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Newbury Street and Back Bay

Eight blocks of shops and cafés in Victorian brownstones, near the Commonwealth Avenue Mall's tree-lined promenade.

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Open
Shops keep their own hours
Price
Free to browse
Time Needed
1.5 hours
Address
Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Arlington, Copley or Hynes stations.

Why Go

Back Bay was built on filled-in marshland in the 1800s, a grid of elegant brownstones. Newbury Street is its shopping street, and Commonwealth Avenue's central mall is a beautiful walk.

Nearby

View Boston4 min walkMapparium and the Mother Church8 min walkBoston Public Library and Copley Square8 min walkTrinity Church12 min walk

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