Besides being a short, quiet stroll from the historic ships and the north section of the Freedom Trail, the hotel's convenient for the ferry to Aquarium T station and the centre of town. That's a pleasure in itself: for $1.70 you get a succession of great views from the water. In fact we took that route when we left for the airport: ferry, subway, and free shuttle to the terminals.
The only thing that went wrong during our stay was when we first arrived. Having made our way to North Station on the subway, we called the hotel to enquire about the shuttle we'd heard about. They told us where to pick it up and said it was 'white'. After an uncomfortable half hour waiting with our bags on a busy street corner, seeing dozens of white vehicles and asking some if they went to the hotel, we gave up and took a taxi cab ($7). Only afterwards a different receptionist told us it was a (free) Mass Hospital shuttle, going not to the hotel but to a nearby street.
If you have a laptop then do take it. There's a good free wi-fi signal, but the one PC in the lobby always has people waiting to use it.
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