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InterContinental Boston

Address: 510 Atlantic Ave., Downtown/Waterfront, Boston, MA, 02210 | Map It
Phone: 617/747-1000
www.intercontinentalboston.com

Price range: $$$$
Location: Downtown Boston

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Fodor's Review:

Call it the anti-boutique hotel. Boston's 424-room InterContinental Hotel, facing the harbor and the Rose Kennedy Greenway—is housed in two opulent, 22-story towers wrapped in blue glass. In a nod to the city's history, the towers equal the height of the masts of the old tall ships, and the pewter bar in RumBa, the hotel's rum bar, would surely delight metalsmith Paul Revere. (It also harks back to Boston's connection with the rum trade.) Miel, the hotel's organic Provencal brasserie, is open 24/7. Hallways are lined with Texan limestone, and lobbies are gleaming with Italian marble and leather—there's not a red brick in the place. Guest rooms are oversize, wired with the latest technology, and have flat-screen TVs, and readers rave about the spalike bathrooms ("the best bathroom I have ever seen"), done in mosaic tile and granite, with separate tubs and showers. Another drawing card here is the 6,600-square-foot spa and health club, and a pool that overlooks Atlantic Avenue and the Greenway. Sushi-Teq, the hotel's sushi-tequila restaurant, draws crowds, while movers and shakers from local financial, real estate, and law firms of the Financial District make merry after work in the bars. Pros: rooms have great views and great bathrooms, close to Financial District and South Station, brasserie open 24 hours. Cons: huge function rooms mean lots of conventioneers, far from Newbury Street and museums, guests say that soundproofing could be better.

Hotel Details: 424 rooms, 38 suites
In-room: safe, refrigerator, DVD, Wi-Fi.
In-hotel: 2 restaurants, room service, bar, pool, gym, spa, laundry service, Wi-Fi hotspot, parking (paid).
Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V
Metro: South Station.