PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

Opened in 2004 in a renovated 1891 apartment building on a side street off Copley Square, this 10-story limited-service hotel retains a residential atmosphere. Designed as a corporate hotel, with oversize work desks and a "library lounge" lobby that's suitable for a meeting, this place does so much leisure business that rates often rise on weekends. In the guest rooms, contemporary mahogany furnishings, subdued florals, and jewel tones create a boutique feel. I especially like the five suites; each has a sleeper sofa in the meeting-friendly living room. Without an all-day restaurant or the lavish perks of most other neighborhood hotels (including its gargantuan sister property in Copley Place), the hotel woos -- and wins -- repeat business with top-notch service and early-evening activities such as massages and beer tastings.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Boston 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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