Where to stay in Boston (Quincy: home, rent, hotels)

[kgeorge78]

Hello,
I'll be going on vaca to boston in the end of June. We were thiking about staying at the Westin Boston Habourfront. Is this a nice hotel? Is it close to the action?

Where should be stay to do the standard tourist stuff!
THanks

[Parsec]

If that's the one in the seaport district (aka South Boston waterfront) then that's more of an emerging neighborhood. Rates might be cheaper there and you're still only a few minutes from downtown, but if you really wanna be in the middle of the touristy areas, then you should stay closer to Boston Common-Public Gardens. Boston Park Plaza Hotel or Copley Square Hotel would be excellent location-wise, although I've never been inside them. I don't know how luxurious of a hotel you want.

[kgeorge78]

its called the Westin Habour Waterfront.

[kgeorge78]

I booked the Boston Westin Habourfront.

Anyone stay here or anywhere close to it?

[CityGirl52]

I've never stayed there myself, just lived near it in Southie for close to 20 years, right near L Street which shoots right by Summer St. where the Westin Hotel complex and the Convention Center is located. From what I understand this hotel is incredible. It's got a Reebok Gym for adults, and even a Gym for kids. It's got all updated state of the art equipment in it. There indoor pool is beautiful and their hotel lobby, which I have seen twice, when it first opened, has all these beautiful plants and trees in it. For downtown Boston's stark tall, some magnificient buildings that are basically boring lately, that's awesome news in itself, seeing all the beautiful trees and plants indoors, all year round. I know that there's a Starbucks Coffee and a gourmet restaurant in the hotel too that will be convenient.

As far as getting to downtown, where you'll want to be? This Hotel is roughly a little over a mile, may be a mile and a half to South Station. From there it's a piece of cake, you'd be able to get to the Back Bay in no time via the MBTA, the Waterfront is all along Atlantic Avenue, the North End is beyond the Quincy Market area.

Yes, this Hotel you're staying at is basically in an Industrial area, that's being all done over left and right, so you're not going to be able to walk right out your door to get to the Aquarium, the USS Constitution or Copley Plaza. You'll have to hop in a taxi or see if the Hotel provides a Shuttle Service. Which they possibly could have. If not, you're still close by to the MBTA. If you go to mbta dot com you'll see the Red line where South Station is located. There's also the MBTA bus that goes right by your Hotel, so just ask your Concierge where the bus stop is near the complex; it's probably right outside the door or right near it I would say.

The rates have been GREAT at this new Westin Waterfront Hotel. I know that the Hilton Hotel in the Financial District is always booked up, due to businesses using it all the time during the week; so this Westin Waterfront Hotel has been getting a lot more business lately.

I think it's ideal for tourists myself. It's got great amenities here; the rooms are gorgeous with flatscreen TV's, comfortable, funky brand new furnishings. I would say you're going to really like staying here. One site that you could check is Trip Advisor dot com. Go to the Hotels in Massachusetts and click on this Hotel and you'll see all the reviews on it. That's a great site and will give you a better idea on it with people that have actually stayed there.

You should try to go to the Playwright Tavern in Southie. The cuisine is quite good here. Here's some info on it:
The Playwright
658 East Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
(617) 269-2537
The Playwright is a classy-looking, slightly upscale Irish pub in Boston that nevertheless is very unpretentious and frequented by the locals in Southie. A full menu includes some excellent entrees at The Playwright, which is a great place to come for a dinner, a snack, or simply a few pints of Guinness

Good Luck & Have A Wonderful Time In Boston!

[haberstroh]

You already got a lot of info but I would like to share some as well. I have not been in the Hotel but my husband works across the street at the World Trade Center and we meet him there a lot. It is true the area is a growing part of town but has already a lot to offer. For once you can take the water taxi from the seaport, you also have the silverline T, there are plenty of resaturants like the no-name-restaurant - not so cool but cheaper, the Barking Crab- supercool and my absolute favourite, the Daily Catch, James Cook for lobster rolls etc..... Then there is the ICA (Intitute of Contamporary Art), the Boardwalk, the Children's Museum, the Aquarium and endless more things to do. Boston is absolutely amazing in the summer, full of history and culture. You will love it.

[kgeorge78]

Awesome. I cant wait, I have no problem taking a taxi downtown and walking the rest. I would love to rent a car and head up north to cape cod, vermont, .....

Im going to fenway obvoisly (Huge baseball fan), I'd like to see foxborough, I'd like to take a nice trip and kill a few lobsters!!,

I really don't know what I'm doing there, all I know is that I cant wait to go -Its one of the few citys in the US that I want to but have yet to visit.

I live in Canada but very close to Detroit (1 hour from my home to Detroit Metro Airport), so we take many weekend trips. In the past few years Ive been to

Cleveland (loved it)
New York (obviously loved it)
Dallas (Nice, Rich!!)
Orlando / Tampa (Hated it)
Seattle (meh)
Pheniox (too hot, no water)
Hawaii (Amazing)
Kansas City (Very surprised, great time)
St. Louis (Worse then Detriot)
Vegas (overratted, overdone)
Chicago (best food on earth!)
..........

All I have left is Miami, San Fran, Boston!!