The water taxi is a convenient alternative, for example, to reach Boston from Logan airport: it actually only takes about 7 minutes for the journey by water, first using the free shuttle to reach the terminus of the City Water Taxi.
Each boat assigned to water taxi service can carry a maximum of 30 people at a time, making it useful both for individual travel and when touring Boston in a group.
The rides are continuous and run from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, the service stops earlier, at 8:00 PM.
Boston Water Taxi Tickets
The city water taxi tickets can be purchased on board or can be booked online. For example, a round trip Airport/Boston/Airport ride costs 17 dollars, while children under 12 years of age travel completely free.
As for the stops, the service has been designed to be useful for reaching the main museums, the Cruise terminal, the Exhibition and Congress Hall, the Naval Marina, the dock for the Provincetown ferry to Cape Cod, and some Boston hotels.
Boston Water Taxi: stops
The Boston Water Taxi makes several stops, here are the most important ones:
- Bank of America Pavilion in South Boston;
- Barking Crab Restaurant;
- Battery Wharf in the North End;
- Black Falcon Cruise Terminal;
- Boston Bay Marina;
- Boston Yacht Haven Marina;
- Burroughs Wharf in the North End;
- Charlestown Marina – Pier 8;
- Central Wharf/New England Aquarium;
- Chelsea Yacht Club;
- Constitution Marina;
- Fan Pier/Moakley Federal Courthouse;
- Flagship Wharf;
- Lewis Wharf in the North End;
- Logan International Airport and nearby Hyatt Harborside and Hilton Hotels;
- No Name Restaurant;
- Pier 4 in Charlestown serving the USS Constitution and the Navy Yard;
- Pier 6 Restaurant;
- Port Side (Maverick Square East Boston);
- Reel House Restaurant/Live Eddy;
- Rowes Wharf/Boston Harbor Hotel/Downtown Financial District;
- Sargent’s Wharf;
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital;
- Tudor Wharf and the Marriott Residence Inn;
- Waterboat Marina;
- World Trade Center West in South Boston serving the Seaport Hotel and the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Institute of Contemporty Art, and Bay State Cruises Dock (Provincetown Boat).
