<p>Hi,
I have a friend who is planning a surprise trip to Boston for her husband’s 50th birthday. She can get a good rate at the following hotel - </p>
<p>The Westin Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 United States </p>
<p>She wants to know if it’s in a good area and if it’s close to any of the fun historical things in Boston? She is also wondering the best way to get from the airport to the city…? </p>
<p>He is going to a Red Sox game on Friday and has all day Saturday to do things in the city. Taking any suggestions (he will not have a car).</p>
<p>My daughter was in Boston last weekend and stayed at the Marriott at Copley Place. They had a great time and thought the hotel eas great, very nice and close to everything.</p>
<p>I’ve always wanted to stay at the Liberty Hotel. It would be about 3 miles N of Fenway, closer to downtown. I mostly stay in Coolidge Corner, on Beacon, at the Courtyard by Marriott (hotel actually on Webster St.). This is a short distance from Fenway and the T is right outside the hotel.</p>
<p>The most important thing about finding a hotel in Boston is to be close to a T stop. If you’re near the T you can get anywhere easily.</p>
<p>To/from the airport - Silver Line to South Station, then the Red Line.</p>
<p>I took a look at an interesting (fairly) new hotel when I was last there. It’s a restoration of the old city jail with a tower behind. The Charles/MGH T stop and Beacon Hill are right across the street. Not cheap. [Boston</a> Massachusetts Luxury Hotel ? The Liberty Hotel](<a href=“http://www.libertyhotel.com/]Boston”>http://www.libertyhotel.com/)</p>
<p>It really isn’t that far to Fanuel Hall and other historical sites. It is a short walk in my opinion. OTOH, you will not want to walk if it is very cold, snowing or raining. There is a T stop (silver line) about 3-4 blocks down the street. Hotel may have a shuttle there. It is not near Fenway Park, but you can take the T there.</p>
<p>Fabulous new hotel. On the waterfront near the North End (Boston’s Little Italy and also has the Paul Rever house somewhere in that neighborhood). Eat dinner in the North End - yummo. Visit Faneuil Hall for shops in a rehabbed set of wharf buildings with cobblestone walkways and street performances (walking distance from hotel). Take the T or a cab to Fenway - it’s across town. There is T (transit) from the airport to a few blocks’ walk from the hotel - check the Boston MBTA website. Walk the Rose Kennedy Greenway Saturday or go to Chinatown (at the start of the greenway). Dim Sum Saturday or Sunday morning - more yum. Transit across the river to Harvard Square is also a fun Saturday trip. Museum of Fine Arts (near Fenway) is wonderful. MIT museum is a gem.</p>
<p>We stayed at the Hilton Financial District and walked or took the T to everything (including the Red Sox Game). We also stayed at the Cambridge Marriott which was right next to MIT on the Charles River. With the T we were able to reach everywhere in Boston with no problems. From the airport we took a cab.</p>