Boston

Getting There

Boston is located on an extension of Massachusetts Bay and runs along the Charles River, which divides it from Cambridge to the north, the location of the area's two most prestigious institutions of higher learning—Harvard University and M.I.T. Major neighborhoods and other well-known parts of the city include the waterfront, the North End, the West End, Beacon Hill, Charles-town, the financial district, Downtown Crossing, Back Bay, the theater district, Chinatown, South Boston, and the South End.