
Here is the map.
Driving Directions
Start address: North Station
End address: North Station
Start at: North Station
2. 3.6 miles by subway
Arrive at: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
3. 1.4 miles by subway
Arrive at: Prudential Center
4. 1.7 miles by subway
Arrive at: Park Street Station Burger King 128 Tremont St Boston, MA 02111
5. 1.2 miles by subway
Arrive at: Faneuil Hall Marketplace Inc 4 Faneuil Hall Market Pl Boston, MA 02109
6. 1.5 miles by walking
Arrive at: Bunker Hill Monument 42 Monument Sq Charlestown, MA 02129
7. 0.4 mile by walking
Arrive at: USS Constitution Museum 22 Charlestown Navy Yard # 28 Charlestown, MA 02129
8. 0.7 mile by walking
Arrive at: North Station
