April Adventures Await

Day 1:

• Check out the Discovery Museum’s fantastic exhibits such as “Play inside a Solar Cell” where you can play the pinball-like game and see how solar cell technology turns sunlight into energy!
• Stop by Harvard Sweet Boutique for a sweet treat! Indulge in their adorable cupcakes or treat yourself to one of their giant, delicious cookies. Check out their gluten-free options as well!
• Head to your homebase for the week – Fairfield Inn and Suites Marlborough. Conveniently located to easily travel to all your MetroWest fun, this hotel has it all including the most important elements of a spring break getaway, an indoor pool and fitness center.

Day 2:

• There is so much fun at the Natick Mall that you can spend the entire day! They offer a wide variety of shopping options along with plenty of entertainment venues!
• Game On! Try all the new games at Dave & Buster’s. From Top Gun to Godzilla VR to UFC Challenge and more, there’s something for everyone.  A first-of-its-kind destination for adults featuring real-world, interactive social gaming with over 50 physical and mental challenges set in artistic environments.
• Then try Level99, a first-of-its-kind destination featuring real-world, interactive social gaming with over 50 physical and mental challenges set in artistic environments.
• Forgot old school pencil and paper scorekeeping (where everyone claims, “not it!”) and enjoy the trackaball technology at Puttshack, where the golf balls track every trick shot, hazard and bonus point. These courses are loaded with interactive challenges that will keep you on the edge of your tee!
• Try both the team building “Floor Is Lava” and “Squid Game” challenges at Immersive Gamebox.
• Have you worked up an appetite? Grab the best burgers and wings in Natick at Skybokx109.  Kids eat free when a Boston sports team wins!

Day 3:

• With the weather finally turning into spring, enjoy a leisurely stroll through the Garden in the Woods. Their naturalistic botanic garden showcases more than 1,000 species of native plants on 45 acres sculpted by retreating glaciers into eskers and steep-sided valleys, with a brook, pond, and wetlands. There you’ll find inspiration for your own garden and a new appreciation for the varied plant life in the region.
• Spend the afternoon relaxing at the Taproom at Lookout Farm. One of the oldest continuously operating farm in the United States, you can enjoy Farm to table BBQ, comfort food, and pints of farm crafted beer, wine and cider.  Try a flight where you can select 4 beers or ciders to find your favorite!

Garden in the Woods Turtle in Lily Pond, (c) New England Wild Flower Society, S. Ziglar

Day 4:

• Step back in time and experience more than 300 years of history at The Wayside Inn. The Inn maintains three museum rooms, one on the first floor, the Longfellow Parlor, which is both a museum display room and a dining room, and two just above this area on the second floor. These rooms feature period pieces from their collections and recreations of colonial life that will entertain, enlighten, and educate.  Their most famous room, the Longfellow Parlor, was the inspirational setting for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic literary work, Tales of the Wayside Inn.  While you are there, enjoy a hearty lunch in the dining room.
• Learn about Sudbury at the Sudbury History Center and Museum. Check out the exhibit, Sudbury‘s Changing Landscape which will enthrall the visitor with stunning interactive displays, and beautiful graphic displays that exemplify how Sudbury has come to be the beautiful town that it is today.
• Enjoy dinner at Oak Barrel Tavern – your go-to spot for a good time and even better food. Their menu features mouthwatering burgers, ribs, and classic comfort foods that are so epic, they should have their own fan club.

Day 5:

• Visit the New England Botanical Gardens at Tower Hill and reveal in their spring exhibit, Botanical Tattoo, an electrifying celebration of plant life and the art of tattooing. From delicate wildflowers and timeless roses to lush ferns and vibrant tropical blooms, botanical imagery has shaped tattoo traditions across cultures and centuries.
• Or, spend the day at Old Sturbridge Village. Old Sturbridge Village is a recreated 1830s rural New England town that showcases 200+ acres and 40 historical buildings inspired by the stories of early 19^th-centry rural New England Life!