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Out of 197

Fairmont Boston	Average Price: $400 Check Rates

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138 Street James Avenue

Boston, 02116 View map

4-Star Hotel Rank: 30 of 38
Average review rating: 4.16

OpinionWell Value Index: 4

Traveler reviews analyzed: MyTravelGuide (891) , Travelocity (7) , TripAdvisor (312) , YahooTravel (27)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. This is where you want to stay if you want endless choice of restaurants, shopping and nice streets to wander about.

"Great 4*hotel in the right location of Boston " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/26/2010 Vote

2. When I asked the desk clerk about getting a cup of coffee earlier, she told me that I could either wait until 6:30 or I was welcome to walk across the street to Starbucks.

"Pretty hotel - so-so staff " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/24/2010 Vote

3. By the way, there was and still is some construction being performed to the huge windows on the Dartmouth street side.

"Gorgeous hotel and great service for Christmastime " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/1/2009 Vote

4. We spend a week each Fall in Boston and some years ago were attracted to investigate the interior of this hotel as a result of its elegant ground level exterior, those red awnings, and lovely flowers at street level.

"Oak Room Comment " Read full review on YahooTravel 2/16/2008 Vote

5. The location is perfect, right next to Newbury Street, a multitude of shopping at Copley Plaza, and a short stroll to a toasty Starbucks.

"Beautiful, historic hotel - Great Back Bay location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/18/2008 Vote

6. Very close to major shopping areas as well as Newbury Street where we found many great dining choices.

"I fell in love on this visit to Boston " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/7/2007 Vote

7. I am a woman who does not want to traipse the streets at that hour.

"Underpar service for busy business traveller, very limited room service " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/6/2010 Vote

8. The hotel is located close to charming Newbury street with its many shops and restaurants and there's a park with a small lake just a 5 minute walk away.

"Gorgeous historic property with miles of charm " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/24/2010 Vote

9. Furthermore, the hotel was perfectly located in Copley Square- literally steps away from the marathon bus pick-up, finish line, the expo, the green line subway (which connects to the airport blue line), downtown Boston, and the various night-life on Boylston Street.

"Perfect for the solo Boston Marathon traveller " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/22/2010 Vote

10. The inter-connecting malls to Newbury street has every fashion possble to meet anybody's finiciances.

"Great location and would be the area I'de want to live if moving to Boston. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/29/2010 Vote