Visit the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
If you visit Boston at any time in spring or summer, a stroll through the Genoese Highway through downtown Boston is the perfect place to spend a sunny day. Here you will find rows on rows of flowers that will enchant the senses. The garden is furnished with several small parks, each of which contains unique flowers and trees, such as magnolia from sweet cabbage or a marsh blazing star. This is a great opportunity to teach your children about gardening and the importance of sustainability and the preservation of the natural world. Parents can also take their children to the Greenway carousel, where children can ride for $ 3. Greenway is dedicated to Rosa Fitzgerald Kennedy, former President John F. Kennedy. Greenway opened in 2008 after Boston bought to destroy the aging John F. Fitzgerald freeway.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Contemporary art is not for everyone, and art here, as you say, is “advanced”. But this does not mean that everyone cannot find a piece that fascinates them if they approach the art with an open mind. Perhaps the best feature of the ICA is the stunning view it provides on the Boston skyline on the cantilevered glass wing that extends over the Boston harbor.
The museum has not always been in its modern facility, since the ICA has moved 13 times since its foundation in 1936. In many ways, this Diller Scofidio and Renfro building reflects the new technological culture in Boston and shows how the city is seeking to marry a new wave of industries with the city’s cherished historical sites.
Art here is not just connected between frames. ICA is a hotbed for large-scale interactive works of art that completely immerse the audience. Do not expect to understand everything you see. Embarrassed, be terrified, give yourself the opportunity to see the leaders avant-garde movement of art on the full display.
Tours of the Old Town
Nights are not easy for sleeping, especially when traveling to Boston. Like all old cities, Bittown is home to its share of creepy places and dark history. If you find yourself in the city from April to October, a visit to one of the Old-Fashioned Trolleybuses will give you the opportunity to see the dark side of the city. With the 17th century gravedigger as your guide, Ghosts & Gravestones Tour of Boston offers a night trolley ride around the city.
Stroll the streets like the Boston Strangler, who killed 13 women in the Boston area in the 1960s. But on this tour more than crimes. Visitors get to explore two of the oldest graves in the city ... on foot. Where you will either fear or move when you visit the grave sites of famous historical figures such as John Hancock, Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.
Visit the mapparium
Most tourists do not visit the library while in Boston, but there is a good reason to visit the Mary Baker Eddy Library “Mapparium”. This is a huge globe, consisting of 608 glass sections, reaching a height of three floors 30 feet wide! Built in the 1930s, the Mapparium is the first of its kind. If you are not blinded by its huge size, then the lighting system and acoustics will be. There are 206 LED lights capable of producing nearly 16 million color combinations.
Being a sphere, Mapparium produces some of the strangest echoes. Stand in the center of the camera and say something; You will be surprised when your voice sounds loud. Do not say anything provocative, standing at one end of the bridge, because everyone at the other end will be able to hear you perfectly ...
Shop in Bodega
This surreal sneakers and clothing store are located behind a vending machine in a seemingly dirty and running out bodega. Located in a residential area in Boston, the showcase is unpretentious and very easily mistaken for running the mill in the style of New York. Think about it when a boutique meets speakeasy.
Part of the experience should be confused when you step in and struggle with how to unlock & # 39; the boutique, so he describes disapprovingly, not to mention the film, how to get access. Ignorance is part of the fun. At the entrance you will be greeted by a chic trading floor, lined with dark mahogany, and a coffered ceiling. It's not all for the show, Bodega carries some of the rarest sneakers, and they have street brands that are no longer found in Boston.
