One of the best parts about living in a city like Boston is all of the beautiful spots perfect for photographing! Here are 5 spots in bean town that you are sure to love and likely to make it on your next Instagram post.
1. Piers Park | 95 Marginal St, Boston, MA 02128
How to get there:
Take a Green Line train Inbound from Kenmore (C or D) to Government Center (6 stops)
At Government Center, change to the Blue Line (Wonderland) (3 stops)
Get off at Maverick stop
Walk to Piers Park, head southeast until you find Marginal Street
Piers Park was actually one of the first places I visited on my own without my parents since I got to BU! My friend Jack looked it up online before and really wanted to check it out so we did the first Saturday. It was a ton of fun, and you can get some really great photos with the city skyline in the background.
2. Acorn Street | Acorn St, Boston, MA 02108
How to get there:
Take a Green Line train Inbound to Boylston
Walk across the Boston Common (Away from Tremont, along Charles, towards Beacon)
Find Spruce Street after crossing Beacon Street
Turn left on Chestnut Street
Turn right on Willow Street
Turn left on Acorn Street
Acorn Street currently holds the title of “Most Photographed Street in America”. It is a stop on every Boston tour, so you’ll always see handfuls of tourists passing by, as well as senior portrait photographers and wedding photographers doing shoots. Getting the perfect photo can be hard sometimes with so many frequenters but you just have to be smart about your angle and timing!
3. Berkshire Bank Sign @ Government Center
Photo from Twitter
How to get there:
Take a Green Line train Inbound to Park Street
At Park Street, change to any train to take you one further stop to Government Center
Although not always up, these huge letters spelling Boston are a great way for you to show your Boston pride! If you happen to see the letters while you’re in the area, stop for a pic! They’re not always up. However, over the winter they put up a gorgeous skating rink, so if that’s more your style, all power to you!
4. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
How to get there:
Although accessible via the T, it takes way longer than walking
Turn away from the Charles on St. Mary’s Street
Turn left onto Mountfort Street
Follow Park Drive (slight right, and then slight left)
Turn right onto Brookline Avenue
Turn left onto Fenway
Turn right onto Evans Way
An absolutely picturesque gem, the Gardner Museum is not only free for BU students, but a great spot to enjoy both nature and art. Fun fact- the largest art theft in history is still an ongoing investigation for the 13 art pieces, worth up to $500 million, stolen from the Gardner museum in 1990. As part of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s will, none of the paintings in the museum can be replaced, so take a look into the different rooms–you’ll notice there are empty frames awaiting the stolen paintings’ return home!
5. The Boston University Bridge | Boston, MA 02215
How to get there:
Heading westward on Commonwealth Avenue, take a right when you hit the bridge. You’ll pass the GSU and the Boston University Academy
Unexpected, but the BU bridge actually gives you this great overall view of the skyline of Boston! On a sunny day, you can get an amazing photo with the buildings in the background. Plus, it’s so close to campus, you barely have to travel to get there!
