What to book before you travel to Boston?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

Trip length

Weekend One week Two weeks

4 activities to book · about €95 per person

Boston

Days 1-7

Days 1-7Museum of Fine ArtsOne of the largest museums in the United States, with nearly 500,000 works and outstanding Japanese, Egyptian and Impressionist collections, plus Copley, Sargent and Paul Revere in the Art of the Americas wing.€26Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumA Venetian-style palace around a flowering courtyard, where works by Titian, Botticelli and Rembrandt hang exactly where the collector placed them, beside the empty frames of the unsolved 1990 theft.€22Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Fenway ParkMajor League Baseball's oldest ballpark, opened in 1912 and home of the Red Sox, famous for its 11-metre Green Monster wall, its manual scoreboard and its wooden seats from 1934.€26Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Boston Harbor IslandsSome thirty islands at the mouth of the harbour, reached by seasonal ferries from Long Wharf, including Georges Island and its granite Fort Warren and Spectacle Island with its beach.€21Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: Freedom Trail · Beacon Hill · North End · Harvard and Cambridge

All activities in Boston on GetYourGuide

Indicative prices per person, checked when written. The button opens the GetYourGuide search for the activity and the town, on the days of the stop once your dates are known. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

Frequently asked questions

How much do the activities to book in Boston cost?

€95 per person if you do them all, across 4 bookings. The most expensive is "Museum of Fine Arts" at €26, the cheapest "Boston Harbor Islands" at €21. Prices checked when written: confirm them when you book.

What can you do in Boston without booking anything?

4 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with Freedom Trail, Beacon Hill, North End, Harvard and Cambridge. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

The rest of the trip

📒 The free printable Boston guide: itinerary, map, where to sleep→ 🗓️ Best time to visit Boston, month by month→ 🎟️ What to book: all our destinations→