Neighborhood 48H guide
Fenway & the Fens: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Fenway Park, the MFA and the Gardner.
Around Kenmore Square and the Back Bay Fens, home to Fenway Park, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Photo: Achim Hepp from Dortmund, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
The ballpark and two great museums on foot.
Who it's for: Baseball and art lovers.
Pros
- Museums
- Baseball
- Green Line
Cons
- Game-day crowds
- Student area
- Bar noise
48H in Fenway & the Fens
Fenway Park, the MFA and the Gardner.
10:00 – Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The courtyard.
14:00 – Fenway Park
Ballpark tour.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
See / do
See / do
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way
Venetian-style palazzo museum around a flowering courtyard.
Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Fenway Park tours
4 Jersey Street
Year-round tours of the 1912 home of the Red Sox.
Photo: Achim Hepp from Dortmund, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
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The Verb Hotel
Boylston Street
Rock-and-roll motel with a pool across from Fenway.
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Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Back Bay/Fenway
Brookline Avenue
Suite hotel with a pool.
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Vacation rentals
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- Back Bay — Copley Square, Newbury Street and brownstones.
- Beacon Hill — Gaslit lanes, the Common and the Public Garden.
- Downtown & Faneuil Hall — The Freedom Trail’s heart and the harbour.
- North End — Little Italy and Paul Revere’s Boston.
- Seaport & Fort Point — The ICA, the Tea Party ships and new restaurants.
- South End — Victorian rows, galleries and restaurants.
- Cambridge & Harvard Square — Harvard Yard, museums and bookshops.