The Best Western Terrace Inn is a pleasant and beautifully landscaped hotel in the residential Brighton District of Boston. For years known as "Boston's Best Lodging Value," we provide a relaxing atmosphere with all the benefits of a modern city hotel. Guests enjoy comfortable rooms, extended-stay accommodations, a casually inviting ambiance, and a city location steeped in culture, history, and urban energy. Adorned with comfortable furnishings, contemporary amenities, and stylish d'cor, The Best Western Terrace Inn offers you the comforts and convenience of home and office. Spacious rooms with fully equipped kitchenettes and refrigerators accommodate your extended stays. We are only seven miles from Logan International Airport and within five miles of Boston's historic sites, museums, parks, theaters, colleges and universities, sports and concert arenas, urban marketplaces and must-see attractions.
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During your Boston vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Mary Baker Eddy Library/Mapparium
The Mary Baker Eddy Library, a research center with two floors of interactive and multimedia exhibits, opened in 2002. Its mission is to explore ideas of liberty, spirituality, and the like throughout history. A central role is reserved for Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. The library's most intriguing exhibit is the Mapparium, a unique hollow globe 30 feet across. Both a work of art and an illustration of political history, the globe consists of a bronze framework that connects 608 stained-glass panels. Because sound bounces off the nonporous surfaces, the acoustics are as unusual as the aesthetics. As you cross the glass bridge just south of the equator, you'll see the political divisions of the world from 1932 to 1935, when the globe was constructed.
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.
James Rego Square (Paul Revere Mall)
A pleasant little brick-paved park known as the Prado, the mall holds a famous equestrian statue of Paul Revere. Take time to read some of the tablets on the left-hand wall that describe famous people and places in the history of the North End.To continue on the Freedom Trail: Walk around the fountain and continue to Salem Street.
Shawmut Inn
The Shawmut Inn offers comfortable accommodations for a relaxing holiday or business trip. It is ideally situated for visitors to the area and has a welcoming atmosphere with friendly and hospitable service. The hotel has excellent facilities as well as comfortable guest rooms and public areas. Totally renovated the property is excellent for the business traveler. Approximately a dozen restaurants are within a 5 minute ...
Ramada Boston
The Ramada Boston hotel is ideally located less than four miles from historic downtown Boston and five miles from the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (Logan International Airport). Please call our Boston hotel directly for instructions regarding airport transportation. Ramada Boston is close to the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Fenway Park, Boston University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Boston Common, known as one of the oldest public parks ...
Chandler Inn Hotel
Affordable boutique hotel in Boston's historic South End. The Chandler Inn Hotel is just a short walk from world class shopping along Newbury Street, a fantastic variety of restaurants on trendy Tremont Street and many historic and sightseeing points of interest.The Chandler Inn Hotel is small and stylish. Housed in a building dating from the early 1900's, the hotel offers 55 comfortable guest rooms. All guest rooms feature private bath, satellite television, telephones with voice mail and ...
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Most recent user reviews
Great Location
Albert, 2007-03-14
Very close to Cambridge, Harvard and MIT. Lovely skyline of Boston. Reasonable motel just outside of Boston.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. They gave us coupons to a local restaurant. As a surprise, they had a lovely breadkfast and a dining room. The room was clean and had a very nice utility kitchen. It was also 2 blocks to the meeting we were attending in Brookline.
Great Accomodations
Anonymous, 2007-02-14
Lots of little coffee shops and brunch places to sit and eat.
The Best Western Terrace Inn was comfortable, with a queen bed, two night stands with lamps, a writing desk, and televsion. It was a last minute trip and the Inn was very, very accomodating. The staff was helpful and friendly and only 20 minutes to the Prudential/financial district.
Ups and Downs
Anonymous, Manchester, NH, 2006-12-16
The BU Arena was near this hotel. It could be a short drive but we caught the sub-way which is conveniently right across the street a short walk down from the hotel.
We checked into the Hotel and the Hotel Staff was extremely friendly. We were going to a concert that night and the hotel was near that venue. The individual who checked us in was very helpful in provding suggestions. The train was easily accessible to the hotel. The parking was not near our room we had to walk a bit to get there. The room was clean and had a kitchenette area which I liked. But after we settled in we noticed the room was cool. We attempt to turn on the heat with no success. We didn't want to have to change rooms as we didn't want to be late for the concert so we just had to be a bit chilly for our stay there.
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Douglas, Newark, NJ, 2006-05-18
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NO AC
Anonymous, Austin, TX, 2006-05-18
The room I was in had no ac and the desk clerk lied to me when I called to complain. He told me there was no ac in the entire motel. The next day the day manager said she didnt know why the night manager had lied about the ac as all the other rooms had it.
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