The “Bay State” or “Old Colony State”, established during the seventeently century. The capital is Boston one of the most crowded in the country. This city is reference of business affairs and education.

Among its important cities are Springfield, Cambridge, Lawrence and New Bedford. Its has six millions and five hundred fortyseven inhabitants. There are also some indian tribes such as nipmuc, Wampanoag, Mashpee and narragansett.

The state is internationally famous for the quality of its universities, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University, Tufts University and Suffolk University. It is also recognized by its liberal arts colleges, among which are Amherst College, Berklee College of Music, Williams College and Clark University.

Massachussetts, being one of the smallest states of the country, it administers one of the biggest sport systems. In fact its parks, forests, mountains and rivers offer wide spaces to many sport events. You can also visit the spectacular Fenway Pak, House of the Red Sox of Boston.

Some remarkable events in Boston are The Boston marathon and The Big E-eastern exhibition, wich attracks close to one and half millions of fairgoers, the Boston Wine Expo, The Boston St. Patrick´s Day Parade, The Earth Day, The Boston Gay Pride, Boston Dragon Boat Festival are some of the many events you can enjoy staying at this city.