![]() ![]() Before going straight into the main area, veer left to see the displays of jellyfish. Get here on the early side because it gets crowded quickly, especially on weekends. A must-see, the aquarium never fails to enchant, no matter what age. The Battery Wharf Hotel is not a resort with pool, so you'll be heading back to the room to relax, watch movies, change and off you go again on your merry way.Īfter breakfast, walk along the water some 10 minutes to reach the New England Aquarium. I hope things turn out for the best for this hotel after things get settled with the union. They were accommodating with some of the benefits we had from our visa premium card: room upgrade, free breakfast (what we had was valued at around 55 US per day) and hotel credit. Location is great, near many places of interest, restaurants and around 10 minute walk to the nearest metro station. I agree with another review that says the hotel might be in need of some renovations. They’re doing an effort for sure, for example, at breakfast there was only one person servicing all tables but food was amazing. The hotel is definitely under staffed because of the strike and it shows. At reception they were very open telling us about the strike and said that if we were uncomfortable with the noise we could check out with no penalties (7am to 7pm protests). ![]() ![]() As soon as we were entering, people from the strike approached us and gave us a pamphlet with some disturbing information. Got there in a boat taxi from the airport which was pretty great. The dark cherry wood floors and soft rugs add to the warm welcome. You can hear the whistling of the ocean breeze through the windows, walk out to a small patio with views of those large tankers coming in and out of the port, even see "all hands on deck" with the zoom lens of your in-suite telescope. Eliot suite at the tip of the wharf and you feel like you're on that Coast Guard ship. If you really want to splurge, snag the T.S. The highlight, besides the view, is the heavenly shower that massages your body from above as well as three jets of water pulsing from the side. Each of the rooms had large king-sized beds and soft pillows that suck you in, ample closet and drawer space, flat screen TVs with Sirius radio option, mini-bars, desks and Wi-Fi (which costs an additional $16 a day). We have two growing teenagers, so we stayed in adjoining rooms on the first floor of the main building, which worked out well. Choose one with a water view, like we did and you'll be peering at the Coast Guard boat. The 150 rooms in the Battery Wharf Hotel are split into four low-lying buildings along the wharf. It’s the ideal locale for a family vacation in the city. Within a short walk, you can be at the New England Aquarium saying hi to Myrtle the Turtle, dining on clam chowder and shopping in Quincy Market, grabbing pizza, pasta, and cannolis in the Italian neighborhood of the North End, and walking on the Freedom Trail to all those historic Revolutionary War Sites like Old North Church and the Bunker Hill Monument. Yet, it’s not merely the property’s ocean locale that makes this small gem stick out from the pack, but its proximity to some of Boston’s favorite family sites. Coast Guard ship on the next dock or allow you to see all those large freighters being escorted in and out of the harbor by tugboats. In fact, your room could very well sit across from the U.S. Once owned by Paul Revere’s son and only a short walk to Paul Revere’s house in the North End, the Battery Wharf is simply a long dock and the hotel juts out onto the wharf like a docked ship. But my favorite of all the new waterfront lodgings in the city is the Battery Wharf Hotel, Boston Waterfront, formerly the Fairmont Battery Wharf. Then the Seaport Hotel opened near the new convention center in the burgeoning Fan Pier neighborhood of South Boston, and the Intercontinental joined Boston Harbor Hotel along the new Rose Kennedy Greenway, the former large-scale construction site known as the Big Dig. For years, The Marriott Long Wharf and the Boston Harbor Hotel were the only two hotels that rewarded guests with ocean views. Living in Boston, I could never understand why there were so few hotels taking advantage of the waterfront setting. ![]()
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