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Boston Best Parking - Discount Parking

Favorite thing: Finding an affordable place to park in Boston can be a daunting task. If we are staying in town, we usually leave our car parked in the hotel lot and take the T. But, on the occassion when we decide to stay at a hotel outside of the city center we like to have options regarding parking. There are plenty of places to park, but the prices can be steep.

So before we head to Boston we search for the nearest parking garage to the location where we plan to spend most of the time and print out a discount coupon, you can save quite a bit of money this way.

The latest of our trips to Boston we park at 60 State Street Garage located at 60 State Street steps from Fanieul Hall, the average price was way over $20, we saved more than half off the parking. With our coupon printout we pay $10 all day.

Here is the link http://boston.bestparking.com/index.php

Visitor Center

Favorite thing: There are quite a few visitor centers throughout Boston and its a great way to familiarize yourself with a few different and unique thinngs to do in this wonderful city.

Aside for providing maps, pamplets and breouchures, there are also gift shops where you can also purchase Boston souvenirs.

This particular Visitor Center is located directly next to Old State House.

Take a walk along the waterfront

Favorite thing: Walking, its one of my favorite ways of getting around a city. I enjoy walking and finding new places to explore whether on or off the beaten path.

I have found that some of my best memories are those where I was just walking, stopping along my way with no set agenda and with plenty of time to do anything. I have found some great small shops, cafes, bars and pubs this way.

The Information Pin

Favorite thing: As we were walking along Christopher Columbus Park we came across what looked like a huge pin (I've seen a bank use this same idea). I had seen them in other parts of Boston and decide to take a closer look and find out they they are all about.

Apparently they are used to "pin-point" a place of interest on your visit to Boston. Cute idea!

Parking

Favorite thing: We circled around trying to find a place to park, after driving into the Prudential Center and noticing that their prices were very steep (even for us New Yorkers'). We quickly did an enter and exit and continued to look for a place to park. We found a place about three blocks from The Christian Science Center where we were reluctant to leave the car.

The place was down an alley and looked a bit "dodgy". We decided to just pray and hope that the car would be okay while we did our thing in the city.

We paid $10 to park until 8:00 pm (we arrivied sometime around noon).

Needless to say, the car was fine and we worried about nothing. I will try to find the receipt with the information regarding this parking place.