$5–$30Featured
Food & Drink
Nonantum Bakery Crawl
Generational Italian bakeries within a few blocks — cannoli, ricotta pie, and bread by noon.
Nonantum
4.8(312)Things to do in Newton
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Newton Community Farm
The city’s last working farm — a farmstand, kids’ programs, and 300 years of continuous cultivation.
Thompsonville
4.9(187) 
$22–$45FitnessCharles River Canoe & Kayak — Newton Launch
Rent a kayak, canoe or paddleboard and put in on the flattest, prettiest water in the metro area.
Auburndale
4.8(214)- $18–$34Food & Drink
Red Sauce Sunday Dinner
Old-school Italian-American dining rooms — chicken parm the size of a hubcap, at family prices.
Nonantum
4.6(244) 
$30–$60Food & DrinkUpper Falls Dinner on the River
Converted-mill dining rooms with exposed brick and a patio over the water — Newton’s best dinner setting.
Newton Upper Falls
4.5(213)
$12–$45NightlifeNewtonville Restaurant Row
The village’s rebuilt Washington Street strip now holds Newton’s densest cluster of good bars.
Newtonville
4.5(176)
$20–$45Food & DrinkWest Newton Main Street Dinner & a Movie
Eat on Washington Street, walk fifty feet to the cinema — Newton’s easiest night out.
West Newton
4.5(172)- $8–$12Fitness
Albemarle Field & Gath Pool
Newton’s big public pool complex plus turf fields, a track and a summer-long swim program.
Newtonville
4.4(167) - FreeOutdoors & Parks
Pellegrini Park Bocce Courts
Real bocce courts with real regulars — show up, watch a while, and you will get invited in.
Nonantum
4.7(86)