Harvard Square

Explore bookstores, cafes, street life and historic Harvard Yard around the busy plaza at the center of Cambridge.

Massachusetts Ave at Brattle St and John F. Kennedy St · Cambridge, MA

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Price: No admission fee
Good for: First-time visitors
History lovers
Public transit nearby: HarvardSubway and Bus 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 86, 109, Red Line and 1 more · 20 ft away
Harvard SquareSubway and Bus 1, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 86, 109 and 2 more · 90 ft away
Church St Harvard SquareSubway and Bus 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77 and 6 more · 260 ft away
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Flying in: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is about 6 miles away.
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About Harvard Square

Harvard Square is a triangular plaza where Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street meet, and the name covers the busy district around it. Next door is Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard University, and the Harvard Art Museums are a short walk away. You will find restaurants, vintage shops, bookstores, theatres and music venues, plus Cambridge Common with its Revolutionary War monuments.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Harvard Square, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sightseeing
Iconic
Harvard Yard
No admission fee
Stroll the oldest part of Harvard's campus, past the John Harvard statue, Widener Library and Memorial Church.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Tours
Local Gem
Trademark Tours
$25–$50
Student-led walking tours of Harvard and MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Steps awaySwitch it up: Tours
Theater & Events
Rainy-Day Pick
Harvard Film Archive
Under $25
Catch a classic, foreign or experimental film on 35mm or 16mm in a 188-seat cinema in Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Theater & Events
Museums
Rainy-Day Pick
Harvard Art Museums
No admission fee
Harvard's art museum near Harvard Square, with more than 50 galleries across three floors around a skylit courtyard.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
No admission fee
A Georgian house tied to enslavement, Washington's Revolutionary headquarters, and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
Date Night
Charles River Boat Company
$25–$50
Narrated sightseeing cruises along the Charles River past Beacon Hill, the Back Bay, MIT, and Harvard.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.9 mi awayMore like this