What is the best mall or outlet close to Boston?

Cambridge Side Galleria (bus, red line), Coplay Plaza (green line/red line), Chestnut Hill Malls (bus green line), Braintree Plaza (red Line)(all accessible by T, or Bus).

Definitely check out The Shops at Prudential Center in Boston. They have a Saks Fifth Avenue, Lacoste, Sephora, Lord & Taylor, L'Occitane, etc. I know it's not a huge shopping center but I think the stores in it make it well worth visiting. There are also some great restaurants there. The address is 800 Boylston Street, Boston.

I think your best outlet mall choice would be Wrentham Village. They have tons of upscale outlets like Coach, Barneys, Burberry, Bebe, Ferragamo, etc. And their address is 1 Premium Outlets Blvd., Wrentham, MA.

There is a also a great mall in Cambridge called the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall. Great food, and plenty of high end stores.
Also, a suburb of Boston called Burlington has a great mall.. Burlington Mall.. its right on Rt 128 in Burlington.

The Natick Collection! It is located in a suburb of Boston called Natick. It's a great HUGE mall. Lots of new stores.

http://www.natickcollection.com/html/ind...

The Natick Collection is the largest mall in New England! Its about 20 minutes from Boston. It has over 270 of the finest retail stores, including the first Nordstrom in Massachusetts, the area鈥檚 only suburban Neiman Marcus, along with JC Penney, Lord & Taylor, Macy鈥檚, and Sears.

Te Natick Collection is way better than the Pru!

Depends on your definition of "close". Close as in, actually in the city you can check out Downtown Crossing and Newbury Street for shops, or the Prudential Center/ Copley for malls. That mall is good. But MUCH better is the Natick Collection, in Natick MA. It's the biggest mall in the state. There are other good malls as well, like the Burlington Mall, in Burlington, MA or the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, MA. As far as outlets, the best and closest are the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, in Wrentham MA.

Wrenthem Village for an outlet experiance.
Natick collection for best mall.