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• Where the melting pot still simmers

  It’s the most historic neighborhood in America’s most historic city. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that for much of the world the iconic images of Beacon Hill - flickering gas lamps, red-brick sidewalks, wrought-iron fences - are synonymous with Boston.

• No minimum stay required to rest your eyes on these hotels’ fine art

  It’s possible to view works by artists ranging from Wyeth to Warhol without leaving Greater Boston or setting foot in the Museum of Fine Arts or the Institute of Contemporary Art. Sip a drink, savor a meal, or simply relax while pondering an installation at these hotels, where you needn’t check in to check out the museum-quality artwork adorning the ...

• Tastes of the Azores

  Just when it seemed that our table - loaded with squid rings, cod fish cakes, smelts, and Dão wine - couldn’t fit another plate, Ines De Costa delivered a pork loin marinated in fresh squeezed oranges, wine, paprika, and fresh garlic. “What I send to the table is what you’re going to eat,’’ said the 76-year-old chef of St. John’s ...

• Light slips away on a serene kayaking tour of Essex Bay

  ESSEX BAY - In the golden light of dusk, we slipped into the warm water and followed the receding tide from the beach.

• Promenade in parts: Boston's Harborwalk

  Day 1: Long Wharf to North End to Charlestown, 4.5 miles logged “Thirty-eight miles is a long way to go without a bathroom,’’ quips Elizabeth Foote of Cambridge, emerging from the Government Center T station. Foote is striking out with Eric Thorgerson, her husband, and me and my husband, Bill Regan, on this first leg of a five-part hike on ...

• Something fishy’s always going on

  Having grown up in Manchester-by-the Sea, I was all but weaned on locally-caught lobster, candy-sweet scallops, and flaky, white cod, just a few of the piscatory pleasures dotting area menus this time of year. In a region brimming with superb places to eat, where should you go for great seafood?

• Black Sea echoes

  WELLFLEET -- If ever there was proof of the attraction the landscape of our families holds for us, you need look no farther than Wellfleet.

• Georges Island: Peace and play on a war footing

  As the sun slowly sinks toward the Boston skyline and shadows grow long, the throngs who had descended on Fort Warren recede like the outgoing tide.

• Boston 101

  Find Common ground I’m a people-watcher, so it’s no surprise that one of my favorite spots is Boston Common, a nearly 50-acre park just south of Beacon Hill. On any afternoon here, you’ll see men in suits taking a lunch break; groups of schoolchildren swarming the playground; even tour guides dressed in Colonial garb, trying to entice you to follow ...

• By the sea

  White church steeples crown the skylines of hamlets across New England. But it’s the democratic, not ecclesiastical, brick tower of Abbot Hall that soars above this seaside town and serves as a beacon for miles around.