Vacationer’s Guide to Massachusetts
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For most vacationers, visiting Massachusetts is tantamount with visiting Boston. But don’t take it negatively, there are a lot of activities you can do while you’re in the city. You can visit the North End and Freedom Trail and shop until you drop at Faneuil Hall’s open air marketplace. But there’s a whole world of educational, recreational, cultural and just simply fun things to do outside the city of Boston. Don’t confine yourself and visit other places in Massachusetts.
What you need to know about Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is located on the northeastern part of the United States, the eastern half of which is mostly urban and suburban.
It was the first state to eradicate slavery and was a center of the abolitionist activity and temperance movement that leads to the American Civil War.
Home of the Pilgrims
The Pilgrim Fathers or simply the Pilgrims is applied commonly to the early settlers of Plymouth Colony now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plymouth is thirty miles south of Boston. Some of its attractions are the Plimoth Plantation, Mayflower II and the Wampanog Homesite.
Plimoth Plantation is open annually from March through November. It is a living museum that recreate a village as if it was in 1627, showcasing costumed role players depicting the actual inhabitants of the village at the time. You can converse with these actors, a truly fascinating walk back in time. They also demonstrated gardening and home skills of the past.
Like the Plimoth Plantation, Mayflower II is a recreation of the original Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrim from England to the New World. It is also staffed by costumed actors that would entertain questions and would interact with the visitors. You can learn how to use an astrolabe or how to grind corn to make porridge.
Last in the list is Wampanog Homesite. Unlike Plimoth, which is manned by costumed interpreters, the Homesite is home to Native People that converses with vacationers about the Wampanog experience in their modern words.
Mixture of beauty and culture
Massachusetts is also a place where you can encounter culture and beauty all mix up. Experience King Richard’s Faire in Carver, get wet in Cape Cod Beaches and be fascinated by Worcester’s collections.
King Richard’s Faire is a Renaissance Festival held in Carver every year during the weekend from the start of September to the third week of October. The faire offers best medieval-themed handicrafts and showcased costumed entertainers with storyline that changes every year.
Cape Cod Beaches is famous for its beautiful beaches, which is an ultimate family holiday town. You can indulge yourself in ice cream at the Four Seasons Ice Cream or buy fried clams at the beach.
Worcester, the second largest city in New England, is also a must-visit place in Massachusetts. Here you can visit the Higgins Armory where you can see the best collection of armors and medieval arms in the nation. Worcester Art Museum, a world-class art museum, is also being visited by vacationers. It houses American Modernist and Traditionalists as well as French Impressionists collection.
You can also visit Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, which is located outside Worcester in Boylston and witness its incredible compilation of native plants and heirloom anywhere in the country. And finally, spend a day or two at the EcoTarium, formerly known as the New England Science Center. It has a planetarium and showcases an exhibit of animals in their natural habitation.
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