Tourist office Boston
Meet Boston, formerly the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and named by the City of Boston as the primary private sector marketing and visitor service organisation, runs 1 tourist information centre with a fixed address: the Boston Visitor Information Center at 139 Tremont Street, on the Tremont Street side of Boston Common. Its staff hand out maps and brochures, book activities throughout Boston and sell souvenirs.
Meet Boston also takes TheBOS, a mobile visitor centre, to events and tourist spots across Greater Boston. The National Park Service runs the Faneuil Hall Visitor Center, the main visitor centre of Boston National Historical Park.
Tourist information points in Boston
Boston Visitor Information Center
Location: 139 Tremont Street, on the Tremont Street side of Boston Common, next to the Park Street T station
Opening hours: open daily 08:30 to 16:45
Run by Meet Boston: maps and brochures, bookings for activities throughout Boston and souvenirs, with tips from its staff.
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Location: 1 Faneuil Hall Square, on the market floor of the historic 1742 building
Opening hours: Sunday and Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, closed on Monday; from 13 October to 28 May, Wednesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00
Not run by Meet Boston: the main visitor centre of Boston National Historical Park, run by the National Park Service, with Freedom Trail maps.
Find out more about Boston
Find out more about Boston
The Boston guide on Tourist Office sets out the top things to see in Boston in one place. Its one day walk runs from the Public Garden and Boston Common past the Massachusetts State House, the Old State House and Faneuil Hall to the Paul Revere House, the Old North Church and the USS Constitution.
It then ranks the sights worth the time, from the Freedom Trail and Fenway Park to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Bunker Hill Monument, picks out free places such as Acorn Street and Beacon Hill, the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Boston Harborwalk, and lists the concerts and games coming up.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
On a public holiday, offices, museums and transport in Boston may close or switch to holiday hours. Three official lists set the days. The 11 federal holidays under 5 U.S.C. 6103 apply to federal offices. Massachusetts adds Patriots' Day to its legal holidays, and the City of Boston publishes its own 2026 list of City-recognised holidays, which also includes Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day and names 12 October Indigenous Peoples Day. On Evacuation Day, City offices and Boston Public Libraries stay open and parking meters are free; on Bunker Hill Day the libraries stay open too.
National holidays in the United States 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day
- 19 January Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 16 February Washington's Birthday
- 25 May Memorial Day
- 19 June Juneteenth National Independence Day
- 3 July Independence Day, observed on the Friday as 4 July falls on a Saturday
- 7 September Labor Day
- 12 October Columbus Day
- 11 November Veterans Day
- 26 November Thanksgiving Day
- 25 December Christmas Day
Local holidays in Boston 2026
- 17 March Evacuation Day, local
- 20 April Patriots' Day, regional
- 17 June Bunker Hill Day, local
Meet Boston's event listing for the Boston Visitor Information Center gives Christmas Day and New Year's Day as closed and shorter hours on Christmas Eve, from 08:30 to 14:00. The Faneuil Hall Visitor Center closes on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day and opens on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Under the Massachusetts Blue Laws, restaurants, pharmacies and hotels may operate on holidays, while other businesses may need a permit to open on Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.