United Airlines Flights from Halifax, Canada (YHZ) to Boston (BOS)
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Orbitz is pleased to offer airline tickets on United Airlines, which operates a daily non-stop flight from Halifax, Canada (YHZ) to Boston (BOS) regularly scheduled to depart at 8:35am and arrive at 9:10am, and one additional non-stop flight regularly scheduled to depart at 6:15pm and arrive at 6:50pm, everyday except Saturday. Usually a Canadair Regional Jet is flown for this route. The average travel time from Halifax, Canada to Boston, MA is 1 hour and 35 minutes.
During your Boston vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) was an incorrigible individualist long before strong-willed behavior was acceptable for women in polite Boston society, and her forcefulness paid off for art lovers. "Mrs. Jack" designed her exquisite home in the style of a 15th-century Venetian palace and filled it with European, American, and Asian painting and sculpture, many pieces chosen with the help of her friend and protégé Bernard Berenson. You'll see works by Titian, Botticelli, Raphael, Rembrandt, Matisse, and Mrs. Gardner's friends James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent. Titian's magnificent Europa, which many scholars consider his finest work, is one of the most important Renaissance paintings in the United States. In my casual poll of local travel experts, the Gardner was the most popular museum.The building, which opened to the public after Mrs. Gardner's death, holds a glorious hodgepodge of furniture and architectural details imported from European churches and palaces. The pièce de résistance is the magnificent sky-lit courtyard, filled year-round with fresh flowers from the museum greenhouse. Although the terms of Mrs. Gardner's will forbid changing the arrangement of the museum's content, there has been some evolution: A special exhibition gallery features two or three changing shows a year, often by contemporary artists in residence.They have a concert series (tel. 617/734-1359). The cafe serves lunch and desserts, and there's an excellent gift shop.
Harrison Gray Otis House
Legendary architect Charles Bulfinch designed this gorgeous 1796 mansion for an up-and-coming young lawyer who later became mayor of Boston. The restoration was one of the first in the country to use a computer analysis of the wall paint, and the result was revolutionary: It revealed that the colors on the walls were drab because the paint was faded, not because they started out dingy. Furnished in the style to which a wealthy family in the late-18th-century and early-19th-century United States would have been accustomed, the Federal-style building is a colorful, elegant treasure. Guided tours (the only way to see the house) discuss the architecture of the house; post-Revolutionary social, business, and family life; and the history of the neighborhood.
Old South Meeting House
Look for the clock tower that tops this religious and political gathering place, best known as the site of an important event leading to the Revolution. On December 16, 1773, a restive crowd of several thousand, too big to fit into Faneuil Hall, gathered here. They were waiting for word from the governor about whether three ships full of tea -- priced to undercut the cost of smuggled tea and force the colonists to trade with merchants approved by the Crown -- would be sent back to England from Boston. The ships were not, and revolutionaries poorly disguised as Mohawks cast the tea into the harbor. The meeting house commemorates that uprising, the Boston Tea Party. You can even see a vial of the tea. An interactive multimedia exhibit, Voices of Protest, tells the story of the events that took place here.Originally built in 1670 and replaced by the current structure in 1729, the building underwent extensive renovations in the 1990s. In 1872, the devastating fire that destroyed most of downtown stopped at Old South, a phenomenon considered evidence of the building's power.The meeting house frequently schedules speeches, readings, panel discussions, and children's activities, often with a colonial theme. Each December, it stages a reenactment of the debate that led to the tea party. Call ahead or check the website for schedules.Exit through the gift shop and look across Milk Street to see Benjamin Franklin's birthplace. Franklin, the 15th child of Josiah Franklin, was born in 1706 in a little house at 17 Milk St. The house is long gone, but look across at the second floor of what's now 1 Milk St. When the building went up after the fire of 1872, the architect guaranteed that the Founding Father wouldn't be forgotten: A bust and the words BIRTHPLACE OF FRANKLIN adorn the facade.To continue on the Freedom Trail: Backtrack on Washington Street (passing Spring Lane, one of the first streets in Boston and originally the site of a real spring) to State Street.
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston
This legendary hotel overlooking the Public Garden has attracted both the "proper Bostonian" and the celebrated visitor since 1927. A top-to-bottom $60 million restoration completed in 2002 upgraded the building throughout. One of the most traditional lodgings in town, it offers fewer amenities than its sister property in the Theater District and the archrival Four Seasons, but the original Ritz maintains the cachet accumulated during nearly 8 decades of doing everything in style.The elegantly appointed guest rooms have plush linens, feather duvets, crystal chandeliers, three phones (one in the bathroom), and windows that open. You'll pay more for a room with a view. The best units are the suites, which have wood-burning fireplaces; the "fireplace butler" can help you choose the right wood.Facilities: 2 restaurants; bar; lounge; exercise room; access to Sports Club/LA ($20; see Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common listing, above); concierge; courtesy car; airport shuttle; business center; 24-hr. room service; in-room massage; babysitting; laundry service; same-day dry cleaning; club-level rooms. Rooms for travelers with disabilities are available.
Doubletree Guest Suites
This hotel is one of the best deals in town -- every unit is a two-room suite with a living room, bedroom, and bathroom. Business travelers can entertain in their rooms, and families can spread out, making this a good choice for both groups. Overlooking the Charles River at the Allston/Cambridge exit of the Mass. Pike, the hotel is near Cambridge and the riverfront bike-and-jogging path, but it's not actually in any neighborhood. Room rates include scheduled van service to and from attractions and business areas in Boston and Cambridge, making the somewhat inconvenient location easier to handle.The suites, which were renovated in 2002, surround a 15-story atrium. Rooms are large and attractively furnished, and most bedrooms have a king-size bed (some have two oversize twins) and a writing desk. Each living room contains a full-size sofa bed, a dining table, and a good-size refrigerator. The Hyatt Regency Cambridge, the hotel's nearest rival, is more convenient but generally more expensive.Facilities: Restaurant (American); lounge; excellent Scullers Jazz Club; indoor pool; exercise room; free access to nearby health club; Jacuzzi; sauna; concierge; shuttle service; 24-hr. business center; room service until 3am; coin-op laundry; laundry service; same-day dry cleaning. Suites for travelers with disabilities are available.
Hotel Marlowe
Hotel Marlowe is the first Northeast venture by detail-oriented Kimpton Boutique Hotels, a company that's best known for the beloved Hotel Monaco brand. This hotel opened in 2003 in a new eight-story building adjacent to the CambridgeSide Galleria mall, around the corner from the Museum of Science. It's chic yet comfortable, with abundant amenities for both businesspeople and leisure travelers. The elegantly decorated guest rooms are of a good size, with enough room to hold a work desk and an armchair. Rooms have down comforters and three phones (one in the bathroom), plus funky-boutique-hotel touches like leopard-print carpeting and a faux-fur throw across the foot of the bed. You will have views of the river (across the busy boulevard), a small canal, or the landscaped courtyard/driveway that shields the lobby from the street. The Marlowe's closest competition is the Royal Sonesta Hotel , across the street, which is more expensive but has a pool and health club.
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