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 Boston Harbor Hotel.com has information and links on a terrific selection of hotels in and near Boston Harbor. There are a tremendous variety of things to do in Boston Harbor. It's the former home of Paul Revere and houses historic Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace, the site of the Boston Tea Party and the place for hawking wares and entertaining passerby since 1742. Since its discovery by John Smith in 1614, Boston Harbor has been an important port in American history. Boston attractions such as the New England Aquarium, Children's Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts drawn in visitors year round. There are also spectacular views of the Boston skyline from the piers and parks.
 Boston Harbor itself is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay which is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Harbor contains a considerable number of islands, 34 of which are part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area since its establishment in 1996. Boston Harbor is fifty square miles with 180 miles of shoreline and 34 harbor islands which constitutes the western extremity of Massachusetts Bay. The harbor is sheltered from Massachusetts Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean by the Winthrop Peninsula and Deer Island to the north, the hooked Nantasket Peninsula and Point Allerton to the south, and the harbor islands in the middle. The harbor is described as an inner harbor and an outer harbor.
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