Audio tourUrbirun Boston - Highlights
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Audio tour Summary
Distance: 9.9km / 6.15mi (*13.3km / 8.25mi)
Elevation: low/medium
Rotation: counterclockwise
Parks/Pedestrian: 5.3km (ca 53%)
Urban constraints: medium
Suggested start: Boston Public Garden west entrance / as any urbirun route, you can start wherever you want. Watch for the route rotation direction.Public transportation: Arlington Station - B, C, D, E lines
The most European, and almost the oldest, of American cities, Boston mingles the modernity and height of the typically American skyscrapers with a historical, colonial architecture, all red brick, giving it a peculiar charm. You will run up Beacon hill charming streets, and cross the town's oldest part and therefore one of the country's oldest, before exploring the seashore and the Charles River green banks.
*Alternative route: you can make a longer tour (13.3km), continuing along the Charles River, to the iconic Fenway Park baseball stadium
You'll be able to select between different distances during your run.
NB: if you are unsure, check your position on the map and the track. - 1 Boston Common
- 2 Massachussetts State House
- 3 Charles Street & Beacon Hill
- 4 Great Fire of Boston
- 5 Old State House
- 6 Samuel Adams Statue
- 7 Quincy Market
- 8 Long Wharf
- 9 North End District
- 10 Boston Garden
- 11 Charles River
- 12 urbirun Boston Marathon
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Audio tour Summary
Distance: 9.9km / 6.15mi (*13.3km / 8.25mi)
Elevation: low/medium
Rotation: counterclockwise
Parks/Pedestrian: 5.3km (ca 53%)
Urban constraints: medium
Suggested start: Boston Public Garden west entrance / as any urbirun route, you can start wherever you want. Watch for the route rotation direction.Public transportation: Arlington Station - B, C, D, E lines
The most European, and almost the oldest, of American cities, Boston mingles the modernity and height of the typically American skyscrapers with a historical, colonial architecture, all red brick, giving it a peculiar charm. You will run up Beacon hill charming streets, and cross the town's oldest part and therefore one of the country's oldest, before exploring the seashore and the Charles River green banks.
*Alternative route: you can make a longer tour (13.3km), continuing along the Charles River, to the iconic Fenway Park baseball stadium
You'll be able to select between different distances during your run.
NB: if you are unsure, check your position on the map and the track.
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