| As the weather cools off and the crowds calm | | | | 3. Explore Salem, Massachusetts. Salem is famous |
| down, autumn is the perfect time to visit Boston. | | | | for the Salem Witch Trials over three hundred |
| Whether you're getting your son or daughter set | | | | years ago, but the town still plays up its haunted |
| up in their new dorm room or discovering Boston | | | | history every October with reenactments and |
| for the first time, you'll want to check out these | | | | other events. While exploring Salem, be sure to |
| seasonal activities on your next trip to Boston. | | | | visit the Salem Witch Museum and the House of |
| 1. Take a fall foliage tour. New England is known | | | | Seven Gables. |
| for its vivid autumn colors. From mid-September | | | | 4. Visit Plimouth Plantation. Before you enjoy |
| through October, maple, oak, birch, and other | | | | another Thanksgiving feast, step back in time and |
| trees blossom with fiery red, sunny yellow, and | | | | see what life was really like in Plimouth Colony |
| golden hued leaves. Gray Line offers a fall foliage | | | | during the seventeenth century. This living history |
| day tour which runs from mid-September to | | | | museum lets you visit a Wampanoag homesite |
| mid-October. You'll ride past gently rolling hills | | | | and talk with descendants of New England's |
| dotted with autumn leaves and enjoy stops at a | | | | original inhabitants. You can also wander a |
| New England tavern and an apple orchard. | | | | recreated 1627 farming village and see tailors, |
| 2. Bike the Minuteman Bikeway. If you're looking | | | | potters, and basket makers using the same |
| for a more active way to enjoy New England's | | | | techniques used by the Pilgrims when they first |
| fall foliage on your trip to Boston, rent a bike and | | | | settled in Plimouth. |
| head to the Minuteman Bikeway. This scenic | | | | 5. Enjoy a bowl of clam chowder. What could be |
| bikeway retraces Paul Revere's historic mid-night | | | | more satisfying than warming up with a bowl of |
| ride to alert New Englanders of the Brits' arrival. | | | | New England clam chowder after a busy day of |
| Along the way, you'll bike through Bedford, | | | | sightseeing? Cheers in Faneuil Hall and Beacon Hill |
| Lexington, Arlington, and Cambridge in a route | | | | offers award-winning clam chowder, as well as a |
| that is particularly scenic during the autumn, when | | | | mouthwatering selection of burgers, salads, drinks, |
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