Boston Hotels

Boston’s sporting fame promises to outshine its reputation as the most historically significant city in the United States. Whether it’s the fervor of the Red Sox and Fenway Park or the thrill of visiting the home of Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere that calls to visitors, Boston is ready and waiting to delight, welcoming travelers with aplomb and catering for them with finesse. Choice city-center hotel accommodation, classy international restaurants, superb shopping opportunities - including arguably the best bookshops in the world - and funky nightlife make Boston a city to visit repeatedly. Tours abound: visitors can walk the Freedom Trail, take a Cambridge double decker bus or relax on a waterborne tour of Boston Harbor and the Charles River to view the stunning skyline and the 18th century warship USS Constitution at leisure. There’s even a cellphone guided tour. And yes, you can still sail round the Public Gardens Lagoon in a huge Swan Boat.

This is museum land par excellence, with one for every taste, from the amazing New England Sports Museum to the elegantly beautiful Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Kids, geeks and science buffs get their chance with the Boston Children’s Museum, the high-tech MIT Museum, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the incomparable New England Aquarium with its penguins, sharks, and a chance to become a sea lion trainer for a day.

Shoppers flock to historic Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market where street entertainers thrill the senses, and sports fans revel in the exploits of the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics, Boston’s the professional baseball, football and basketball teams. The world-class Boston marathon which attracts around 30,000 runners from all over the glob, has been run every year since 1897 on the third Monday in April.

Logan Airport, a short drive from the city at the end of Interstate 90, the Massachusetts Turnpike is a gateway to, and from, the world. Boston itself offers access to the glories of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Plymouth Plantation as well as whale watching, the colorful colonial history of Massachusetts and the whole eastern United States.