The water taxi represents a convenient alternative, for example, to reach Boston from Logan Airport: it only takes about 7 minutes to travel by water, using first the free shuttle to reach the terminus of the City Water Taxi.
Each boat used for the water taxi service can carry a maximum of 30 people at a time, making it useful both for individual trips and when touring Boston in a group.
The trips run continuously and start from 7:00 AM until 10:00 PM, Monday to Saturday. On Sunday, the service stops operating earlier, therefore at 8:00 PM.
Boston Water Taxi Tickets
The tickets for the city water taxi 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.
Regarding the stops available, the service has been made useful for reaching the main museums, the Cruise terminal, the Exhibition and Congress Hall, the Naval Marina, the pier for the Provincetown ferry to Cape Cod, and some hotels in Boston.
Boston Water Taxi: stops
The Boston Water Taxi makes several stops, below 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).
