Travel

Getting to Salem from Boston’s Logan Airport

There are several ways to get to the university from Logan airport—train, taxi/Uber/Lyft, subway, and bus.

• Taxi/Uber/Lyft to Hawthorne Hotel or Salem University: $40–50.
• Train to Salem from North Station (Boston): take the Blue Line Airport Shuttle (Free); then, Blue Line to the Orange Line, then Orange Line to North Station ($3–$4). Train to Salem ($7–$8). Then taxi to Hawthorne Hotel or the University, Charlotte Fortin Hall ($5–$6).
• Bus: From airport take the Blue Line Shuttle (free), Blue Line to Wonderland (final stop), Bus 455 to Salem Depot (total $6–$7). Bus stops at University (Charlotte Fortin Hall); final stop Salem Depot (10-minute walk to Hawthorne Hotel or cab/Uber ($5).

Getting into Boston from Salem

• Train from Salem Depot to North Station, 25–35 minutes ($7).
• Ferry from Salem Ferry Landing to Long Wharf, Boston: 90 minutes ($10). From Long Wharf you can walk to major parts of the city, including Boston Commons, State House, historic Faneuil Hall.

Entertainment (Salem and Boston)

Getting around Salem: safe, walkable city or take cab/Uber; Trolley Tour of historic Salem; walking tour of the city’s Witch History; Schooner Fame of Salem or Sunset Sail Salem (harbor cruise). Historic Peabody Essex Museum.

• Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)—in Boston, take the Green Line E.
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—in Boston, take the Green Line E and exit at MFA stop. Walk to the Gardner.
• Boston Public Library—in Boston, take the Green Line (Copley Stop) One block away is Newbury Street for fine shopping and food.
• Harvard and MIT—in Boston, take the Red Line towards Alewife.

Salem Restaurants

More information will be included in a Destination Salem brochure available at the conference.