Walk in Boston # 9, the Chinatown, Downtown and Financial Districts

Walk in Boston # 9, the Chinatown, Downtown and Financial Districts, explores the center of the city, but not necessarily where the tourists are. 

It's a 2 miles unusual self-guided tour to visit three different parts of Boston.

You'll find Asian restaurants and bakeries, department stores and a lot of skyscrapers along your way.

🧁There is an excerpt of it below to give you an idea of what ​​it is.

 💓Otherwise, it is available in full for a few $ on Payhip/ImagesVoyagesImpressions in a PDF file that you'll be able to download on your phone.

👌NB: 

• You can read much more about the general content and philosophy of these walks on the home page and see some comments there too.
• The excerpt is the beginning of the description (a bit truncated here), after the full map and the useful info about highlights, metros, buses, bikes, restrooms, and so on. 🚗
• The letters correspond to points indicated on the map, so you always know where you are along the trail or where you're heading.

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A: Your walk begins at ... and once you exit the subway, turn left onto ... Ave unless you have chosen the exit that leads there.

You then enter the old Leather District with its red brick buildings dating from the 19th century, now a mix of various shops and apartments.

When you arrive at ... Street, turn right and you will soon see that you are approaching Chinatown.

B: You will be there once you pass its arch on the other side of Surface Road.

On the right, just before it, a small garden with bamboos and fountains. To the left and a little further on Hudson Street, retirees play board games in a public space with tables and benches; it’s as if you were suddenly in Asia!

To continue your exploration, stay on ... Street or take the adjacent streets until you find ... St.

Whatever you do, you're sure to see plenty of Asian restaurants, bakeries with mouth-watering cakes, jewelers and souvenir shops.

​If you stay on ... St, you'll find Knapp St on your left and across the street, a supermarket with products often not found elsewhere (Google map says its entrance is at Washington St, the next street over, but I always entered through there!).

C: Anyway, once you get to ... St, which you turn right on (unless you want to find the supermarket entrance on the left), you’ll be in what used to be called the combat zone in the 1960s.

It was known for its sex shops and prostitutes, but since the 2000s, it’s become quite respectable!

A little further on the right, you’ll see the WNDR museum and its interactive art installations. You could easily spend an hour there if the entrance fee doesn’t put you off.

You’ll also see some interesting facades on your way, most of which were renovated a few years ago.

(The rest if on the pdf...)

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Ready to explore the city on your own?

Find this Walk in Boston # 9, the Chinatown, Downtown and Financial Districts, at Payhip.com/ImagesVoyagesImpressions along with some of the 17 others of the same series that you might like, all updated regularly, and you’ll soon be on your way to unique adventures!

​NB: In case you haven't seen it already, the map showing you where all these walks are is on the Walk in Boston page, along with links to some walks’ bundles offers and suggestions for your first visit.