My hubby and I are going away to Boston area, any ideas? ?

We're going to Quincy Market, the New England Aquarium, Glouster and Salem. Any ideas on any of these places and other things we could go do? These are my husbands ideas. Whats the Quincy Market all about? And Glouster? What is there to do there? Salem, too? Thanks for anyones help!My hubby and I are going away to Boston area, any ideas? ?
Quincy Market/Fanueil Hall is an outdoor mall with a very large and diverse food court. The Hall itself is quite historic. There are usually musicians or acrobats out front. It's on The Freedom Trail, a red line in the pavement that links the most important historical sites together.



The water shuttle from Long Wharf to the Charlestown Navy Yard is a really beautiful mini-cruise that gets you to the USS Constitution, the oldest ship in the US Navy. The shuttle is $2.00 per person, the cheapest harbor cruise you'll ever find. The view is great.



Salem has a witch theme, and gets wild this time of year. I like the Peabody Essex Museum.



Gloucester is a traditional sea-faring town that still has an active fishing fleet. Next door is Rockport, which has a nice arts colony. Both are very scenic.



As to what else, it depends on your interests. There's history, art, sports, nature, science, all kinds of things. The Boston area is one of the cultural gems of this country. Oh, and shopping. That's Newbury Street and Copley Place.
Of course if you are doing Boston make sure you cross the river and do Cambridge, too.



And you are probably looking forward to eating good seafood. Most locals will suggest you do an Italian meal in the North End as well.

But I suggest that you also eat at one of the Portuguese restaurants

(they are clustered in East Cambridge) or a restaurant serving cuisines of Portuguese speaking nations. Every one of them is excellent with comparatively low prices and with exception of the Brazilian barbecue places lengthy wine lists that again are priced incredibly for fine quality eating places. The last time I checked (last week) Restaurant Laura, featuring Cape Verdean cuisine was the only restaurant that participates in the in the national RewardsNetwork and Airline Dining

clubs that has been rated by customers absolutely perfect: rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by everybody so far. (Restaurant Laura is located in the Upham's Corner section of Boston's Dorchester district and yes we have been there and it is great).My hubby and I are going away to Boston area, any ideas? ?
Here's a link for quincy market if you want to pre-plan :)

http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/



The aquarium

http://www.neaq.org/index.php

The IMAX theater is really cool.



Gloucester

http://www.gloucesterma.com/



Salem

http://www.salem.org/



You might want to do this too

http://www.bostonharborcruises.com/



You didn't say how long you are staying - you might want to ferry over to Provincetown. Great people watching, quaint area. Not sure what shops are still open

http://www.provincetowntourismoffice.org鈥?/a>



If you want to trek around the cape a bit

http://www.theflex.org/
Quincy market is a big shopping area in downtown Boston



Try going to the historic sites on the freedom trail,visit the various museums, get pizza at Crazy Dough's (awesome pizza!) Plenty of nice restaurants, go to a sporting event if that's your thing

When you'rein Gloucester, also check out neighboring Rockport
go to quincy market you can spend a whole day there, its really nice has everything and walking distance to water where u can go on boats and other activites
see a movie at the IMAX theater its right next to the aquarium and you can purchase your ticket for the aquarium and theater at the same place
check out eagles deli the home of the 5pound hamburger

http://www.eaglesdeli.com/