Theatre, food, wine, museums, music and family fun—make Boston a Getaway. There’s so much to do, you have to stay over. The Boston Metropolitan area is full of rich history and cities that have spawned from that history. Spend two days exploring the historic sites as well as enjoying the shops and theaters.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Freedom Trail… This old market building, first built in 1742, sites at the site of the old town dock. Town meetings, held here between 1764 and 1774 heard Samuel Adams and other lead cries of protest against the imposition of taxes on the colonies.

• Quincy Market… For over 250 years the marketplace has played an integral role in the life of Boston’s residents. So if you are ready to see, taste and touch a true Boston experience, come to this historic and exciting place.

• Duck Tour… Boston Duck Tours operates a fleet of restored World War II era DUKW’s. These amphibious vehicles played an important role in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war. Now, Boston Duck Tours and Boston’s Museum of Science have teamed up to present the history of these remarkable vechicles.

• Dinner at the Hard Rock Café

• Shear Madness Show… It is sheer madness, this trifle of comedy masquerading as a murder-mystery known as “Shear Madness.” And it’s been causing sheer madness ever since it opened two decades ago, making the play the longest-running consecutive run in American theater history.

• Salem Witch Museum… The museum brings you back to Salem 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic history lesson using stage sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration—an overview of the Witch Trials of 1692.

• Myth & Monsters… Ghouls, ghosts, vampires, and werewolves are some of the creatures stirring in this theatrical exhibit. Special events during the month of Halloween.

• House of Seven Gables… Explore Salem’s oldest mansion, the inspiration for Nathanial Hawthorne to write his famous novel. The secret staircase is of particular merit, as it is said to have hidden girls accused of witchcraft and also served as an escape route to the Hidden Railway.