Anonymous
Post 04/25/2023 14:09     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Lindt chocolate store in Back bay
Cafe Jonquil (also Back Bay)
Paid Walking tour where the guide dresses up like Colonial times (my teen loved this, great tour!)
Beacon Hill/Acorn St
Lukes Lobster (we enjoyed the downtown and Back Bay locations)
Modern Pastry in North End (make your own cannoli)
Night time paid walking tour (ghost or murder tour)
Faneuil hall and Quincy market are a mist of course, but relentlessly crowded. We just stopped there for our bathroom break (was a line).

Boston is such a lovely vibrant city. My teen loved our spring break trip there. Enjoy!
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2023 10:48     Subject: Re:Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Anonymous wrote:There is a behind the scenes tour of the Boston Garden. Also a food hall nearby for before/after. Further, walking distance to Little Italy and the amazing bakeries.


Our Little Italy is called the North End, just an FYI.

In the North End - be prepared to wait, but definitely hit Neptune Oyster. (Go right when they open and it's not as bad.) Try a hot lobster roll and a cold lobster roll and figure out which one you like better! I am partial to Bova's as the best bakery in the North End, but Modern Pastry and Mike's are also amazing. Pizzeria Regina is famous as well.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2023 10:27     Subject: Re:Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

There is a behind the scenes tour of the Boston Garden. Also a food hall nearby for before/after. Further, walking distance to Little Italy and the amazing bakeries.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2023 01:00     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

train rides
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 22:18     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Duck boats, Ghost and Gravestones tour, whale watch trip, aquarium. We had so much fun!
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 21:41     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Baseball game, we went last week and it was so fun.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 21:18     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

The Lego Discovery Center. The USS Constitution. Shabu shabu in Chinatown.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:26     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Anonymous wrote:Duck Boats, Codzilla, ferry to Salem or Ptown, food tour, Sox game


This plus the tea party museum (a hit with our teens who hated the freedom trail walking tour).
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:18     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Louise Alcott house
Visit Wellesley College or another school
Rock port is cute
Lexington battle site
Canoe on the Concord River
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:15     Subject: Re:Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Walk down Newbury street.
Eat a Lobster Roll
Ghost Tour in the evening is funny and goofy
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:12     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Duck Boats, Codzilla, ferry to Salem or Ptown, food tour, Sox game
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:11     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Faneuil Hall marketplace for history and lunch!
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:10     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

We killed some time taking one of the tour busses. Quick way to see a bunch of stuff and hear some history and then decide where to focus our time.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 20:08     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

We were recently in Boston with teenagers. They loved the Italian bakeries in the North End. We also enjoyed the science museum in Cambridge. We went to the aquarium, and it was fine, but not spectacular. The Tea Party Museum was surprisingly fun.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2023 19:19     Subject: Things to do in Boston with tweens: not art or shopping!

Taking two teens to Boston and want to avoid art museums or shopping. Also want to avoid Harvard as we have already been there.

What family activities would be fun to do that fall outside these categories?

Any day trips that do not require a car?

TIA!