Location: Seaport District / South Boston Waterfront
Top Things to do in Seaport District / South Boston Waterfront
What to do and see in Seaport District / South Boston Waterfront, Massachusetts (MA): The Best Things to do
Walk the Freedom Trail the first time you visit Boston and you'll quickly get a sense of this coastal city's revolutionary spirit and history. But make sure you also explore some of Boston's fine museums (try the Isabella Stewart Gardner, featuring masterpieces displayed in their collector's mansion) and old neighborhoods (like the North End, Boston's Little Italy). You can't claim to have experienced real Boston culture, though, until you've watched a Red Sox game from the bleachers.
Restaurants in Boston
1. Mass Brew Bus
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 7 reviews
Join us on The Mass Brew Bus for a unique experience showcasing Massachusetts booming craft alcohol scene. We offer regularly scheduled and private all-inclusive tours in Greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts on bright green school buses that provide a behind-the-scenes look at Massachusetts craft breweries, distilleries, cideries, and more.
2. Boston Elite
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
With sensational skyline views and completely customizable options, the Boston Elite is Boston’s most innovative dining and entertainment experience. Work with our crew to create a totally unique event, and enjoy all the prestige of cruising Boston Harbor on your own private yacht.
3. Boston Crime Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 38 reviews
A tour like no other in Boston! The Boston crime tour will take you on a stroll off the brutally beaten path. Hosted by actual locals, the tour is a wicked fun look into the most wicked figures in Boston’s history. The tour is compelling, well-researched and features jokes that frequently bomb. *Contains mature language
4. Boston Seaport
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
5. Boston Children's Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 975 reviews
Highlights of this interactive museum include the "Science Playground," featuring giant soap bubble-making tools and the "New Balance Climb," which teaches kids the laws of physics while navigating through a two-story-high maze.
Reviewed By 479pattid - Hudson, United States
Spent the day at the Boston Children’s museum. There is a lot of hands exhibits for kids to interact with. We went on a Monday holiday and the place was packed. Next time I would not go on a holiday. They have a nice gift shop, but felt like it was geared for younger children. Make sure to see if your library offers museum passes, it will save you some money.
6. Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 999 reviews
Please come and visit the brewery! Rich and Dan started Harpoon to make great beer and welcome beer lovers. That founding spirit lives on every day as we pour pints in the Beer Hall, take visitors on brewery tours, and share our passion for beer with fellow beer lovers.
Reviewed By afterangel - Berkshires, United States
Ordering and getting food was so easy, and their draft beers were amazing. The food service was fast, and we ordered some "snacks" that counted as dinner! I highly recommend the pretzels with the garlic butter.
7. World Trade Center Boston
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 36 reviews
8. Fan Pier
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By MerelyATourist
My wife and I visited during a week-long trip to Boston in early July. We had just cracked some Dungeness crab at The Barking Crab, which is located just beyond the start of one end of the pier, and we decided to walk the pier from there to burn off some of the resulting calories. To call it a pier seems a little strange since it's not straight like most piers; you walk its path in an arc. From it you can view the Boston Harbor with its many sailboats, tour boats, water taxis and other watercraft plying the waves. Near the other (far) end of the pier you can view across to Boston Logan International Airport and watch the passenger jets take off and land. This end also has a marina where some nice (read "expensive") private boats are moored and where some of the smaller tour boats are based. Water taxis also arrive and leave from there. Looking away from the water you can see some pretty unusual buildings, including at one end the John Moakley United States Courthouse with its deeply curved glass window facade and an abundance of newish and no doubt extremely expensive condominiums at the other end. With respect to real estate development this is evidently one of the newest parts of the city. My wife remarked that this was the kind of Boston she wanted to see. If I had known I wouldn't have taken her to see so many old historic sites, which of course is what Boston is mainly known for. At the far end of the pier we encountered Frank Anthony's Marina Cafe, which as I write this does not yet have a listing on TripAdvisor. It apparently opened only a few weeks prior. We had not had dessert at The Barking Crab so we purchased some gelato. The Cafe also serves hot items and has apparently applied for a liquor license. They do serve coffee, of course. The servers were friendly and the place, naturally, was very clean and shiny. If you have an occasion to walk the Fan Pier consider stopping by for a snack or a drink.
9. Drink
10. Boston Fire Museum
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