Attractions
Charles Riverboat Tours
The Charles Riverboat Company features daily sightseeing tours and evening sunset cruises on the Charles River. Enjoy a relaxing cruise as the Captain points out the most historic sights of Boston and Cambridge including Beacon Hill, Esplanade Park, the Back Bay, Boston University, MIT and Harvard.
Harvard University
Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest university in the United States. Harvard graduates include scores of world leaders including six U.S. Presidents -- John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John F. Kennedy. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Harvard Yard includes such noteworthy buildings as Wadsworth House which served as temporary headquarters for General George Washington in 1775; Daniel Chester French's statue of John Harvard and Widener Library which houses the largest university book collection in the world with over 13 million volumes.
Tales of Old Cambridge Walking Tour
This walking tour of Harvard Square is led by a professional guide who will conjure the Village of Olde Cambridge in the days of witches, heretics, heroes, rebels and spies. Hear true tales of Puritan punishments, the witch that wasn't, Anne Hutchinson's Trial of the Century, the tumultuous events that erupted into the Revolutionary War and the secret midnight burial in the Olde Burying Ground.
New England Aquarium
The mission of the New England Aquarium is to increase understanding of aquatic life and environments, to enable people to act to conserve the world of water, and to provide leadership for the preservation and sustainable use of aquatic resources. This mission is fulfilled through exhibits, education, conservation and research programs. Exhibits showcase the diversity, importance and beauty of aquatic life and habitats, and highlight critical aquatic conservation issues through programs emphasize species, habitats, and issues critical to New England.