Walk in Boston # 8, the trendy Seaport Fort point District, is a 2.5 miles self-guided tour to explore an up and coming area at the western tip of South Boston.

It will take you 2 to 5 hours to complete depending what you decide to do.

This walk is now only available on Payhip in pdf format with a clickable map and updated descriptions.

In this pdf you will also find:

• the list of Highlights.
• the Metro stops to get there and back and infos for Cars.
• tips about restrooms, places to sit and eat.
• details about a particular place you will find on your route.

You can download it (or just the map of the walk) to your phone to help you in your discoveries.

This will allow you to live a unique experience of the city far from what you might find elsewhere.

If you purchased the Boston NYC book, this download will be free for you, just send me a note for an access code for this walk.

The description below, incomplete and with cropped photos, gives you an idea of this walk before you decide to buy it.

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A: Your walk starts at … and on the 1st floor, …, you’ll find plenty of food options.

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In the meantime, don’t forget to go … on the 2nd floor and have an unusual view of … Then go out to admire the architecture of the building.

You should now be on … Street. …

At the end of the bridge, take the stair on your right; follow the …. for a few yards, until you see … on your left, after the outdoor terrace of a restaurant.

You are now in the quintessential old wharf area, but renovations are under way: the red brick buildings will become luxury apartments; the one already renovated host some of the best restaurants in town.

At … Street, go on your left until … Street, with more renovated industrial buildings and more restaurants. Then turn right.

B: At .. street, go on your left again. You’ll see a staircase toward … Street; take it, turn left and once you see a crosswalk, your destination will be on the other side.

It’s the ….

C: After that, turn left on … St. and take the staircase on the other side of the bridge. It will bring you back to … Street.

Keep going until … Street. Take it on your left.

The … is at number 344. It will allow you to ….

Next, turn right on … Street, another neighborhood with old warehouses, this time mixed with some of the new buildings that radically transformed the area a few years ago.

At …., turn right or take the pedestrian walkway in front of you if you want to browse some of the trendy shops in the area; you’ll turn right later.

At …, on your left, there was once the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Voyage.

Built in 1952 to house a congregation of sailors and dockworkers living in the area, it had many miniature sailing boats inside; next to them, there were thank you notes for safe returns. At the beginning of the 21st century, the building was in need of serious repairs; the developers tore it down to get the land; in exchange, they built a new chapel a few hundreds yards away (at point F). It has not kept the charm of the old one, but is a nice structure anyway, and you’ll have a chance to see it later on your trek.

D: Not far from there, you’ll find another kind of chapel, the ….

Even if ….

E: After that, take … toward the ocean.

Once you reach …, you’ll have wonderful views of downtown Boston and the Financial district.

The …..

To visit its first two floors, be ready to leave your camera and your phone at the entrance; once through the metal detector, three areas with rotating art exhibitions await you; you can also check the cafeteria with good food, according to the critics, and unique views of the harbor.

F: Once your visit is over, keep going along … If the cafeteria didn’t appeal to you, you’ll find there other kinds of food options.

At …, the new chapel of Our Lady of Good Voyage will be on your left. You can go and see it or simply keep going straight under a bridge.

G: If you went to the chapel, cross a playground more of less in front of it to go back to ….

In both case, you’ll soon be at ….

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H: Finally, to go back to your starting point, take the … bridge on your right just after …

There’ll be some public art on the water; then some more at the end of the bridge, along the Federal Reserve Plaza Park if you don’t cross … St yet (even though the map tells you to do it!).

If you now want to keep walking, … is also the start of the Walk in Boston # 9, the Chinatown, Downtown and Financial District. It’ll show you from the inside what you saw from a distance.

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