Frommer's Boston 2002 Book

What's New in Boston

1 The Best of Boston

1 Frommer's Favorite Boston Experiences
People Are Talking About
2 Best Hotel Bets
Site Seeing: The Best of Boston on the Web
3 Best Dining Bets

2 Planning Your Trip to Boston

1 Visitor Information
2 Money
3 When to Go
Boston Calendar of Events
4 Health & Insurance
5 Tips for Travelers with Special Needs
6 Getting There

3 For Foreign Visitors

1 Preparing for Your Trip
2 Getting to the United States
3 Getting Around the United States
Fast Facts: For the Foreign Traveler
4 Getting to Know Boston

1 Orientation
It's a Big, Big, Big, Big Dig
The Neighborhoods in Brief
2 Getting Around
Fast Facts: Boston

5 Accommodations
1 Downtown
2 Beacon Hill
3 Charlestown
4 South Boston Waterfront (Seaport District)
5 Chinatown/Theater District
6 The South End
7 The Back Bay
Family-Friendly Hotels
8 Outskirts & Brookline
9 Cambridge
10 Dorchester
11 At the Airport

6 Dining

1 Restaurants by Cuisine
2 The Waterfront
3 The North End
Sunday Brunch
4 Faneuil Hall Marketplace & the Financial District
5 Downtown Crossing
6 Beacon Hill
7 Charlestown
8 South Boston Waterfront (Seaport District)
9 Chinatown/Theater District
Yum, Yum, Dim Sum
10 The South End
11 The Back Bay
Family-Friendly Restaurants
Picnic, Anyone?
12 Kenmore Square to Brookline
The Great Outdoors: Alfresco Dining
13 Cambridge

7 What to See & Do in Boston

Suggested Itineraries
1 The Top Attractions
Let's Make a Deal
On Top of the World
2 The Freedom Trail
Welcome to the North End
3 More Museums & Attractions
4 Historic Houses
5 African-American History
Focus on Women's History
6 Parks & Gardens
7 Cambridge
Celebrity Cemetery
8 Boston Neighborhoods to Explore
Photo Synthesis
9 Especially for Kids
10 Organized Tours
11 Outdoor Pursuits
A Vacation in the Islands
12 Spectator Sports

8 Boston Strolls

1 Walking Tour 1: The Back Bay
The Dirt on the Big Dig
2 Walking Tour 2: Harvard Square

9 Shopping
1 The Shopping Scene
2 Shopping A to Z

10 Boston After Dark

1 The Performing Arts
2 The Club & Music Scene
3 The Bar Scene
4 More Entertainment
5 Late-Night Bites

11 Side Trips from Boston

1 Lexington & Concord
2 The North Shore & Cape Ann
North of Boston: Road Tips
A Whale of an Adventure
North Shore Beaches
3 Plymouth

Appendix: Boston in Depth

1 Boston Today
2 History 101
Dateline
3 Boston Cuisine: A Gift from the Sea (& Land)
4 Recommended Books, Films & TV

Index
General Index
Accommodations Index
Restaurant Index

Other helpful guides for your trip include Frommer's New England 2002 (ISBN: 0764564463) and Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Boston (ISBN: 0764562282)

This guide contains 2-color interior maps, a 4-color map on the interior cover, a 4-color sheetmap and a 16-page color insert.