With warmer temperatures and the calm that precedes summer, spring is the ideal season to discover Boston. As the days lengthen, there’s plenty to do and see, from whale-watching cruises and historical city tours to discovering the picture-postcard New England coast. Here are some tips for enjoying Boston this spring.
- Check out Boston’s top sights on a hop-on hop-off tour by vintage-style trolley.
- Head out to sea to spot migrating humpbacks and other species of whales on a whale-watching boat trip.
- Retrace the footsteps of Boston’s 18th-century American revolutionaries on a walk along the Freedom Trail.
- Discover Boston Common, Quincy Market, and Cambridge’s Harvard University and Harvard Square on an in-depth Boston day tour.
- Enjoy the spring air and views of Boston’s historic USS Constitution tall ship on a harbor dinner cruise.
- Brave an evening ghost tour to experience some of Boston’s spookiest places and legends.
- Soak in the springtime scenery and rugged capes north of Boston on a coach tour of New England’s coast.
- Dig into a lobster roll and more of Boston’s classic seafood and Italian fare on a food tour of Boston’s cobbled North End.
- Explore the strange events surrounding 1692’s witch trials and executions on a day trip to Salem, Massachusetts.
- Reenact the 1773 dumping of chests of British tea into Boston Harbor at the Tea Party Ships and Museum.
