Hotels in the Boston Area

Candlewood Suites -- Boston Burlington

This affordable hotel is located in Burlington, northwest of downtown Boston. Candlewood Suites is part of the Choice Hotels brand, and it offers a price-match on room rates with their Best Rate Guarantee.

Rooms have fully equipped kitchens with dishes and cookware, a cable-TV and VCR, CD player, and desk. The hotel has a complimentary fitness center, barbecue grills and a business center for guests' use. High speed Internet access is available. There is a convenience store on site.

Candlewood Suites is located near a variety of casual dining establishments and bars. Onsite, the Candlewood Cupboard sells breakfast foods, snacks, frozen entrees, and soft drinks. They can be purchased 24 hours a day.

130 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01083
(781) 229-4300

The Westin Waltham Boston

This mid-price hotel is located 15 miles from downtown Boston. Westin's Breathe initiative made this hotel 100% smoke-free.

Guest rooms are furnished with Westin's Heavenly Bed®, and feature spacious bathrooms with complimentary toiletries. Work out in the sophisticated WestinWORKOUT® Gym or enjoy a 3 or 5 mile walk or run pre-planned by Runner's World. An indoor heated pool and whirlpool is also available.

Guests can enjoy cocktails and appetizers with Westin's nightly unwind program. The hotel has a concierge and offers a variety of services to enhance your stay. Valet and covered parking is available. Wireless Internet is accessible throughout the hotel.

The hotel's restaurant Seventy @ Third serves a New England specialties, a 'super foods' invigorating breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. The lobby bar opens at noon and closes after midnight each day.

70 Third Avenue
Waltham, MA 0245
(781) 290-5600

The Charles Hotel

The historic Charles Hotel opened in 1984, and it's located next-door to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. It offers 294 spacious guest rooms, including 45 suites are tastefully designed with a signature down comforter and hand-made quilt on each bed. Bathrooms allow optimum relaxation with terrycloth robes and Seura "in mirror" bathroom TV. Floor to ceiling windows have panoramic views of Harvard Square.

Guests of the Charles Hotel can borrow a book from the library, and they can enjoy it listening to their in-room Bose radio. Business travelers will appreciate the spacious wood writing desk and phones (three, two-line speakerphones with voice mail and fax capability, and a cordless phone) found in every suite. Wireless Internet is accessible in-room and throughout the property.

The European Le Pli Spa and Salon is adjacent to the hotel, and guests may use the Wellbridge Athletic Club facilities gratis during their stay. The hotel welcomes children with a "kids kit" upon arrival, and it offers complimentary cribs with bumpers and linens. Pets are welcome for a fee.

Awards abound at the property's four food and drink venues. Henrietta's Table is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily; it was voted one of the area's "Best Sunday Brunches" by the Improper Bostonian. Rialto is the upscale Italian concept of James Beard Award winning chef Jody Adams, open for dinner nightly. Regattabar was named Best Jazz Club and was a multi-time "Best of Boston Award" recipient from Boston Magazine. The hotel's wine bar noir has received nods from City Search and Food and Wine Magazine.

1 Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 864-1200