120 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Chain: Summit Hotels and Resorts
The Colonnade is one of Boston’s “hidden gems” — a hotel offering well-appointed accommodations in a prime Back Bay location, across from the world headquarters of Christian Science, the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity, a block from Symphony Hall and a short hop on the “T” from the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Northeastern University and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Upscale shopping and Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox) are also nearby.
The hotel’s ambiance is one of quiet elegance with an international flavor, which has a special appeal for European guests, as well as distinguished celebrities and other travelers intent on avoiding the spotlight.
Does HotelsByCity recommend this hotel?
For convenience, location, amenities, even peace and quiet in the middle of the city, the Colonnade has it all. The hotel's high percentage of repeat business and discriminating guests who wouldn't think of staying anywhere else says it all. Read our customer reviews?
The hotel’s beautifully appointed 285 guest rooms, with 9 luxurious suites (including Author’s Suite, Conductor’s Suite and SOHO Suite), are decorated in a contemporary European style. They are technologically equipped with a two-line speaker phone, a fax/modem line, High Speed wired and wireless Internet connection, voicemail, a bathroom phone, individual climate control, and a television with more than 25 channels and a large on-demand movie selection. Guest rooms feature spacious desks, floor-to-ceiling windows that open, luxurious bathrooms, plush lounging robes, laundry and valet service, iron and board, overnight shoe shine service and daily newspaper delivery, air dryers, a phone and—a touch of whimsy--a Rubber Duckie in each bathroom.
The Colonnade’s European style, personal service, and amenities, such as Boston’s only rooftop pool, make it an exception to the bland rule that most big city hotels must seem like carbon copies of each other.
The Colonnade Hotel is also home to Brasserie JO, Chef Jean Joho's classic Alsatian restaurant, which has won numerous local awards for Best After-Theater Dining, Best Business Lunch, and Best Breakfast.
As for the hotel’s outdoor rooftop pool, one observer wrote that the roof deck and pool felt like a rich relative's penthouse patio party and that it seemed to fit the LA scene rather than Boston's.
From Logan International Airport:
Follow signs for Sumner Tunnel. Go through the tunnel ($4.50 fee); stay in right-hand lane; follow all signage for Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive to Copley Square Exit (exit left). At the traffic light, take a right onto Beacon St. Follow Beacon St. to Exeter St. Take left onto Exeter St. and follow until the end of Exeter St. Take a right onto Huntington Ave. (one-way). Make a legal U-turn at the second set of lights. You will pass the Colonnade on your left. The parking garage entrance is on the right, at the end of the building.
View hotels near Logan International Airport
Cheap Cambridge Hotels
Has two very impressive higher education facilities
Cheap Salem Hotels
Once home to the Massachusetts elite
Cheap Springfield Hotels
An ideal place to visit for museum lovers
Cheap Waltham Hotels
Enjoy Waltham's natural beauty and unique shops
Cheap Woburn Hotels
Close to the top of the Mystic River Valley