| New England may offer a colder climate and fewer | | | | Conservatory and School of the Museum of Fine |
| opportunities for sunshine than the country's more | | | | Arts. As a result, it boasts a lively, youthful |
| vacation-friendly West Coast, but this north-eastern | | | | atmosphere that makes it irresistible to many a |
| region remains a popular destination for tourists in the | | | | visitor. |
| United States. Consisting of the states of | | | | Indeed, Boston's vibrant urban lifestyle and |
| Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, | | | | cosmopolitan culture has won the hearts of many. |
| Rhode Island and Vermont, New England - one of | | | | Among the numerous novels that have been set in |
| America's most historical locations - boasts a busy | | | | or near Boston are Henry James' "The Bostonians", |
| produce industry that counts seafood, potatoes and | | | | "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner and, |
| maple syrup among its main exports. However, if | | | | most recently, Zadie Smith's "On Beauty". Moreover, |
| you're planning a visit to New England and only have | | | | Boston has been represented on screen numerous |
| time to visit one location, make it Boston, | | | | times, in popular TV shows like Cheers and Ally |
| Massachusetts - the region's largest city by | | | | McBeal as well as iconic Hollywood films, including |
| population. | | | | Good Will Hunting and Martin Scorcese's The |
| As one of America's earliest founded cities, Boston is | | | | Departed. So anyone planning a visit to Boston is sure |
| famous as the site of some of the most important | | | | to have an immediate frame of reference in mind. |
| turning points in the American Revolutionary War. | | | | If you're visiting Boston, make sure you don't miss |
| From the Boston Tea Party of 1773 to the Midnight | | | | out on its native cuisine, which generally presents |
| Ride of Paul Revere in 1775, Boston's rich heritage is | | | | itself as a fine example of the food you'd find in New |
| reflected in its diversity of museums and galleries. | | | | England. Among the most well-known Boston dishes |
| When in Boston, make sure you visit the Harvard | | | | are New England clam chowder, lobsters, steamed or |
| Museum of Natural History, the MIT Museum, the | | | | fried clams and fish and chips. Boston also offers |
| John F. Kennedy Library and Museum and the | | | | visitors and residents a variety of first-class |
| Museum of Science, among a host of other | | | | restaurants, including the Union Oyster House - the |
| attractions. | | | | USA's oldest operating restaurant. |
| Moreover, Boston is renowned as one of the United | | | | Finding a hotel in Boston during your visit is easy too, |
| States' foremost centres of education and higher | | | | as many of Boston's hotels are located in its |
| learning. Often referred to as "the Athens of | | | | downtown Theatre District. From here, you'll find it's |
| America", the Greater Boston area is home to more | | | | simple to locate Boston's main performance venues, |
| than 100 colleges and universities - from the likes of | | | | its busy Chinatown or the calming Boston Public |
| Harvard University (located across the river in | | | | Garden, as well as a host of other central locations in |
| Cambridge), MIT and Tufts University to smaller | | | | the city. So you'll truly be able to appreciate New |
| conservatories and art schools, including the | | | | England's premier city in style! |
| Massachusetts College of Art, the Boston | | | | |