We will be going to Boston the first week in April? Where is the best section to stay& what hotel. We are doing all the "touristy" stuff. We want to be close to the subway to get around. What do u absolutely have to see there. Would love suggestions.

Do you have a budget for the hotel? Generally speaking, Back Bay is the area of town that's most convenient.

Try the Chandler hotel.great location.Not expensive.Paul

John Jeffries House at the foot of Beacon Hill was very good. The T is right in front of the door.

www.johnjeffrieshouse.com

We stayed at the Marriott Long Wharf a few months ago and loved it. Our room had a view of a nice park on one side and the water on the other. It had a T stop right in front, and we were able to walk to the North End for Italian food, walk to the whale watching tour, etc. We found it really convenient and nice. We have Marriott points, so it was a good choice for us.

Budget would really be helpful.
If water view/harbor is important to you, if you never see it and are coming from far inland, you might prefer the waterfront hotels - Rowes Wharf, Marriott, etc

Otherwise, I happen to prefer the Back Bay/Copley area - Fairmont Copley Plaza, Eliot, etc

Price - how many - one room or two -

or Newbury Street Guest House or Clarendon Square Inne

give us that type of idea and more specific answers will come -

Also the Chandler Hotel, while not a bad location, would not be my top choice DEPENDING on what type of tourist you are and what you are expecting and how comfortable you are in a city - I am only a few streets away from there and I checked it out a few months ago for a relative -

I would say to their benefit: the staff was extremely friendly, we asked if there was an empty room we could see and they showed us one new remodeled room on the floor they have begun the remodeling project on - it was clean - nothing fancy - simple, simple furniture and bedding, no extra room in the room, if you know what I mean - and a very small, turn around in bathroom with stall shower, toilet, small sink, no counter space.

For some, this would be fine if you were going to go to your room to shower, change, sleep - and didn't mind having zero extra space. For others, it would feel cramped.

It is not in a newer area of the city, or a particularly charming area, it borders those however -
there is one restaurant/bar next to it - I could smell smoke when I walked in the lobby - not new smoke, but like when you walk into a room where there had been a big party the night before and that stale smoke smell -

The older rooms that are yet to be renovated, we saw one of those also, very very tired looking - but again, some don't mind that for a certain price -

I'm not a snob, but I like a fancier hotel room - I admit, I like those big puffy down tops with duvets and big fluffy pillows and a newer remodeled room and nice furniture, a view of a city and a street with more restaurants, cafes and happenings then there is at the Chandler -

the location is not a far walk from Copley/Newbury St - but it isn't the Copley Fairmont or Westin or Sheraton which are exactly right in the midst of store, restaurants, inside malls, history, etc and many more people walking and out and about until much, much later than on the side streets near the Chandler.

The Charlesmark is right across the street from the Copley subway that is next to th Boston Public Library that faces on Copley Square.Newbury Street is around the corner, nearby Prudential Center, Copley Center.
I don't know anyone who has stayed here but I stop in the Martini bar
next door when shopping.

I would like to stay in a 3 -4 star hotel. Thanks for the info.

FLTraveler: than the Chandler is definitely not for you.
Look at all the others mentioned, google and check them out and prices. They are all good choices and there are more choices as well, Boston has many fine hotels, B & B type Innes, etc - you will find something wonderful but start looking asap - April is almost here !

Boston is so small that there's no bad area to stay in. Quincy Market/Financial District, Back Bay, even Cambridge is a short "T" ride across. I have always booked Boston hotels through Priceline and have gotten them at a steal. Check out betterbidding.com and it tells you which hotels are in what section of Boston that people have won. It's a great city, you'll love it. The "T" is the easiest subway that I have ever taken.