Choose Walk in Boston # 10, charming Beacon Hill, to have a taste of old and wealthy Boston by going up and down the hill. This walk is one of the 4 essentials to discover the city on and off the beaten path. It is also a 2 to 3 miles self-guided tour, half indoor, half outdoor, to explore one of the prettiest historic neighborhoods of Boston. You will often walk along small streets lit by gas lamps and may imagine you are in an old European town. It is available on Payhip.com/ImagesVoyagesImpressions in pdf format with a clickable map (very useful to access a lot of additional information on the places that interest you) and detailed descriptions of your itinerary (you'll see the link to access it below). On this pdf, in addition to the map and the description of your itinerary, you will find:
You will be able to download this pdf on your phone (or just the map if you prefer) and it will help you in your discoveries without forcing you to follow it, allowing you to wander in this part of the city knowing that you will not be lost. If it’s your first visit, that should be a comfort! Find now this pdf on Payip.com/imagesVoyagesImpressions. Otherwise, the text below, incomplete, without map and without photos, is the beginning of the description of this walk. It’s perhaps not the most recent one as revision on it are made regularly, but it should give you an idea of what you will have on this pdf if you are still hesitant to buy it right away. Remember, though, these walks focus on art, culture, architecture, open spaces, and free entries, not anything else. A: Your walk begins at the Charles/MGH T. station. Once you exit it, take Cambridge Street towards downtown (if you get to the river, turn around!) to reach your first stop on the left, the Museum of Medical History. Its opening hours are quite limited during the day so check them before leaving if you want to go there. B: It is part of Massachusetts General Hospital, the oldest and largest hospital in the city, and inside you will find a map of everything else you can see in the hospital without needing to be ill! The museum itself tells you the history of medicine and offers you an overview of its most recent discoveries through interactive media presentations and temporary exhibitions. On the first floor, you can learn how the hospital grew, the problems it had to solve to be built there, and how its innovations paved the way for other hospitals around the country. On the 2nd floor you will find a garden with views of Beacon Hill. C: Your next stop will be the Old Vilna Synagogue where, if you can visit it, you will learn more about Jewish immigration from the 1880s to 1924. To get there from the Museum of Medical History, take Cambridge Street again, cross it to go up Grove Street (it’s quite steep!), then turn left onto Phillips Street. You've now reached the end of the extract of Walk in Boston # 10, charming Beacon Hill.
Convinced it is what you were looking for? You can find it on Payhip.com/ImagesVoyagesImpressions and buy it as a pdf. There, you'll also find the 17 others walks of this series if you want to further explore the city on your own.
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