PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

Like Cambridge itself, Hotel Marlowe is fun, funky, and serious when it needs to be. The hotel opened in 2003 in a new eight-story building near the CambridgeSide Galleria mall and the Museum of Science -- a great location for families -- and offers abundant amenities for both business and leisure travelers. The rooms are elegantly decorated, with quirky touches like leopard-print carpeting, and large enough to hold a work desk and armchair. All have down comforters and three phones (one in the bathroom), and suites have spa tubs. Views are of the river (across the busy boulevard), a small canal, or the landscaped courtyard/driveway off the lobby. The eco-savvy hotel's closest competitor is the Royal Sonesta Hotel , across the street, which has a pool and health club, better river views, and correspondingly higher prices.

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

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