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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
The strait-laced Yankee sensibility is laid bare in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Boston, a smart, savvy, no-holds-barred travel guide to New England's premier city. Learn the method behind the madness that is the Big Dig, how to fast-track the Freedom Trail, and how to find the bar Where Everybody Knows Your Name. Savor the city's best bowl of clam chowder and the bluebeery ale at the microbrewery near Fenway Park. Find out which nightclubs the eggheads at Harvard, MIT, and BU visit to lose brain cells. You'll get all this and much more entertaining, insightful travel advice and tips in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Boston.
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"Full of solid, insider information with just the right amount of cynicism."
About the Author:
Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the IRREVERENT GUIDES—the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend.
Look inside for the lowdown on:
- The best places to stay, from luxury to budget-conscious—plus where to avoid conventioneers
- Where to find that perfect cup of New England clam chow-dah
- The top sights for everyone from art enthusiasts to nature lovers to Revolutionary War buffs
- The best neighborhoods for unrepentant shopaholics
- Boston's preeminent nightlife—from comedy clubs to the best local jazz joints
Marie Morris grew up in New York and graduated from Harvard, where she studied history. She has worked for the Boston Herald, Boston magazine, and the New York Times. She’s the author of Boston For Dummies, and she covers Boston for Frommer’s New England. She lives in Boston, not far from Paul Revere.
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- PublisherFrommer's
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0764573705
- ISBN 13 9780764573705
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number5
- Number of pages221
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