Boston and the greater Boston area offer a variety of sporting options for both the spectator and participant.

If you like to ice skate, sharpen your skates or rent them and head off to these outdoor locations in Boston and Cambridge: the Boston Common Frog Pond Skating located on the Boston Common in the heart of the city, the Rink at the Charles Hotel, located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, or Kendall Square Community Skating, located in East Cambridge. Follow your outing with a steaming hot chocolate!

Urban AdvenTours offers bicycle rentals and environmentally friendly bicycle tours featuring guided art and architecture tours as well as Paul Revere’s Ride to Freedom. The Charles River Canoe & Kayak in Newton offers canoe and kayak sales and rentals with classes and guided tours in the warm weather months. If you want a keep in shape, the Boston Athletic Club is Boston’s best one-stop health club and offers special visitor rates.

Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is one hour away and offers skiers and snowboarders the most accessible big mountain skiing in southern New England. A commuter rail from Boston’s North Station to nearby Fitchburg on Saturdays and Sundays is offered in the ski season. The Weston Ski Track, a cross county ski and snowshoeing center, features 15 km of trails groomed, lighted trails during the winter months.

Boston is known for its championships sports teams. Sports fans will be thrilled to see one of our professional sports teams, the Boston Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics or New England Patriots. The Red Sox baseball team play at Fenway Park, America’s most beloved park, from April through early October. TD Banknorth Garden is home to the Boston Celtics, professional basketball, and the Boston Bruins, professional hockey, as well many other sports and entertainment events.

And of course you can always enjoy a stroll in America’s Walking City. The Boston Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100 acre chain of nine parks linked by parkways and waterways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. America’s First Arboretum, the Arnold Arboretum consists of 265 acres. The Boston Harbor Walk is a new public walkway along Boston’s waterfront with parks, seating areas, cafes and spectacular views of the Harbor.

If golf is your choice of sports, we have a number of courses located just outside the city. South of Boston, Quincy's Granite Links Golf Club is a private club that allows non-members to play and in Plymouth, Pinehills Golf Club features two 18 hole course designed by Rees Jones and Nicklaus Design. Minutes west of the city, Commonwealth Golf Club offers quick greens and narrow fairways, and Stow Acres Country Club offers two award-winning championship courses. If mini golf is your choice, Monster Mini Golf is not to be missed with its indoor glow-in-the-dark mini golf course!