The Best Things to Do in Boston in 2 Days, Boston, Massachusetts

If you asked me before I started my East Coast Fall Road Trip what city I was most looking forward to visiting I would have definitely answered New York. Poor old Boston wouldn’t have even been considered.

Despite knowing it was one of the oldest cities in the US which would usually appeal massively to the history lover in me, I just didn’t think Boston would be any competition to New York.

Turns out that I couldn’t have been more wrong. Over our 2 days in Boston, I very quickly fell in love, in fact, Boston is now one of my favorite cities in the United States.

And I am so glad that I got to experience fall in Boston. In fact – I loved it so much that I returned again for another two days during fall 2019.

Massachusetts turned out to be my favorite state on the East Coast too, and I wrote a separate piece about all the small towns in Massachusetts I loved as much as Boston.

I’ve spent five nights in total in Boston and feel like I barely scratched the surface of what the city has to offer – you can’t really see everything in Boston in 2 days, but we absolutely loved what we did get a chance to experience. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).