Boston · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Harvard
Gerald Whitfield The American northeast and Canada
These are my five favourites in Boston, out of the 7 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.989893 down to 4.3.
All five are inside 1.1 km of Harvard, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Cozy Lake Geneva, King Bed, Fireplace & Pool
★★★★★4.989893 from 374 reviews
Cozy Lake Geneva, King Bed, Fireplace & Pool comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.989893 from 374 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is found under poi and around $280 a night on the dates we checked.
7 hotels in Boston qualified for this list and five made it. Lazy Cloud Lodge is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Cozy Lake Geneva, King Bed, Fireplace & Pool
★★★★★4.989893 from 374 reviews
500 m from Harvard, about a 6 minute walk
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2Lazy Cloud Lodge
★★★★★4.8 from 221 reviews
200 m from Harvard, about a 2 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Lake Geneva, Fireplace, Pool, Wifi, King Bed
★★★★★4.990766 from 418 reviews
1.1 km from Harvard, about a 14 minute walk
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4Lodge Geneva National
★★★★★4.3 from 1,395 reviews
800 m from Harvard, about a 10 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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5The French Country Inn
★★★★★4.3 from 399 reviews
700 m from Harvard, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
7 Boston hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Harvard second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Gerald Whitfield The American northeast and Canada
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