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Home Welcome Venue Getting There Submissions Registration Program Information	WELCOME TO BOSTON! and the surrounding area The North Shore, US, is closely located to both historic Salem, Massachusetts and the fantastic city of Boston, Massachusetts. Browse through to find fun things to see and do! This resource list for the surrounding area has been compiled for the International Society of Critical Health Psychology Conference, July 2007. Updated information will be posted as the date of the Conference approaches! BOSTON For general information and news http://www.boston.com http://www.bostoncitytourist.com/ http://www.bostoncitylinks.co CAMBRIDGE http://www.cambridge-usa.org/ http://www.cambridgema.gov/ http://www.harvardsquare.com/ Massachusetts: www.massvacation.com Transportation in Boston Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) – The “T” Information, maps, and schedules for Boston’s mass-transit system. http://www.mbta.com/ For specific trip planning http://trip.mbta.com/cgi-bin/itin_page_dhtml.pl Taxi in Boston Boston Cab, 1-617-262-2227 Checker Cab, 1-617-536-7000 Green Cab, 1-617-625-5000 Hotels http://www.openlist.com/hotels-browse-boston!.htm?page=1 Restaurants Restaurant Guides http://www.boston.com/ae/food/restaurants/ http://boston.diningguide.com/ Shopping Downtown Crossing http://www.downtowncrossing.org/ Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/ Newbury Street http://www.newbury-st.com/ Shops at Prudential Center and Mall at Copley Place Areas connected through suspended walkway Prudential: http://www.prudentialcenter.com/ Copley: http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=784 Sightseeing Tours Beantown Trolley and other Boston tours http://www.bostontours.us/ locations vary, Boston, 1-866-538-8687 Boston Duck Tours http://www.bostonducktours.com/ Prudential Center, Boston, 1-617-267-DUCK (3825) Fenway Park Tours http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp Tours leave from the Souvenir Store across Yawkey Way, Boston, 1-617-226-6666 Freedom Trail http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/ Begins at the Boston Common Visitor’s Center on Tremont Street, 1-617-357-8300 Exercise Charles River Reservation – “The Esplanade” http://www.marathonsports.com/Running/Images/CharlesRiverMap.pdf Map with distances between various points on the 18-mile walking/ running path along the Charles River. Other New England Aquarium http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.htm l Central Wharf, Boston, 1-617-973-5200 Swan Boats http://www.swanboats.com/new/welcome.shtml Boston Public Garden, 1-617-522-1966 Arts—Museum/Theater Institute of Contemporary Art http://www.icaboston.org/ 955 Boylston Street, Boston, 1-617-266-5152 Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum http://www.gardnermuseum.org/ 280 The Fenway, Boston, 1-617-278-5166 John F. Kennedy Library and Museum http://www.jfklibrary.org/ Columbia Point, Boston, 1-617-514-1600 Museum of Afro American History http://www.afroammuseum.org/ 46 Joy Street, Boston, 1-617-725-0022 Museum of Fine Arts http://www.mfa.org/ 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 1-617-267-9300 Museum of Science http://www.mos.org/ Science Park, Boston, 1-617-723-2500 New England Holocaust Memorial http://www.nehm.com/ Located in Carmen Park on Congress Street near Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1-617-457-8755 Paul Revere House http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ 19 North Square, Boston, 1-617-523-2338 USS Constitution http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/ One Constitution Road, Charlestown, 1-617-426-1812 Nightlife Live Music Boston Symphony Hall www.bostonsymphonyhall.org 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA (617)-266-1492 Ryles Jazz Club http://www.ryles.com/ 212 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA (617)-876-9330 Wally’s Cafe http://www.wallyscafe.com/ 427 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA (617)-424-1408 Latin Dancing Boston Harbor Latin Cruises http://www.aviveboston.com/cruises.shtml (617)-817-2533 Havana Club Ballroom http://www.havanaclubsalsa.com/ 288 Green Street Cambridge, MA (617)-312-5550 Mojitos Latin Lounge & Nightclub http://www.mojitoslounge.com/home.htm 48 Winter Street Boston, MA (617)-988-8123 Salem For general information: http://www.salem.org/ Museums House of Seven Gables: http://www.7gables.org/ Maritime Historic Site: www.nps.gov/sama Peabody Essex Museum: http://www.pem.org/homepage/ Salem Witch Museum: http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/ Witch Dungeon Museum: http://www.witchdungeon.com/ Gloucester Seven Seas Whale Watching in Gloucester Seven Seas Warf on Route 27 http://www.7seas-whalewatch.com/index.html Man at the Wheel statue Stacey Boulevard, Gloucester Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester Atlantic St. off of Route 133 Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester Thatcher Road, Route 127A http://www.gloucesterma.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=121 Others Singing Beach, Manchester-by-the-Sea Beach St http://www.seecapeann.com/see_manchester.html Crane Beach, Ipswich MA Argilla Road http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/294_crane_beach.cfm?redirect=yes North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly Performing High School Musical in July 2007 62 Dunham Road http://www.nsmt.org/index.php Rockport http://www.rockportusa.com/ Newburyport http://mytownlive.com/Newburyport.MA