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Car Rental Boston Massachusetts and Carson Beach
Carson Beach is a public beach in South Boston. The beach is owned and maintained by the Commonwealth's Department of Conservation and Recreation and is one of the best swimming beaches in the area. When you are here, you can ride a bike, walk the dog, go fishing, have a picnic, go for a run, go swimming, and enjoy the view. The bathhouse here was recently renovated as part of the "Back to the Beaches" effort to clean up the area. There is parking available for your car rental Boston, Massachusetts when you visit.
Take a tour
Boston Duck Tours are a unique way to see Boston without your car rental Boston, Massachusetts. You travel around the city on a "duck", which is a World War II-style amphibious landing vehicle. A guide, or a ConDUCKtor, will take you through the city's landmarks and give you tips and little-known facts about the city. At the end of the tour, you will splash into the Charles River for a view of the Boston and Cambridge skylines. What other tours will take you from the roads to the river without ever having to leave your seat? Tickets for the Boston Duck Tour can be purchased from three locations with your cheap car rental in Boston - inside the Museum of Science gift shop, inside the Prudential Center where the tour starts, and at the Whale Watch Booth at the New England Aquarium. Regular tours depart from the Prudential Center and the Museum of Science.
Get out and golf
Franklin Park Golf Course, which is also known as the William J. Devine Golf Course. This is the second oldest public course in America and just minutes from downtown Boston that you can visit with your car rental Boston, Massachusetts. The course measures 6009 yards from the blue tees, 5622 yards from the white tees, and 5240 yards from the red tees. The fairways are open and the greens make for a friendly game. They operate on a first come, first serve basis Monday through Thursday and have tee times on weekends and holidays. There is also the George Wright Golf Course is a public golf course in Boston that you can visit with your car rental Boston, Massachusetts. It was designed as one of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration Projects of the 1930s. The course opened in 1938. In the 1920s, a group of citizens in Boston gained control of the Henry Grew estate in the Hyde Park neighborhood. They wanted to build a private golf club in Boston, but when the market crashed in 1929, the project was abandoned. The course features great views of the city and interesting terrain. Over half of the holes on the course include significant hills that often cause the golfer to hit blind shots. The hill on the 12th hole is very steep and has been used by sledders in the winter.
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