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Best for original style £ £ THE LIBERTY


The Liberty leans heavily into its history as the former Charles Street Jail. Its lobby is encircled by the original metal catwalks and the main restaurant, Clink, is framed with cell doors. The rooms also play up to the theme with lock and key motifs, and mock bank safes as bedside tables. With criminal irony, the catwalks once patrolled by prison guards now host free fashion shows, while the ‘drunk tank’ jail cell has been transformed into a cocktail lounge. The building’s last unwilling guest was released in 1990, but travellers can still stay in one of 18 remaining ‘jail rooms’ for a night, albeit with a king size bed and en suite. For more space, opt for a newer ‘city view room’, which sits in the connected hotel tower and off ers skyline views. ROOMS: From £325. libertyhotel.com


Best for solo travellers £ SONDER 907 MAIN


Across the Charles River in Cambridge, this brownstone has generous rooms at generous prices.


Check-in is done via your phone, which then becomes the room key for your stay. No hotel staff are on site before 8am or after 6pm, and there’s no breakfast — though that’s hardly a drawback when you’re by the cafes of Central Square. The Scandinavian-style


rooms are flooded with natural light, but the real star is perched atop the property: the beloved Blue Owl, the only rooftop bar in Cambridge. ROOMS: From £125. sonder.com


Best for traditionalists £ £ THE LENOX


When the Lenox was built in 1900, it was the tallest building in Boston. Its grand entrance on Exeter Street, in buzzing Back Bay, leads to a wonderfully


intimate lobby with marble floors, velvet sofas and a crackling fire. Many of the rooms, decorated in warm golds and creams, have working fireplaces of their


own. It’s only a block from the upmarket boutiques of Newbury Street. Despite the air of luxury, the hotel’s three dining options are all casual; Irish-themed gastropub Solas is the pick of the bunch. ROOMS: From £230. lenoxhotel.com


Best for cocktail hour £ £ THE ENVOY


The big story in Boston over the last five years has been the reinvention of the Seaport District from a cluster of crumbling warehouses to an attractive waterside hub. At the centre of the renaissance is


the Envoy. The 136 bedrooms blend snug minimalism with design quirks, such as TV stands on bike wheels, while ground-floor Cuban restaurant, Para Maria, is


the brainchild of TV chef Tatiana Rosana. The Lookout Rooftop, its seventh-floor bar with harbour views and craft cocktails, is considered the best in the city. ROOMS: From £210. theenvoyhotel.com


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