Charles River Sightseeing Cruises

Cruises are done for the season, 2024 pricing and schedule coming soon!

Enjoy a 70-minute, fully-narrated sightseeing cruise along the Charles River. Cruises are done for the season; 2024 pricing and schedule are coming soon!

2023 Sightseeing Tours Schedule

May 26 – Oct 1

12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, & 3:30 pm

Ticket Rates

  • Adult $25.00
  • Senior / Student $22.00
  • Child Under 12 Years $16.00
  • Child Under 3 Years $5.00

*Excludes 5% MA Convention & Facilities Surcharge  

Charles Riverboat on river

Discover Incredible Views of Boston

Enjoy a 70-minute, fully-narrated sightseeing cruise along the Charles River. Your captain and crew will both entertain and educate while pointing out the historic and cultural sights of Boston and Cambridge. Sights include Beacon Hill, Esplanade Park, the Back Bay, Boston University, M.I.T., Harvard and countless sailboats and rowers!

Sightseeing cruises depart from Lechmere Canal Park at CambridgeSide. The ticket booth and boat departure is located outside the doors by the food court.

Cambridgeside

CambridgeSide Mall
100 CambridgeSide Place
Cambridge, MA 02141

 

The boats at the CambridgeSide Mall are located directly outside the food court on the first floor of the mall.

 

Park in the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall Parking Garage then proceed to the first floor and the ticket booth and boat can be found outside the food court of the mall. the food court inside the mall. The pier is located directly outside the food court.

From North of Boston

Take Interstate 93 exit 26 for Storrow Drive / North Station
Keep right at the fork, follow signs for 28 North / Leverett Circle / North Station
Slight right at Nashua St
Turn left onto Nashua St
Take the 1st right onto MA-28 North / Monsignor O’Brien Highway
At the next light turn left onto Edwin H Land Boulevard
At the next light turn right onto CambridgeSide Place
Mall Parking Garage entrance is on the right

From South of Boston

Take Interstate 93 exit 26 toward Storrow Drive / North Station
Keep left at the fork, follow signs for MA-28 North / Leverett Circle / North Station
Slight right at Nashua St
Turn left onto Nashua St
Take the 1st right onto MA-28 North / Monsignor O’Brien Highway
At the next light turn left onto Edwin H Land Boulevard
At the next light turn right onto CambridgeSide Place
Mall Parking Garage entrance is on the right

From West of Boston:

Take Route 90 – Mass Pike
Exit Left at Cambridge/Allston Tolls – follow signs to Cambridge
Proceed through lights and over River Street Bridge (Charles River)
Immediately turn right at other end of bridge and travel East on Memorial Drive
Stay on Memorial Drive – The CambridgeSide mall is approximately 3 miles on the left across from the Sonesta Hotel

Park in the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall Parking Garage then proceed to the food court inside the mall. The pier is located directly outside the food court.

From The MBTA (Public Transit)

Take the Green Line “E” train to Lechmere Station
Exit the train and take a right
Take right into walking tunnel toward 1st St.
Cross Cambridge St and walk down 1st St.
Take a left at Thorndike St.
Lechmere Canal is directly ahead; the pier is to the right, located directly outside the Mall food court.