Verveine Cafe & Bakery

Upscale hotel with stylish rooms & art, plus a spa, a jazz club, restaurants & free Wi-Fi. Adjacent to John F. Kennedy Park, this upscale hotel is a 5-minute walk from Harvard University and the nearest Red Line stop for trains into Boston. The colorful rooms feature contemporary New England decor, and come with custom bedding, free Wi-Fi, DVD players and flat-screen TVs, plus in-mirror TVs in the bathrooms. Some provide river views. Pieces from the hotel's art and early American quilt collections are on display throughout the hotel. There's 18,000 sq ft of meeting space, including a ballroom and 2 courtyards. Other amenities include a library, a spa, a cocktail bar, and a jazz club, plus 2 restaurants.

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