Visitors to the city who want to see the sights of downtown Boston, yet also experience some of the city's classic history at the same time can walk The Freedom Trail, which the city has set up free of charge for people to follow and learn about America's oldest city. The Freedom Trail begins at the Information Center on the Boston Common. Visitors can simply follow the Red Line on the sidewalk which will connect them to the 16 different sites along the trail. The trail is 2 and a half miles long and takes about 3 hours to walk and properly see. It ends in the naval yard at the U.S.S. Constitution, which is only open from 9:30 to 3:50 PM on Thanksgiving.
Known as the Rodeo Drive of Boston, Newbury Street is one of the most popular shopping and eating streets in all of Boston, beginning at the Boston Public Gardens and going down to Massachusetts Avenue. It stretches from high-end hotels like the Ritz Carlton all the way down to record stores and hole in the wall bars. Try to find the restaurants open serving drinks and possibly a special Thanksgiving Day meal. Regardless of what is open, the classic architecture of the brownstones lining the nine blocks of Newbury Street will make a perfect place to walk down on a brisk fall day.
While many fine hotels like The Four Seasons and The Ritz Carlton in Boston serve Thanksgiving dinner for their guests, there are many fine restaurants in the city which serve special Thanksgiving Day menus for locals and tourists alike who want to have a Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant. Upstairs on the Square in Cambridge, just over the Charles River by Harvard, serves a Thanksgiving meal which is popular with locals, college students and tourists who need dinner plans for Thanksgiving, as both cheap and expensive menus are offered in two dining rooms, along with a full bar.
Upstairs on the Square
91 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
617-864-1933
upstairsonthesquare.com
