Boston Skyline (©andrebrilliant, courtesy of morguefile.com)

Boston attracts 12 million visitors each year and offers so many places of interest and sensory delights that multiple visits are needed just take in the most celebrated.

For history buffs the Old North Church that sent Paul Revere off on his famous ride, the Freedom Trail, the U.S.S. Constitution Museum, and the John F. Kennedy Library are virtually mandatory. The Massachusetts Historical Society dates to 1791, and offers a trove of material illuminating the Adams Family, the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts, and a great deal more.

The culturally inclined can marvel at the priceless artwork on display at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and listen to Bernard Haitink conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra. For families there is the Boston Children's Museum. According to the Museum’s web site, it is “Boston's First Green Museum" and has been “building innovative, meaningful, and fun exhibits for over 90 years.”

Health conscious foodies might want to attend the Natural Foods Expo in mid-September and the Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (free admission) at the end of October.

Dining options in Boston are as rich as the rest of the city’s offerings. Traditional New England fare with its classic seafood dishes are complemented by New American restaurants where cutting edge chefs display their creativity. Overall, the wealth of dining choices is as diverse as the city’s multi-cultural population.

Even the city’s Boston Globe has historic roots, having published its first issue in 1872. In these times of tight budgets the newspaper has posted an article identifying “just a few of the worthy and affordable options” for devotees of sashimi and sushi. The Globe article is intended to be only a partial list of seven. At the top of that list is Blue Fin in Cambridge, where “Japanese families and Cambridge students rub elbows.”

If you’d like to read the Boston Globe article cited above go to: Raw deal, Sushi lovers in the market for good value have a world of possibilities

For helpful info on planning a trip to Boston go to: The City of Boston