Use your weekend to explore the cultural diversity of Boston through Market Tours. Boston's Market Tours were featured on the Food Network "Best of Boston" show. Visit Chinatown, the nation's third largest Chinese neighborhood in the United States. Sample the Cantonese cuisine in outdoor markets framed by traditional Chinese architecture. Then skip to the Italian-flavored North End where a three-hour walking tour of the North End markets. You will receive tips on purchasing, cooking, and storing foods you sample. Your tour guide will reveal historical insights into both communities as you complete the three-hour tour. Tours are held on Fridays and Saturdays.
Enjoy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as The Donkey Show gives an unusual rendering through 1970s anthems, including "We are Family," "I Love the Nightlife," "Car Wash," "Ring My Bell," and "Last Dance." The disco-themed show is a lively way to start off your Saturday night. The next morning, enjoy lighthearted educational fun with The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show at the Museum of Science Boston. Suitable for guests of all ages, the 40-minute juggling show is a comedy about the mysteries of matter including atoms, molecules, and nanotechnology.
Boston's colonial culture may be hard to ignore during your stay in the historical city. The waterfront, home to Boston's active seaport and to attractions such as the U.S.S. Constitution Museum, can help boost your knowledge of American heritage. The U.S.S. Constitution, also known as, "Old Ironsides," hosts themed sessions each weekend on topics such as A Sailor's Life for Me?, chronicling the early years of the U.S. Navy and construction of "Old Ironsides" as a museum and national landmark. After leaving the museum, relax with an afternoon of shopping in Faneuil Hall Marketplace, an historic landmark where Samuel Adams first stirred public interest in independence. The marketplace is now a bustling village full of shops, restaurants, and bars.
