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Inside The Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Three Battery Wharf [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02109
February 2, 2010 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (2)

Last week we revisited our old stomping grounds in Boston and decided to shack up at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. With all these new hotels in town (like the Ames and the W), our Boston hotel standards have been ratcheted up quite a bit. Yet the Fairmont didn't wow us.

It wasn't that we didn't have a pleasant stay, we did. It isn't that we had a terrible view--watch the video to see our killer view--but if you are looking for a wow factor in a Boston hotel, move along.

Come to think of it, residence hotels hardly ever excite us, so this hotel is not alone. However, if you are looking for a quiet, comfortable place to stay with good, free connectivity (just sign up for the Fairmont Presidents Club) and service that feels more personal (think high end residence doorman type stuff) than big hotel brand, you will be happy with the Fairmont Battery Wharf.

+ Plus :
Anyone who knows anything about Boston will avoid renting a car at all costs. Thus, your hotel location is even more important than usual when you stay in Boston. The North End can be a bit tough to get to by T or foot from downtown, not so from Fairmont Battery Wharf. You can just walk out your door, cross Atlantic and hit up one of the many Italian restaurants.

- Minus :
Getting a cab can be difficult in Boston to begin with, however, if you are staying at Fairmont Battery Wharf you or the doorman has to run down the wharf to Atlantic Ave and pray a cab comes by. Put 617.625.3000 in your cell phone before you go, call it from your room and you will successfully mitigate this positive during your stay.

Location: 4233 in the Sarah Josepha Hale building
View: Hotel courtyard or Burroughs Wharf and Harbor View
Rate: $199

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confusing

The hotel looks nice, but I'm just not sure about Fairmont and their direction.  How do they have super classic hotels, like The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston and then this modern place on the other end of town.  They are both nice in their own way, but confusing to customers.  Oh, throw in all those former Canadian Pacific castle hotels in Canada and you simply have a mess of a brand.
3GVL on February 2, 2010 at 8:24 PM #Permalink

Boston Faimont

4 of us women stayed there in August, we were so impressed with the the warm welcome, impeccable service, the cleanliness of the room, that we stayed there again in November.  In November, we were met with the same manner, to us it was a 4 star experience.  
Debby Stepanischen Quigley on December 11, 2010 at 11:59 AM #Permalink

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