City Smart: Boston [Paperback]

Lisa Matte (Author)

Book Description

Series: City-Smart Boston | Publication Date: April 2000

Expert advice from author Lisa Matte helps people enjoy the best Boston has to offer -- whether they live there or are just visiting. Sections on history, neighborhoods, and transportation make anyone feel like a longtime Bostonian. Entertaining sidebars feature insider secrets and interesting trivia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 1st edition (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562614835
• ISBN-13: 978-1562614836
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,635,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide written by a Boston resident, September 27, 2000

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Lovetripper.com Romantic Travel Magazine - See all my reviews

This review is from: City Smart: Boston (Paperback)

The best guidebook makes you feel like you've got a good friend in town, one ready to share the out-of-the-way finds and to keep you clear of the tourist traps. City Smart Boston is one of those guides. Author and Boston resident Lisa Matte offers up suggestions on her hometown that range from accommodations to dining, from shopping to cultural activities, all designed to help you make the most of your visit.

We especially appreciated the accommodations section, covering properties that range from five-star to bed-and-breakfasts. Details important to romantics, from terry cloth bathrobes to on-site gourmet dining facilities, are included in the hotel writeups. Along the way, readers find a sprinkling of fascinating trivia (hey, bet you don't know which Boston hotel called John Wilkes Booth a guest just a week before he shot and killed President Lincoln!)

Romantic travelers also find plenty of sizzling nightlife activity covered in this guide, including where to see the Boston Pops and the hottest places to dance the night away. A special section takes a look at Boston's best Irish pubs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars City-Smart Guidebook: Boston, May 11, 2000

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nancy (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City Smart: Boston (Paperback)

DON'T visit Boston without consulting this informative and easy to read guide book. Local residents to international travelers will find this guidebook the key to planning visits that memories are made of. The best guidebook I have ever read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Smart Book/Smart City, March 21, 2001

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Jeffrey Laign/Travel Writer-Editor (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City Smart: Boston (Paperback)

Entertaining, informative, indispensible for exploring one of America's most fascinating destinations, City Smart: Boston belongs in your carry-on bag. Veteran travel writer Lisa Matte, a Boston-area native, is as smart as the city itself, and she brings to the book a real insider's expertise, with anecdotes and stories that perfectly illustrate Boston's quaint, colorful and sometimes quirky history. Abundant photos and maps quickly acclimate readers unfamiliar with Boston. If you're planning a trip to Beantown, get familiar with this book.