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Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall Marketplace, AKA...
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  • By Zmrzlina on August 24, 2002
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  • Faneuil Hall Marketplace, AKA Quincy Market! This is a commercial posing as history! Near Government Center (home of one of the ugliest buildings in Boston, City Hall), this place does have some merit as a historical site, but the hundreds and hundreds of shops and restuarants make it a tourist trap in the extreme.


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  • Updated By coast2coast on August 25, 2002
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  • Boston is not too bad for tourist traps. Qunicy market is touristy, but still worth a visit.

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall - a glorified...
  • Updated By easchust on August 25, 2002
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  • Faneuil Hall - a glorified mall shopping on Newbury St. - unless you can afford it!

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  • By miwa128 on August 26, 2002
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  • Faneuil Hall Marketplace is an interestingly historic building yet the various shops inside make this an obvious tourist trap. Visit but beware of the shopping.

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  • By wannabeincal on August 24, 2002
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  • Faneuil Hall and Qunicy Market area. Avoid it like the plague.


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  • By KarenandCory on August 23, 2006
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  • I work near Faneuil Hall, a place writhing with tourists. I, however, have never seen the appeal. From the overpriced marketplace to the nauseating throng of the masses traipsing along like a herd of sheep, Faneuil Hall hardly represents the authentic Boston. The marketplace is basically an outdoor mall with a sprinkle of street performers. The indoor food court is not the best place to sample Boston’s specialties. The food is decent but you would do better off trying clam chowder at Legal Seafood, where you don’t have to stalk people for a table. The best eating in Faneuil Hall is at Kingfish Hall. The overly popular and historic Durgin Park is cheaper than Kingfish but doesn’t hold a candle to quality. I would recommend eating in the neighboring North End instead.

    I wouldn't reccomend spending more than an hour or two in Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market. There is so much within walking distance to see.

    Although the Freedom Trail is touristy, you’ll see more of Boston than you will by spending a day at Faneuil Hall. Boston is blessed with a rich history-don’t waste your time shopping for tacky doodads and battling crowds. Go out into Boston’s neighborhoods instead such as the aforementioned North End.

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market is the biggest...
  • By DaveD on August 26, 2002
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  • Quincy Market is the biggest tourist trap going. Do not feel the need to walk around for 4 plus hours shopping and such, it is a joke.

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  • By el_ruso on August 3, 2005
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  • Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market - Boston
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    This is a really overly touristy area. There are many shops with souvenirs, but neither sells anything genuine and imaginative, just the same baseball caps, t-shirts and glass balls, probably made in China - no offense to China, btw.

    I really was not able to find any souvenirs anywhere that were interesting.

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  • By Galahad on July 10, 2005
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  • Quincy Market 27.5.05 - Boston
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    We arrived in the Central Hall of Quincy Market just as a popular entertainment on the plaza outside the Hall finished and it was approaching noon. The crowds in the hall looking for fast food were horrendous and it would be a good idea to think about the time of day to look at the interior of Quincy Market Central Hall.

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Taking the T to Quincy Market
  • By ChoppaG on April 23, 2007
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  • When taking the T to Quincy Market, remember to take the Green/Blue Line to Government Center. Do not get this confused with the three "Quincy" T Stops on the Red Line. Those stops are in the city of Quincy, just south of Boston, not Quincy Market. I was once getting on the train in Quincy Center, and I was asked where Quincy Market was. It was painful to inform her that she had to get back on the train and go back the way she came. Plus, to add insult to injury, her hotel was near the Haymarket T Station, which is one stop away from Government Center.


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