An estimated 500,000 people are expected to watch the Boston Marathon tomorrow. Here are a few insider tips from Boston Discovery Guide to to make your day a little bit smoother:
"If you want to be anywhere near the finish line, walk or take the T.
The Copley Square T station is closed on Boston Marathon Day as it is almost next to the finish line; you'll need to pick another station.
If you take the T, get off at a station on the side of Boylston Street where you want to watch the race. You will not be allowed to cross Boylston Street, and underpasses will be jammed - so pick your station carefully.
Do not drive into Boston on Marathon Monday. Streets are either gridlocked or closed. Get an early start if you want to find a parking space in a T parking lot.
Boston hotels fill to capacity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B"
- If you want to be anywhere near the finish line, walk or take the T.
- The Copley Square T station is closed on Boston Marathon Day as it is almost next to the finish line; you'll need to pick another station.
- If you take the T, get off at a station on the side of Boylston Street where you want to watch the race. You will not be allowed to cross Boylston Street, and underpasses will be jammed - so pick your station carefully.
- Do not drive into Boston on Marathon Monday. Streets are either gridlocked or closed. Get an early start if you want to find a parking space in a T parking lot.
- Boston hotels fill to capacity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- If you want to be anywhere near the finish line, walk or take the T.
- The Copley Square T station is closed on Boston Marathon Day as it is almost next to the finish line; you'll need to pick another station.
- If you take the T, get off at a station on the side of Boylston Street where you want to watch the race. You will not be allowed to cross Boylston Street, and underpasses will be jammed - so pick your station carefully.
- Do not drive into Boston on Marathon Monday. Streets are either gridlocked or closed. Get an early start if you want to find a parking space in a T parking lot.
- Boston hotels fill to capacity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- If you want to be anywhere near the finish line, walk or take the T.
- The Copley Square T station is closed on Boston Marathon Day as it is almost next to the finish line; you'll need to pick another station.
- If you take the T, get off at a station on the side of Boylston Street where you want to watch the race. You will not be allowed to cross Boylston Street, and underpasses will be jammed - so pick your station carefully.
- Do not drive into Boston on Marathon Monday. Streets are either gridlocked or closed. Get an early start if you want to find a parking space in a T parking lot.
- Boston hotels fill to capacity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- ity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- See more at: http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/boston-marathon.html#sthash.iYbTmJCV.dpuf
- ity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- See more at: http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/boston-marathon.html#sthash.iYbTmJCV.dpuf
- ity during the weekend before the Marathon, and hotel rates soar significantly higher - than usual. To get the best deal, make your Boston hotel reservations as early as possible. You can find Marathon hotel suggestions here, including names of hotels where you can watch the race from your room.
- April weather in Boston is unpredictable . . . and so is Boston Marathon weather. Neither icy rain, broiling heat, nor wind storms deter the Marathon runners - but they may greatly diminish your viewing comfort. Dress in layers, and bring umbrellas and/or water bottles as common sense dictates. If you're not 100% committed to watching the runners, you may want to have a "Plan B" - so try these bad-weather alternatives.
- See more at: http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/boston-marathon.html#sthash.iYbTmJCV.dpuf
