Two days of city, and a pond in Concord
Boston, Massachusetts · 2 nights · May · Jun · Sep · Oct · up to 8
Boston is the rare American city you can cross on foot, and the North End is the part worth eating your way through. Two nights and one large day out: Walden Pond is twenty-five minutes west in Concord, a kettle pond with a path all the way round it and the site of the cabin marked on the north shore. The car park closes once the reservation fills and the closure is posted in advance, so make it a weekday. The Liberty was a jail, which is a better hotel story than most.
The ending
A path around a deep, cold kettle pond in second-growth woods, a cairn of stones on the far shore where the cabin stood, and the water going flat as the day drops.
That is Walden Pond, Concord. See how private it is and when it’s open.
Do
- Boston Food Tours North End
- Boston Harbor Cruises Sunset Sail
- Fenway Park Tour
- Spa at The Newbury Boston
Eat
- Neptune Oyster
- Row 34
Stay
- The Liberty Hotel
- The Verb Hotel
Is Walden actually quiet?
On a weekday morning, yes. In July at midday it is a swimming beach with a queue for the car park. The east and north shores empty out as soon as you start walking.
Two nights?
One for the city and one for Concord. A third night here becomes museums, which is a fine trip and a different one.
The planner doesn’t build Boston, Massachusetts yet — we can name the places here but not yet enough of them around it to fill 2 nights without repeating. Read this one, then build your own somewhere we can.