The 21 Best Hotels in Boston

"As you drive along I-93, curving your way out of the city, the only way you’d miss Encore Boston Harbor is if you were futzing with CarPlay and not paying attention to the massive building looming in the distance—there’s even an official highway sign trumpeting the casino-resort. As you get a little closer you'll notice Encore is a place where flowers miraculously bloom all year in Massachusetts and no surface is untouched by something gold. This is as much casino as it is hotel (it's a sister to the Wynn Las Vegas after all) and it’s not everybody’s idea of chic, but it’s a lavish urban escape, particularly if you live around Boston and are yearning for a break from the norm—and maybe a break from the kids, too." - Shannon McMahon, Todd Plummer