The city’s 19th century glory radiates through its grand architecture, its population of literati, artists and educators and its world-renowned academic and cultural institutions. It successfully manages to combine old world beauty with modern convenience – it’s compact, walkable, historic and clean.
artistic and historic ties, there’s a strong sports culture here, with the Boston Red Sox baseball team leading the way. In addition, the Boston Marathon is one of the most famous in the world. It’s quite likely you’ve seen something of Boston on TV – if you were a fan of Cheers, Ally McBeal or St Elsewhere, for instance. So now might be a good time to discover for yourself what the Puritan settlers of 1630 called their ‘City Upon A Hill.’
