48 Hours in Boston - Discover the Best Hotels and Things to do in Boston

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2012
  • Travel expert Simon Calder explores Boston in 48 hours. Join him as he finds the best hotels and things to do in Boston and shares his insights on exploring, dining and relaxing there.
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  • @ronhanisco8697
    @ronhanisco8697 3 года назад +4

    I am an ironworker, and I worked on the Charles Street jail retrofit, and the hotel behind it. Proud of that job. It was a challenge.

    • @dottiekiley2171
      @dottiekiley2171 3 года назад +1

      Ypu are too cool to have worked on that. I remember seeing prisoners from the windows of mass general hosp. It was closed because of an important case regarding humanity. One prisoner killed another with a toilet seat and it became a landmark case. Im glad its a nice hotel now.

  • @krapug11
    @krapug11 6 лет назад +5

    Boston rocks ! We moved here in 2015 and have not looked back. Old South Church is a not to miss shrine, and we attend services there on a regular basis, after being away from church for over 30 years.

    • @danmccauley80
      @danmccauley80 3 года назад

      How far away is Plymouth rock from Boston please?

  • @danmccauley80
    @danmccauley80 3 года назад +1

    Simon Calder is great

  • @brianc1481
    @brianc1481 10 лет назад +28

    I feel so lucky to live in the Boston area. I see a different side of Boston. I'm gonna start being a tourist in my own city. I love this town.

    • @carmen-georgianapopa2393
      @carmen-georgianapopa2393 4 года назад +1

      You are very lucky. I am from Romania but I also visited Boston, Cambridge and Salem, I fell in love with New England.

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад +1

      That Is His Resources Get Around The City

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад +1

      Be the Same No Matter He Lives

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад +1

      He Bad Hope Any World Come Hood Be Same That Bad Mos

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад +1

      Eat Alive A Thong

  • @SHS854EVER
    @SHS854EVER 7 лет назад +15

    As a fellow Boston Native i strongly recommend our great city we have so many great area of Boston to See

    • @alonzo9772
      @alonzo9772 5 лет назад +1

      Apartments are so expensive, though.

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 4 года назад

      @@alonzo9772 Top notch secondary education

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 3 года назад

      How long have you lived in Boston?

    • @SHS854EVER
      @SHS854EVER 3 года назад +1

      Gail Stone all of my life born and raised

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 3 года назад

      Are you sure?? Just joshing witcha...
      Dorchester, born and raised... And damn proud of it.

  • @rutubabiofertilizers1885
    @rutubabiofertilizers1885 4 года назад +4

    The best tour of Boston.......and I have seen a great many!

  • @davidwadsworth8982
    @davidwadsworth8982 6 лет назад +2

    In Feb. must go the Bean Pot Hockey Tournament BU, Harvard, Northeastern,Boston College, these two Mondays will make you a college hockey fan for sure.

  • @sandrasoares3311
    @sandrasoares3311 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for your time and have a great day and
    Have fun with your time and I look forward to seeing you soon!
    Sandra from Brockton mass . 🇺🇲🏒⛸️🦞🍎🐳🐙☀️🌹👍👁️🤩
    I live boston for age 5-23i well always be happy I live in Boston
    I live south end of boston .

  • @bhaskarmondal1801
    @bhaskarmondal1801 5 лет назад +1

    Really awesome videos... many thanks for this... :)

  • @terencesommer6307
    @terencesommer6307 6 лет назад +3

    Enjoyed this very much.

  • @michaelz9892
    @michaelz9892 4 года назад +1

    Best Boston guide I have seen.

  • @anema510
    @anema510 10 лет назад +1

    Wonderful & very very informative! I live here, but your video offers such a fresh fun perspective

  • @neildentoom
    @neildentoom 7 лет назад +3

    Actually fantastic.

  • @pete5668
    @pete5668 7 лет назад +1

    the "what's left of our freedom" trail is a nice walk indeed.

  • @chrisboza97
    @chrisboza97 10 лет назад +2

    I always wanted to go to Boston

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 4 года назад

      Have you been since this comment?

  • @666tbird
    @666tbird 7 лет назад +4

    Guys she never said Revere had anything to do with the Civil War...she was talking about the poem by Longfellow, which was indeed written on the eve of the Civil War in 1860. Go Red Sox.

  • @quackcement
    @quackcement 8 лет назад +15

    this guy should review every city on earth, his ability to act like a fool is what makes this interesting to watch.

  • @donnatibby7978
    @donnatibby7978 5 лет назад +3

    Just 35 miles south on Route 3 is Plymouth . The hometown of America . How can anyone get to Boston and not travel those few miles to see The Mayflower, Plymouth Rock , Plimoth Plantation and then take a boat Whale Watching ? And then another boat across to Provincetown on Cape Cod and then the Ferry from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard . Please don't go to Boston and then miss out on many other beautiful places that are so nearby .

    • @clairegibbons7805
      @clairegibbons7805 5 лет назад +1

      The Cape is and always has been totally overrated

    • @dinoradja2980
      @dinoradja2980 3 года назад

      Plimoth rock is little more than a stone

  • @joyceburman512
    @joyceburman512 7 лет назад +2

    very interesting

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад

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  • @shailendrat1833
    @shailendrat1833 8 лет назад +2

    nice place in the world

  • @ellenw391
    @ellenw391 6 лет назад +2

    BTW a lil update to anyone seeing this in 2018. Mr. Bartley's prices are now triple what you see. Still a good burger, but OUCH!

  • @xraystorm3116
    @xraystorm3116 9 лет назад +8

    Fallout 4!

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 6 лет назад +1

    The Freedom Trail is fun a bit long but fun. You really don't need a map. The city of Boston made it quite simple. the trail is embedded in the sidewalk. you follow a brick line and it leads the way. 2.5 miles might not sound like that far but trust me its far. Even trying to skip entering a few places it still took me 4hrs to walk it.

  • @DigitalIslandboy
    @DigitalIslandboy 7 лет назад +1

    There's a BUNCH of airports that are named "Boston Airport". Even Manchester, New Hampshire's airport is known as "Boston" and that is about an hour away.

  • @bonnnti
    @bonnnti 8 лет назад +4

    The friendlywalking city

  • @kimmoses6397
    @kimmoses6397 9 лет назад +22

    it is not Boston Airport, it is called Logan Airport

    • @khunopie9159
      @khunopie9159 9 лет назад +1

      Kim Moses ARRRRGGGGG!

    • @bumblebeemoi
      @bumblebeemoi 8 лет назад +4

      If our host wanted to meet us in London, would he tell us to meet him at "London Airport"? Of course, not. He would call it Heathrow! n NYC, meet us at Laguardia or JFK (known as Idlewild" before that). It's Logan and just get used to it.

    • @pete5668
      @pete5668 7 лет назад

      General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport.

    • @trok313
      @trok313 6 лет назад +2

      Boston Logan airport.

    • @trok313
      @trok313 6 лет назад

      Boston Logan airport

  • @MsGnette
    @MsGnette 5 лет назад +1

    I’m a little confused if someone can give me tips
    What airport do you fly into?
    How do you find the charter boat for $10 to get you to the city ?

    • @francoquartarone2903
      @francoquartarone2903 4 года назад +1

      Jenny Rodriguez you fly into Logan Airport

    • @kenb3552
      @kenb3552 4 года назад +1

      You fly into Logan International Airport (BOS). Ask anyone in the airport to direct you to shuttles to the water taxis.

  • @InfamousMedia
    @InfamousMedia 10 лет назад +1

    north end! big up hanover street

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад

      Northside Gangsta

    • @dottiekiley2171
      @dottiekiley2171 3 года назад

      This is a dumb question but where is that ferry? Where in cambridge did they land? Im from here and I have never seen landmarks for this. Also, Dr. samuel prescott, a dentist, also made the trip, by horse, to concord but took a different route than revere.

  • @danielueblacker9118
    @danielueblacker9118 5 лет назад +1

    If you don't agree with the power in charge, sounds like 2019...... nothing has changed.

  • @billsmith5985
    @billsmith5985 7 лет назад +2

    Well the Salem side-trip was a total bust....any more 'bright' ideas?

  • @shawmutfinlay
    @shawmutfinlay 10 лет назад +5

    Probably not one native Bostonian interviewed in the whole video.

    • @GoofyNewf
      @GoofyNewf 9 лет назад +2

      Well, they never went to any of Boston's true neighborhoods. Rozzie, West Roxbury, Hyde Park and some from Dot are where true Bostonians are found.

    • @hugoharington263
      @hugoharington263 9 лет назад

      I'm left!

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 4 года назад

      @@GoofyNewf born and raised Field's Corner!! 👍👍✌️🇺🇸

  • @trok313
    @trok313 6 лет назад +1

    Boston Logan airport

  • @j.louisv.123
    @j.louisv.123 7 лет назад

    You people played Japanese music while showing a Chinese house in the Salem Museum. BIG pho-paw !!!

  • @ellenw391
    @ellenw391 6 лет назад +2

    This "historical woman" needs to review both her History & her poetry. “One, if by land, and two, if by sea” is how it went. Yes, there were 2 lanterns, because they went by SEA (not marching on land).

    • @francoquartarone2903
      @francoquartarone2903 4 года назад

      Ellen W she gets it right, the redcoats marched from Cambridge, they just had to be ferried there, then they marched from Cambridge

    • @kenb3552
      @kenb3552 4 года назад

      They went by sea (2 lanterns) because the British were ferried by boat from Boston across the Charles river to Cambridge and from Cambridge the British marched through Middlesex County to reach Lexington and Concord.

  • @begonagr
    @begonagr 10 лет назад +3

    VIVAN LOS PATRIOTAS FUT BOOL AMERICANO

  • @zekehooper
    @zekehooper 7 лет назад +3

    no matter how nice it is I would not want to stay in a refurbished jail! Just knowing what went on in there is enough to keep me out.

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 4 года назад

      @BosoxnationI972 umm- hey!! I've enjoyed your other comments, but want to say this: Charles Street jail was a jail where people awaited sentencing, and served for sentences less than 1 or 2 years. It was nutoriously known for its extreme overcrowding, 6-8 in a cell intended for one, with a single bare light bulb. What I've just described is true of the jail in the 1970's. The ROOM in which the host sat was the drunk + tank.
      Enjoy your day. Go Sox! ❣️

  • @Perry1965
    @Perry1965 7 лет назад +1

    sole survivors playground

  • @saruman152
    @saruman152 10 лет назад +1

    The value of a person in the United States determines the amount of a bank account.

  • @bumblebeemoi
    @bumblebeemoi 8 лет назад +1

    Mary doesn't know crap. She gets the "one if by land, two is by sea" reversed. She did not mention an important, and interesting fact that the Bunker Hill Monument is not on "Bunker Hill" but on Breed's Hill, where indeed, most of the battle was fought.

    • @francoquartarone2903
      @francoquartarone2903 4 года назад

      Philip Bourdon the 2 if by sea was for the Cambridge ferry, the redcoats ferried there then marched from Cambridge, she gets it right

  • @ArchYeomans
    @ArchYeomans 8 лет назад

    Tell me: Where is the gold grasshopper?

  • @pangpengmaster
    @pangpengmaster 3 года назад

    21:26 what accent is this?

    • @SirElliott32
      @SirElliott32 3 года назад

      Late reply, but it sounds Scottish.

  • @zenarrrow
    @zenarrrow 7 лет назад

    At 5:40 she says Paul Revere was a messenger on the eve of the American Civil War. Hahaha

    • @JimDorman
      @JimDorman 6 лет назад

      No - she said Longfellow wrote his poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" on the eve of the American Civil War., which right before LOL.

  • @HistoryAtPlayLLC
    @HistoryAtPlayLLC 10 лет назад +6

    Come back and visit me at the Bell in Hand!! I'll take you on that Pub Crawl I promised through the Freedom Trail Foundation. (If that doesn't make sense, then watch starting at 11:35) Signed, Deborah Samson ;)

    • @johntaylor5605
      @johntaylor5605 10 лет назад

      Pub Crawl is a British thing/saying ... Don't you Yanks have Bars, so if you could drop the British thing ... We don't want to be associated with a terrorist loving city like Boston.

    • @HistoryAtPlayLLC
      @HistoryAtPlayLLC 10 лет назад +1

      Too late! You already are. Tough luck there, Mate. And, by the way, Yanks live in NYC.

    • @DorkofCork
      @DorkofCork 10 лет назад

      John Taylor Many Irish settled in Boston, so calling it a "Pub Crawl" is appropriate.

    • @VulcanTrekkie45
      @VulcanTrekkie45 10 лет назад

      Judith Kalaora Yanks is a totally British term. The term here is Yankee, and it refers to the sort of upper strata of New England society that can trace their lineage back to the original English settlers.

    • @DorkofCork
      @DorkofCork 10 лет назад +1

      I never associate "Yanks" with the upper strata of New England society so it shows that word associations can change from person to person. I first think of George M. Cohan and the song "Over There".
      Over there, over there
      Send the word, send the word over there
      That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
      The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
      So prepare, say a prayer,
      Send the word, send the word to beware
      We'll be over, we're coming over
      ,And we won't come back
      till it's over, over there

  • @anthonypeters3838
    @anthonypeters3838 3 года назад +1

    Do not rent a room at the Avalon motel in Saugus Massachusetts.
    Someone broke into my nieces room and stole money.
    They didn’t care.
    There are no microwave ovens to heat your food and there are mice there.
    The Avalon motel is a bad place.
    Whoever reads this spread the word.

  • @newdude01
    @newdude01 7 лет назад +2

    I want a original Winklevoss burger, not some fake burger.

    • @danmccauley80
      @danmccauley80 3 года назад

      Zuckerberg invented the winklevoss burger 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Ourselvesalone2014
    @Ourselvesalone2014 9 лет назад +1

    She is also wrong-it was 1 if by land 2 if by sea... She said they hung 2 and marched.... Whoops.

    • @bumblebeemoi
      @bumblebeemoi 8 лет назад

      Nah, having been a tour guide during the bi-centennial, she just isn't that good or knowledgeable

    • @francoquartarone2903
      @francoquartarone2903 4 года назад

      BosoxnationI972 perfect response, so many people criticizing her when they didn’t even understand what the hell she actually said LoL

  • @salasvalor01
    @salasvalor01 8 лет назад +2

    In my opinion, sports, food and environmental qualities are the least important aspects of culture. Maybe not food :)
    The most important part of culture is the people! Lets talk behaviors/styles/politics/social life/community.

    • @bumblebeemoi
      @bumblebeemoi 8 лет назад

      True, Sage. But the motivation here is to get people to visit and unfortunately, most tourists simply seem uninterested in getting know the people. They seem satisfied with the superficial stuff that was presented here.

  • @123Rosko
    @123Rosko 10 лет назад

    ooops she said the American Civil War when talking about Paul Revere....

    • @bostoncustomtours
      @bostoncustomtours 8 лет назад

      +123Rosko And she was correct. The poem celebrating Paul Revere was of course written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow just before The Civil War

  • @rollotwomassey
    @rollotwomassey 6 лет назад

    @21:40......Elizabeth Warren?

  • @VulcanTrekkie45
    @VulcanTrekkie45 10 лет назад +4

    $500/night? Step 1: be rich.

    • @robertreeves7675
      @robertreeves7675 4 года назад

      Ritch Elite Of City Yes Man Ritch People Do Want

  • @susanh98110
    @susanh98110 7 лет назад

    Did she say Paul Revere was a messenger on the eve of the America Civil War?

  • @tanjuyiyitalp6580
    @tanjuyiyitalp6580 7 лет назад +7

    Boston=Little London

    • @hugoharington263
      @hugoharington263 6 лет назад

      Tanju Yiyitalp No. I live and Boston and visit London periodically since I have family there. Boston is a very American city and is nothing like London.

    • @telisahampton8135
      @telisahampton8135 5 лет назад

      I'm mean I'm form boston

    • @telisahampton8135
      @telisahampton8135 5 лет назад

      I'm 78 years old I know boston i live in back bay I love boston that my city boston is London 🏢🏢🏢🕌🕌 boston is London it just in America but boston is about the same as London my home city I love boston you need to come and see the real boston it a London you need a a trip to my city my family is form boston my city is larger it nice ain't no other place like boston my home in glad be a Boston guy I had good and bad times in boston it is beautiful so come to Boston

  • @MrSalty-ks5pb
    @MrSalty-ks5pb 6 лет назад

    Swag bag

  • @cjbaerastafa5421
    @cjbaerastafa5421 5 лет назад +1

    Wtf dude. Where are the strippers. Boston has some slapping strip joints

  • @ettawing5955
    @ettawing5955 8 лет назад

    United Union Methodist Church South End.

  • @jamesdavies6120
    @jamesdavies6120 11 лет назад

    You know what whitch trials are...France the word.

  • @GjpgrD
    @GjpgrD 10 лет назад +4

    East Boston is not an airport!

    • @pete5668
      @pete5668 7 лет назад +1

      ...but Logan airport is in East Boston.

    • @romanlegion4282
      @romanlegion4282 6 лет назад

      pete5668 The Stompers and v66.

  • @andrewblackamore4668
    @andrewblackamore4668 8 лет назад

    That not Boston I've lived in Boston for 50 years never seen those places .... Wait this isn't England !
    Is it so hard for a English program to call this place Boston MASSACHUSETTS as England do have the FIRST Boston.
    Winds me up when English programs get place names wrong >:(

  • @tacticalpause3767
    @tacticalpause3767 8 лет назад

    war...war never changes

  • @dannymoulder890
    @dannymoulder890 8 лет назад +3

    Not the best host... Halts too. much. in his. speech.

    • @bumblebeemoi
      @bumblebeemoi 8 лет назад

      Those halts give a dramatic pause.

  • @Billthebaker420
    @Billthebaker420 7 лет назад

    Don't visit Boston without having steamed lobster ...

  • @collins48lc
    @collins48lc 3 года назад

    leave

  • @bubuderbose2868
    @bubuderbose2868 7 лет назад

    Don´t visit the USA.