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Property Amenities
Located in the heart of Harvard Square, The Charles Hotel is 2.5 miles from downtown Boston. The 10-story hotel, updated in 2009, features modern conveniences while maintaining its original New England charm.
The hotel offers a lively jazz club; four restaurants, each offering regional cuisine; 15 state-of-the-art business and conference rooms; and banquet rooms available for weddings and business functions.
A 54-foot square indoor ice rink is just outside the front door. The Corbu Spa and Salon offers a range of skin, hair and beauty treatments. Additional amenities include an indoor pool, 24-hour business center, parking garage, and childcare services are available. (Children have access to the indoor pool during select times only and must be accompanied by an adult.)
Guests of The Charles Hotel enjoy complimentary admission to an on-site health club which features a lap pool, weight room, group fitness classes, personal trainers The health club also offers Kid's swim hours. The hotel offers complimentary bike rentals during the warmer months and an outdoor ice-skating rink in the winter months.
Wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
Room Amenities
Rooms
This Cambridge hotel features 294 guestrooms and suites, with views of Harvard Square, the Charles River, or the city.
Rooms feature contemporary designs complemented by Shaker-inspired furnishings. Guestrooms include originally commissioned artwork, custom-designed cherry wood desks, oversized clocks, and feather beds draped in hand-crafted quilts and premium bedding. A custom-designed professor's chair and hanging pegboard are reminiscent of a New England boarding school.
Modern touches include complimentary wireless and wired Internet access, Bose Wave® radios, and Séura "in mirror" bathroom televisions. These recessed plasma TVs fade into the wall, and appear to be mirrors when not in use. The units can fully integrate with cable, satellite, antenna, external sound systems and DVD players. Phones offer complimentary local, domestic long-distance, and toll-free calls. A complimentary newspaper is delivered each weekday morning.
Each floor offers a computer kiosk with a printer, fax, copier, and high-speed Internet access (complimentary for the first 30 minutes).
All accommodations are nonsmoking.
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Dining
Rialto Restaurant - James Beard award-winning chef/owner celebrates regional Italian cuisine interpreted with New England ingredients at Rialto restaurant.
Regattabar Jazz Club - A Cambridge hot spot for live jazz with a line-up of national and international artists performing on Tuesday and Saturday nights. The Regattabar Jazz Festival is held between January and May. Guests enjoy a full bar and light menu of appetizers and sandwiches.
Noir Bar - Located in the lobby. A warm, sophisticated bar with 1940s ambience serves classic cocktails, signature drinks, and a menu including late-afternoon or late-night appetizers. Patio seating during warmer months.
Henrietta's Table - Serves classic New England dishes using local, organic ingredients. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, supper. Brunch is also served on Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant also has a full bar and opens an outdoor café in the summer.
Pronto - Stop by for a speedy breakfast, lunch, or mid-afternoon snack of hearty Italian take-out fare.
Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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out of 93 reviews
“Great Experience”
The room was large and the beds very comfortable. Staff was friendly and helpful. We ate a delicious dinner at Henrietta's located inside the hotel. Did not get a chance to experience the gym and pool, but it looked like a nice facility. The TV located in the bathroom mirror was a fun perk. The location is great, central to everything in Harvard Square but away from the noise. We will definitely stay here again.
“Oct 2009”
Extremely convenient location, clean, renovated hotel. Wireless internet definitely a plus
“Pure Luxury!”
We selected The Charles Hotel for its close proximity to Harvard Square. The hotel was wonderful, the spa (Le Pli) was wonderful even with the unique co-ed locker rooms! We arrived early and reqested the best room available as it was our anniversary, we got it! A room with two walls of windows with wonderful views of Boston and Cambridge. The amenities were great, especially the TV inside the mirror in the bathroom! We would highly recommend this hotel!
“Very Pleasant stay”
Very confortable stay, excellent room, good service, good restaurants. We enjoyed the stay very much. The only thing that I found odd is the "library". One night I had to do some work so off I went looking for the "library". Well it is not a room but a bookshelf with two armchairs right in the lobby. Other than that PERFECT.
“Extremely comfortable, very convenient”
Very nice week-end stay. Concierge was very helpful, suggesting good restaurants both in Cambridge and Boston. Battery in bathroom mirror-television was dead and someone from engineering dept. came up immediately to fix it(and this was about 10:30-11:00 at night), so we were very satisfied and would recommend the hotel.
“great place”
Great place to stay. The bathroom mirror TV was totally cool
“wonderful hotel and great location”
The rooms were great and it's a wonderful location. Food was excellent as well.
“Great location, great hotel”
The rooms were very nice and the staff was very attentive. The hotel's fitness center and pool are fabulous as well as Henrietta's Table, the hotel restaurant.
“Pleasure”
Could not be better. Very pleasant. Great Location. Spacious room. Bath robe. Wireless Internet free. Very nice decor, not pretentious , tasteful. Ohh! And TV in the bathroom mirror!
“Business traveler's gem”
In the thick of Harvard Square, a block fro a T stop, and excellent in-room amenities.
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The preferred airport for The Charles Hotel is Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.) - 8.6 km / 5.3 mi.
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