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Taj Boston
15 Arlington Street
Boston, MA, USA
Neighborhood: The Back Bay
Style: Contemporary Classic
Atmosphere: Lively
273 Rooms
For the quintessential grand-hotel experience, an obsessive homage to the French Riviera of the Thirties, there’s no competition — it’s got to be the Taj Boston, at Newbury and Arlington, just across from the Public Gardens.
It’s got a history that long predates the Taj name, with a dining room dating back to the hotel’s opening in 1927, a bar that dates to the end of Prohibition, and a particularly long-standing service staff, many of whom have decades of experience.
And the guest rooms are opulent in that familiar style, stuffed with rich fabrics and French-style antiques, with plush overstuffed beds beneath down duvets, classic marble bathrooms, and a few ultra-modern additions — DVD players and flat-screen televisions among them. Views are of Newbury Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and in the better rooms, the Public Garden. Most suites feature wood-burning fireplaces, as well as the complimentary services of a Fireplace Butler — local laws prohibit guests getting involved with the fireplaces, and it’s just as well, since the butlers are wizards with the poker and tongs.
Best of all may be the extraordinarily high standard of service. In this environment of past-meets-present, you’re not expected to fend for yourself against the elements and the gadgetry. The Taj Boston offers every kind of assistance, from a Technology Butler for the electronics-impaired to a Bath Butler to those in need of some extra pampering to the aforementioned Fireplace Butler — at the first sign of trouble we’d recommend seeing yourself to the French Room for tea and letting the various butlers sort it out amongst themselves.
