Harvard Student Agencies - Lets Go Boston: The Student Travel Guide

PAGES PACKED WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

Value-packed, unbeatable, accurate, and comprehensive.

The Los Angeles Times

The guides are aimed not only at young budget travelers but at the independent traveler; a sort of streetwise cookbook for traveling alone.

The New York Times

Unbeatable; good sight-seeing advice; up-to-date info on restaurants, hotels, and inns; a commitment to money-saving travel; and a wry style that brightens nearly every page.

The Washington Post

THE BEST TRAVEL BARGAINS IN YOUR BUDGET

All the dirt, dirt cheap.

People

Lets Go follows the creed that you dont have to toss your lifes savings to the wind to travelunless you want to.

The Salt Lake Tribune

REAL ADVICE FOR REAL EXPERIENCES

The writers seem to have experienced every rooster-packed bus and lunarsurfaced mattress about which they write.

The New York Times

[Lets Gos] devoted updaters really walk the walk (and thumb the ride, and trek the trail). Learn how to fish, haggle, find workanywhere.

Food & Wine

A world-wise traveling companionalways ready with friendly advice and helpful hints, all sprinkled with a bit of wit.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A GUIDE WITH A SPIRIT AND A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE

Lighthearted and sophisticated, informative and fun to read. [Lets Go] helps the novice traveler navigate like a knowledgeable old hand.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The serious mission at the books core reveals itself in exhortations to respect the culture and the environmentand, if possible, to visit as a volunteer, a student, or a teacher rather than a tourist.

San Francisco Chronicle

LETS GO PUBLICATIONS

TRAVEL GUIDES

Australia
Austria & Switzerland
Brazil
Britain
California
Central America
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, Nicaragua & Panama
Eastern Europe
Ecuador
Egypt
Europe
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala & Belize
Hawaii
India & Nepal
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Peru
Puerto Rico
Southeast Asia
Spain & Portugal with Morocco
Thailand
USA
Vietnam
Western Europe
Yucatan Peninsula

ROADTRIP GUIDE

Roadtripping USA

ADVENTURE GUIDES

Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Southwest USA

CITY GUIDES

Amsterdam
Barcelona
Berlin, Prague & Budapest
Boston
Buenos Aires
Florence
London
London, Oxford, Cambridge & Edinburgh
New York City
Paris
Rome
San Francisco
Washington, DC

POCKET CITY GUIDES

Amsterdam
Berlin
Boston
Chicago
London
New York City
Paris
San Francisco
Venice
Washington, DC

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Attention please, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Fenway Park. Its a beautiful day for baseball, and Lets Go is ready to take the field. Lets take a look at todays lineup, starting with the umpiring crew: these introductory chapters will orient you to whats safe and whats out in Boston. At first base, the is all you need for striking out into volunteer, work, study, and other opportunitiesand having a ball with them.

And now for the starting lineup, the coverage chapters, for this Lets Go team. Leading off, in center field, , complete with climate information and maps of Boston itself, is batting ninth.

For those attempting to place a call from Fenway Park, Lets Go lists phone numbersincluding area codeafter a . In Daytrips, a given citys area code appears opposite its name and is also denoted by a ; the area code for Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville is 617. For fans convenience, Lets Go also mentions the nearest public-transportation station or line to as many establishments as possible, though sometimes this is understood by the neighborhood the establishment is in. Similarly, when a city is implied by neighborhood, we leave out the city name.

A NOTE TO OUR READERS. The information for this book was mostly gathered by Unofficial Guide researchers from January through May of 2010; some information was collected from January through May of 2009. Each listing is based on one researchers opinion, formed during his or her visit at a particular time. Those traveling at other times may have different experiences, since prices, dates, hours, and conditions are always subject to change. You are urged to check the facts presented in this book beforehand to avoid inconvenience and surprises.

RESEARCHER-WRITERS

Dogged in the pursuit of truth, justice, and the accurate prices at North End bakeries, or the right word to describe a hopping bar. Her real strength was in the field, where she spent every minute needed to get her copy right. Her assignments often took her to the fringes of Bostonbut she went the distance every time.

Lillian took time out from her busy freshman year to research for the Lets Go bringing a Colorado sensibility to the high streets of Harvard and the gritty corners of Fenway. During the spring, her good cheer and ready smile made her unforgettable back at the office. We wish her the best.

Lets Go veteran veteran and model researcher in every way, Julia returned from the sunlit fields of Italy to the brick streets of Boston to write for the Lets Go: Boston. The only way to describe Julias copy is invaluable: her eloquence. memory, and attention to detail were a godsend. Her professional unflappability in the face of danger and recalcitrant software will be sorely missed.

Unforgettable from the beginning, Katherine proved to be a star of the 2011 Lets Go: Boston. Her editors were always eager to read the next of her well-written submissions, which reflected her energy and ability to go beyond the required, adding listings and descriptions that could only come from her. Perfectly at home in Beacon Hill but equally adept in the odd army supply shop or restaurant, she left her own mark on the book.