The 20 Best Luxury Hotels in Boston

On the roof: At the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, the pool sits open-air on the fifth floor, with a hot tub and skyline views. It is heated all year and reserved for hotel guests; right next to it, the rooftop bar Lifted serves cocktails and dishes above the neighborhood.Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport · Seaport DistrictLaps in the spa: At Raffles Boston, you swim in a 65-foot lap pool on the fourth floor, with a large vitality pool alongside. At The Langham Boston, the heated 40-foot indoor pool sits in a sunlit pavilion on the third floor, with a whirlpool and saunas.

On the harbor: The luxury hotels in Boston on the water also bet on indoor pools. The Boston Harbor Hotel has its indoor pool, lounge and hot tubs in the Rowes Wharf Health Club, open year-round. At the Boston Marriott Long Wharf, you look out over the harbor from the heated indoor pool, and the InterContinental Boston has a 45-foot pool in its spa.

Large spas: The spa at the Mandarin Oriental Boston has a heated Vitality Pool with hydrotherapy jets, a crystal steam room, a couples' suite and the Mandarin Suite with its own stone sauna and soaking tub; guests must be 18 or older. At Encore Boston Harbor, the spa spreads across 16 treatment rooms and a couples' suite, and the Good Luck Ritual includes a peppermint foot treatment.Mandarin Oriental Boston · Back BayWater, heat and ice: In the Guerlain Spa at Raffles Boston, three treatment suites have their own hydrotherapy baths, plus saunas, a steam room and experience and ice showers. In the health club of the Boston Harbor Hotel, you book a massage and then move on to the salt or infrared sauna, the steam room or the hot tub.

Open to visitors too: Breve Spa at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport offers sound immersion and HydraFacials alongside massages, plus a sauna and steam room. Not every one of the luxury hotels in Boston has its own spa; if wellness comes first, choose one of these.

Prices start at 149 € at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Back Bay and go up to 705 € at Raffles Boston. On the harbor, the Boston Harbor Hotel starts at 300 € and the InterContinental Boston at 208 €; the Renaissance Boston Seaport District starts at 178 € and XV Beacon Boston at 584 €. The table shows all 20 hotels by neighborhood; you'll find today's prices and availability in the hotel list below.

What's included: Half of the luxury hotels in Boston include daily breakfast for two, at The Liberty Hotel Boston the CLINK breakfast. The other ten give a breakfast credit for up to two people: 50 US dollars at the Mandarin Oriental Boston and Raffles Boston, 45 at The Newbury Boston, XV Beacon Boston and the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, 42 at The Langham Boston, 40 at The Ritz-Carlton Boston, 30 at the Boston Harbor Hotel and 25 at AKA Boston Common. At W Boston it is 48 US dollars per person. An upgrade subject to availability comes everywhere, at the Hyatt Regency Boston already at booking.

Hotel credit comes with 16 hotels, usually 100 US dollars; at the Hyatt Regency Boston it is 75, at The Langham Boston at least 50 and up to 125 for longer stays and selected rates. At the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, the credit also covers parking. At The Newbury Boston, from the Classic Suite and two nights, a further 100 US dollars for Contessa and the Street Bar are added, not on all rates.Boston Marriott Copley Place · Back BayFrom the second night: At the Hyatt Regency Boston, the suitespot benefits apply from two nights, at all other hotels from the first.

Points and status are earned with Marriott Bonvoy at eight of the 20 luxury hotels in Boston, for example at The Ritz-Carlton Boston, The Liberty Hotel Boston and the Boston Marriott Long Wharf. ALL (Accor) applies at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston and Raffles Boston, I Prefer at the Boston Harbor Hotel and XV Beacon Boston; add World of Hyatt at the Hyatt Regency Boston, IHG One Rewards at the InterContinental Boston and Brilliant by Langham at The Langham Boston. At the Mandarin Oriental Boston, you use your status benefits with Fans of Mandarin Oriental.

When it's at its best: A 5-star hotel in Boston is worth it in every season. In spring the magnolias bloom on Commonwealth Avenue, and in April the Boston Marathon runs through the city. Summer belongs to harbor cruises, terraces and long evenings by the water, fall to the colorful forests of New England. In winter, snow settles on the gas lamps of Beacon Hill, and a wood fire crackles in the fireplace suites at The Newbury Boston.

How long to stay: For a 5-star hotel in Boston we recommend three to four nights: one day for the Freedom Trail and the North End, one for Back Bay, the Public Garden and Newbury Street, one for Harvard and MIT in Cambridge. With one more night, there's time for a game at Fenway Park or a harbor cruise.