SoWa Winter Festival — Attraction in Boston

This market is a nice concept, but I have several complaints that results in 2 stars. If you drive, parking is a pain. They offer $10 lots, but those were full. Once we got to the market, we were surprised to learn that we had to pay $10 to get in. So that was $40 for our group of 4, which is ridiculous. Once inside, we also struggled to find affordable gifts. In all there weren't as many vendors as I'd hope there would be. I assume the venue charges the vendors to set up shop, which could be reflected in the prices by the vendors. They do have a nice lounge upstairs, but there weren't any seats open, and their beverages were also expensive. Overall, it was a total ripoff. Our group debated going to the Seaport Snowport, but knew we'd be paying probably $40 in parking. Not sure...

Don’t get me wrong, this placed looked absolutely gorgeous, but after going to snowport, this market really let me down. We had to pay $10 for parking and then tickets to enter on top of that. Then, many of the shops were selling very similar or copy and paste things from snowport.

This really seems like an elaborate scam for most shops. Buy cheap items and ornaments from alibaba for cheap in bulk and then upcharge in a beautified market. There are certainly unique and cool shops and I highly encourage visiting those specifically. If you see items that could easily be mass produced, just be a little suspicious.

It’s an ok activity for the Christmas season, good for gift shopping, it’s just that they make things wayyyy more expensive than...

First, good luck finding parking. Just pay the $10 to avoid the stress because you’re going to need all the patience you can muster while trying to find the damn market.

Horrible signage. You’re going to walk around the market wondering if you’re in the winter market or just the regular SoWa market or the SoWa Antique market. Once you’ve realized you’ve spent an hour in the wrong market, you’ll ask someone if they know where the mysterious winter market is and they will direct you 2 blocks away and instruct you to stand in line. 3 1/2 hours in a line to lead you to what one woman described as “It was alright. It would have have been better with hot alcoholic drinks.”

Save yourself the time and the patience and...