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SoWa

The SoWa Art & Design District in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is a community of artist studios, contemporary art galleries, boutiques, design showrooms, and restaurants.

Plan a trip to SoWa→From Providence/Warwick

It features the SoWa Open Market, the SoWa Vintage Market, and a residential neighborhood.

How locals move

Getting around SoWa the local way

  • Get inLong Wharf is the most popular; offering MBTA connections to the Charlestown Navy Yard, Logan Airport, Hingham and Hull, as well as a seasonal ferry to Salem.
  • Get inBoston Harbor Cruises offers other seasonal ferries, decamping to the Boston Harbor Islands, or heading out to Provincetown.
  • Get inThere is another ferry from here to Hingham, and a seasonal one to Winthrop.
  • Get inWater taxis are plentiful all along the waterfront, servicing 28 different points between downtown, South Boston, East Boston, and Charlestown.
  • Go nextHead down to the wharf and take a ferry out to the Boston Harbor Islands.

From Wikivoyage: Boston/Downtown, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.