Homewood Suites By Hilton Boston Canton, Ma

“Homewood Suites by Hilton/Canton was the best part of our vacation”

I booked the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Canton after searching Boston and surrounding areas for a hotel that had a working hot tub. My husband and I were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. We both enjoy American History and since we had not been to the New England area, we thought Bosto… lisää

I booked the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Canton after searching Boston and surrounding areas for a hotel that had a working hot tub. My husband and I were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. We both enjoy American History and since we had not been to the New England area, we thought Boston would be a great place to start. The hotel room prices in Boston were outrageous and even at over $500+ per day, I could not find a place with a working hot tub. I was pleased to find the Homewood Suites in Canton had what I was looking for. The Sales Manager Rebecca emailed me to confirm our reservation and asked what she could do to make our stay special. She sent me some information about the area. I let her know about our anniversary plans and that the reason I wanted the hot tub was because of all the walking I expected we would be doing would take a toll on our “old bones”. I also explained that I was only able to find a room with a king bed and that because I suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome 2 Queen beds would prevent my poor husband from getting kicked all night. When we arrived, I was so pleased to find that Rebecca did find us a 2 Queen bed suite. The room was in close proximity to the pool and hot tub. Rebecca also presented us with a very thoughtful canvas bag full of snacks and a special “Happy Anniversary” box of cookies. Every morning, we enjoyed the complimentary continental breakfast. My husband especially liked the fact that coffee was available 24/7. We drove down to Plymouth for a very nice day touring the Mayflower II and the Pilgrim village and had lunch at the Lobster Hut. When we flew into Boston/Logan airport our plane landed around 2:30pm. The map I looked at showed Canton to be about 34 miles south of Boston. We took the interstate highway system which was horrendous. My husband has driven in New York and Chicago and tells me Boston is worse. After bumper to bumper traffic on the highway and going through tunnels, we finally arrived at the hotel around 6pm. That experience made us decide to take the train to Boston instead of driving. When we got to Boston, I was so grateful that I booked the Homewood Suites in Canton instead of getting a room in Boston. We expected Boston to be a wonderful historical area, but found it overgrown with high-rises and narrow over congested streets. Although we took the “Hop on Hop Off” Trolley tour, it was very disappointing as the old historical buildings were hidden between the skyscrapers. We were lucky to catch glimpses of the rooftops that were pointed out by the trolley conductor. The best part of the tour was the Boston Harbor Tea Party. We ended up at Abigails tea house. The chocolate chip cookies were yummy, and I was able to try the different teas that they said were the same as the ones that were tossed into the harbor. In my opinion, they tasted like the were skimmed off the bottom of the harbor floor. I pity the poor settlers that would have had to drink that awful stuff. The last day we took the train to Back Bay and the subway to the North Train station and then the train to Salem. That was a fun excursion in itself. We were surprised and disappointed that Taxi service was nowhere to be found. We wanted to take the tour trolley, they did not have a pickup point at the train station, so we had to walk quite a ways to get to the trolley pick up point. We are both seniors and I walk with a cane, so walking these distances was very hard on me. The trolley tour was about an hour long, and the tour guides spoke very fast and was hard to understand. Once again, most of the historic buildings were pointed out by “look down this street and you can see the building in the middle of this old street we can’t drive down”. We did go the Witches Trial and Dungeon exhibit. The actors there explained the history and background of the witch trails and terrible way these “Puritans” treated their community members. By the time we got back to the hotel, my body ached so bad, the hot tub was the best part of the day. Overall, I must say that the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Canton was the best part of our vacation.

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