Boston Massachusetts was first incorporated as a town in 1630 and in 1822 Boston became a city which is one of America?s oldest cites. Boston is home to nearly 590,000 residents as well as many coveted institutions of higher learning and some of the world?s finest hospitals.

Boston is also home to numerous cultural and professional sports organizations as well as an expansive financial district. Millions of people visit Boston to tour its historic neighborhoods like the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, and the North End.

Boston is an historic city of contrasts. Ancient red-brick sidewalks twist past handsome Federalist houses on the way to soaring glass towers housing state-of-the-art technology. The sports teams are the best loved and the most hated at one and the same time. Residents are fiercely protective of their neighborhoods and fiercely critical of the MBTA, the government and the weather. In the harbors of Boston lie both the majestic U.S.S. Constitution, still commissioned to fight America's battles, and scores of sleek white fiberglass pleasure boats. There are tiny restaurants tucked into rosy brick town houses on Beacon Hill and huge restaurants on the dizzying tops of skyscrapers in the downtown. Food ranges from the most radical of nouvelle chic to down-home Cajun. Boston is a diverse modern city of neighborhoods. From the North End to Bay Village, Back Bay to the South End, Jamaica Plain to Charlestown, the city shows its diversity of populations, of languages, of foods and philosophies. Immigrants from every corner of the globe have been welcomed by the city and re-shaped into Americans whose memories and customs enrich the community. Boston is a city where politics is everyone's hobby but sports are taken very seriously; where you can hear six different languages in Filene's Basement in one morning; where the world's largest record store and the stately dome of the Mother Church of Christian Science are in the same neighborhood, and where gilded stone lions and a towering 60-story wedge of glass comfortably rub shoulders.

Sports fans come to Boston to enjoy a Red Sox game at Fenway Park as well as the large number of minor league teams located throughout Massachusetts. Bruins and Celtics home games are played at the Boston Garden and the New England Patriots games are played a short drive away in Foxborough MA. Outstanding museums such as the Museum of Science or the Museum of Fine Art should be part of any visit.

Accommodations are plentiful and diversified. You can spend your time in a hotel on the historic waterfront or next to the Public Gardens (with its charming Swan Boats) or close by the Boston Common. Getting around is easy with Boston?s wide reaching public transportation system.

You can get just about anywhere using the MBTA and Logan International Airport is your gateway to the rest of the world. Bostonians are very proud of their city, their history and their heritage, so people from other places are always welcome here.

Former President Clinton called Boston a nationwide model in crime prevention. Boston has a lower crime rate than most major cities across the country. There are unlimited reasons to come to Boston Massachusetts and we hope you will find one that suits your plans and visit here soon