Secret Boston Guide: A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar (Secret Guides) (Jonglez Secret Guides) - Softcover

Schmitt, Kiernan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2361957175 ISBN 13: 9782361957179

Publisher: Jonglez, 2024

Synopsis

Let Secret Boston guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.

Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Boston guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 100 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Boston guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

• Cower before a Viking
• Conjure the ghosts of a lost convent
• Sit on an unsittable bench
• Artistically arrange abandoned rocking horses
• Worship a cod
• Roam ruins of a zoo
• Tour a dozen enormous eggs perched on an island
• Honor the forebears of Excel spreadsheets
• Lose yourself in a trippy Russian artistic dreamscape hidden in a Masonic Hall
• Honor a huge pear
• Rent a dragon
• Find Harvard's secret pig
• Take a mini gondola ride through teeny Venice
• Fall in love with a Donkey
• Kiss President Jackson's lips
• Read 20,000 cookbooks

 Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Boston offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Boston well or would like to discover the other face of the city.

About this title

About the Author

Kiernan Schmitt is a writer and travel podcaster based in Somerville, MA. His podcast "Out of Office: A Travel Podcast" explores destinations around the world, but Boston always draws him home with its many hidden historical and artistic wonders.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonglez
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2361957175
• ISBN 13: 9782361957179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228