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Top Ten Activities for a 'Staycation' in the Boston Area

Why travel anywhere else with all these great activities right outside your door?

 

We asked readers this week about their favorite spots to enjoy free time while at home. Check out some of these places our readers named as their favorite activities right here in the greater Boston area:

Back Bay: Boston Harbor Islands, ferries run from Long Wharf

Beacon HillCharles River Esplanade

CharlestownU.S. Navy USS Constitution

Malden: Middlesex Fells Reservation. 

Medford: Wright's Pond, Elm Street, Medford

Melrose: Ell Pond, Main Street and Lebanon Street

SomervilleFlatbread Company at Sacco's Bowl Haven, 45 Day St.

South End: Cape Cod and Boston Harbor Island (tie)

Stoneham: Middlesex Fells Reservation

Wakefield: Breakheart Reservation, Hemlock Road

Related Topics: Family Friendly and Readers' Choice 2012

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