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Experience Historic Boston

Boston is a city rich with history from the Boston cream pie to the Boston Tea Party or the midnight ride of Paul Revere.  And the Omni Parker House puts you close to the city's best-loved locales.  Boston is a patriotic town older than America itself, so a tour through the city’s fabled streets is like a walk through time. 

Stroll to Beacon Hill or the famous Orpheum Theatre, visit spirited  Cambridge and the Harvard campus or catch a ballgame at Fenway Park.  Take a walk down the Freedom Trail and shop in Quincy Market.  At the Omni Parker House Hotel, you’re a heartbeat away from the best of Beantown.

Art & Culture
Theatre District – adjacent
Orpheum Theatre – 1 block
Emerson Theatre – 3 blocks
Historic Opera House – 3 blocks
Shubert Theatre – 4 blocks
Wilbur Theatre – 4 blocks
Children’s Museum – ½ mile
Museum of Science – 1 mile
Symphony Hall – 2 miles
Museum of Fine Arts – 2.5 miles
Huntington Theatre – 3 miles
Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum – 3 miles
JFK Library – 5 miles
American Repertory Theatre – 5 miles
Peabody Essex Museum – 16 miles
Concord Science Museum – 17 miles
Salem Witch Museum – 20 miles

Attractions
On the historic Freedom Trail, an historic walking tour Government Center – 1 block
Old Town Trolley Tours – 2 blocks
Massachusetts Statehouse – 2 blocks
Faneuil Hall Marketplace – 3 blocks
New England Aquarium – 8 blocks
Bunker Hill Monument – 2 miles
USS Constitution – 2.5 miles

Shopping
Downtown Crossing – 1 block
Macy’s – 2 blocks
Quincy Market – 3 blocks
Newbury Street – 6 blocks
Back Bay Area – 6 blocks
Neiman Marcus – 8 blocks
Saks Fifth Avenue – 8 blocks
Copley Place Mall – 8 blocks
Lord & Taylor – 8 blocks

Outdoor Recreation
Boston Common – 1 block
Boston Public Gardens – 3 blocks
Charles River jogging trails – 6 blocks
The Waterfront – 6 blocks
Crane Beach – 39 miles
Cape Cod National Seashore – 109 miles

Sports
TD Bank North Garden, home of NHL Boston Bruins and NBA Boston Celtics – 5 blocks
Fenway Park, home to the MLB Boston Red Sox – 2.5 miles (10 minutes via Green Line Subway)
Foxboro Stadium, home to the NFL New England Patriots – 27 miles

Universities
Suffolk University – adjacent
Emerson College – 4 blocks
Newbury College – 2 miles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2.5 miles
Northeastern University – 2.5 miles
Boston University – 3 miles
Harvard University – 3 miles
University of Massachusetts – 4 miles
Boston College – 6.5 miles
Wellesley College – 15 miles

Dining & Entertainment
Beantown Pub (Pub style fare) – 1 block
Kinsale Irish Pub – 2 blocks
Cheers Bar (Bull & Finch Pub) – 4 blocks
Union Oyster House (seafood) – 5 blocks
Quincy Market (variety) – 5 blocks
P.F. Chang’s Bistro (Chinese) – 5 blocks
Durgin Park (Northeast fare) – 5 blocks
Maggiano’s Little Italy – 6 blocks

Transportation
All subway lines – 1 block
Park Street Subway Station – 150 yards
Hynes Convention Center – 10 minutes by public transportation
World Trade Center – 10 minutes by public transportation
BCEC – 10 minutes by public transportation

Nearby Businesses & Corporations
Fidelity – 1 block E
Mellon Financial – 1 block
Forum Corporation – 1 block E
KPMG – 1 block NE
Bank of America – 2 blocks SE
Cabot Corporation – 2 blocks SE
Pricewaterhouse Coopers – 2 blocks E
Sovereign Bank – 2 blocks E
IBM – 3 blocks SW
Liberty Mutual – 3 blocks SW
AIG – 4 blocks SW
Bank of America – 4 blocks SE
Massachusetts General Hospital – 5 blocks
KPMG/Peat Marwick – 6 blocks SE
Massachusetts General – 6 blocks NW
WHDH TV – 7.5 blocks NW
Children’s Hospital – 15 minutes
Beth Israel, Deaconess – 15 minutes
Boston Medical Center – 3 miles S

For more information, visit the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau,  Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism,  Bayside Convention and Exposition Center, Boston Convention and Exposition Center or Hynes Convention Center.

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