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The Avon Hill area is an upscale residential neighborhood close to Porter Square. A mixture of stately old houses and classic brick apartment buildings, the neighborhood is easily accessible to Massachusetts Avenue but without the noise and traffic. Guests are often amazed that the dominant sounds are the crickets in a summer night or the songs of birds in the garden in the morning. Several streets between Blue's Bed and Breakfast and nearby Porter Square are on the National Register of Historic Places, lined with beautiful houses unchanged from Victorian days. Nearby
Porter Square, with its shopping, restaurants
and access to the MBTA
Red line and Commuter Rail stations, is a vibrant and bustling
community, within walking distance of both Harvard Square in Cambridge
and Davis Square in Somerville. The Commuter Rail train takes you
directly to Boston's North Station, as well as to Brandeis University
in Waltham, or to historic Concord, Massachusetts, birthplace of the
American Revolution. Here is the official Cambridge website. There are dozens of restaurants within walking
distance. Peruse menus in the notebook we've compiled
of local eateries, or glance through the choices
on Expore
New England. As
a start, the 'glass
flowers' exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural
History,
just 3/4 mile away, merits 3 stars in the Michelin
guide to New England. See also the Harvard
art and anthropology museums. We always love Elephant Walk with Cambodian and French cuisine.
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