Places to stay in Boston that work without a car
125 of the 168 places we mapped in Boston have a bus stop within 5 minutes' walk and a supermarket within 10, so a car is optional for daily life. The closest bus stops come first.
Quick answer
The top 3 places on this list, best first:
- Boston Harbor Hotel: bus 1 min, shop 8 min
- Cambria Hotel: bus 1 min, shop 8 min
- Churchill At The Radian: bus 1 min, shop 6 min
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Boston Harbor Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 8 min 49 min Level walk Quiet - Cambria Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 8 min 25 min Level walk Quiet
- Churchill At The Radian Hotel bus 1 min, shop 6 min 43 min Level walk
- citizenM Boston Back Bay hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 6 min 57 min Level walk
- Club Quarters Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min 49 min Level walk
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Copley Square Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 2 min 51 min Level walk - Courtyard Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min 51 min Level walk
- Courtyard Hotel bus 1 min, shop 2 min
- DoubleTree by Hilton Boston Bayside Hotel bus 1 min, shop 7 min 8 min Level walk Quiet
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston - Downtown Hotel bus 1 min, shop 4 min 40 min Level walk
- Hampshire House Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min 54 min Level walk Quiet
- Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min Quiet
- Hampton Inn Boston/Cambridge Hotel bus 1 min, shop 8 min Quiet
- Harvard Square Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min Lively
- HI Boston Hostel bus 1 min, shop 1 min 43 min Level walk Lively
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Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min 55 min Level walk - Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min Quiet
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Boston Garden Hotel bus 1 min, shop 1 min Lively
- Hotel 1868 Hotel · ★★★ bus 1 min, shop 4 min Quiet
- Hyatt Centric Faneuil Hotel bus 1 min, shop 4 min 51 min Level walk
- Inn at Longwood Medical Hotel bus 1 min, shop 9 min Quiet
- Lark Hotels 907 Main Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 4 min Lively
- Le Meridien Cambridge-MIT Hotel bus 1 min, shop 7 min
- Moxy Boston Downtown Hotel bus 1 min, shop 2 min 44 min Level walk Lively
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Omni Parker House Hotel bus 1 min, shop 6 min 53 min Level walk Lively - Porter Square Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min
- Quarters on Dots Hotel bus 1 min, shop 10 min 12 min Level walk Quiet
- Raffles Hotel bus 1 min, shop 6 min 47 min Level walk Quiet
- Residence Inn Boston Back Bay/Fenway Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min
- Residence Inn Boston Watertown Hotel bus 1 min, shop 7 min Quiet
- Revere Hotel Boston Common Hotel · ★★★★ bus 1 min, shop 5 min 44 min Level walk Lively
- Scholars House Hotel bus 1 min, shop 1 min Quiet
- Sheraton Boston Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min 55 min Level walk
- Staypineapple Hotel bus 1 min, shop 7 min 41 min Level walk Quiet
- The Amory Guest House Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min Quiet
- The Colonnade Hotel Hotel · ★★★★ bus 1 min, shop 3 min 52 min Level walk Quiet
- The Envoy Hotel Hotel bus 1 min, shop 3 min 43 min Level walk Lively
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The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel Hotel · ★★★★ bus 1 min, shop 5 min 49 min Level walk Quiet - The Godfrey Hotel Boston Hotel · ★★★★ bus 1 min, shop 2 min 48 min Level walk Lively
- The Inn At St Botolph Hotel bus 1 min, shop 5 min 50 min Level walk Quiet
- The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Hotel bus 1 min, shop 4 min 47 min Level walk
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W Boston Hotel bus 1 min, shop 4 min 44 min Level walk Lively - YOTEL Boston Hotel bus 1 min, shop 1 min 40 min Level walk
- 140 Clarendon Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 46 min Level walk Quiet
- AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Downtown Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 32 min Level walk Quiet
- Battery Wharf Hotel (Great Admiral Building) Hotel · ★★★★ bus 2 min, shop 7 min Quiet
- Beacon Hill Hotel and Bistro Hotel bus 2 min, shop 1 min 53 min Level walk Quiet
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Boston Hotel Buckminster Hotel bus 2 min, shop 9 min Lively - Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 51 min Level walk Quiet
- Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel bus 2 min, shop 4 min 55 min Level walk Lively
- Cambria Boston Somerville Hotel bus 2 min, shop 8 min Quiet
- Canopy by Hilton Boston Downtown Hotel bus 2 min, shop 4 min 57 min Level walk Lively
- Charlesmark Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 52 min Level walk
- Churchill at Boston View Hotel bus 2 min, shop 7 min 55 min Level walk Lively
- citizenM Hotel bus 2 min, shop 1 min Lively
- Copley House Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 50 min Level walk Quiet
- Copley Inn Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 50 min Level walk Quiet
- Courtyard Boston Downtown Hotel bus 2 min, shop 5 min 43 min Level walk Lively
- Courtyard South Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 8 min 20 min Level walk Quiet
- DoubleTree Hotel bus 2 min, shop 7 min Quiet
- Eurostars The Boxer Hotel bus 2 min, shop 4 min
- Found Hotel Boston Common Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 42 min Level walk Lively
- Four Seasons Hotel Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 5 min 47 min Level walk Quiet
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Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 54 min Level walk Quiet - Friend Street Hostel Hostel bus 2 min, shop 2 min Lively
- Harborside Inn Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 54 min Level walk Lively
- Home2 Suites Hotel bus 2 min, shop 5 min 21 min Level walk Quiet
- Hotel Aka Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 44 min Level walk Quiet
- Hotel AKA Boston Common Hotel bus 2 min, shop 5 min 52 min Level walk Lively
- Hotel Veritas Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min Quiet
- Hyatt Regency Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 4 min 45 min Level walk
- Irving House Guest house bus 2 min, shop 5 min Quiet
- J Vue at the LMA Holiday apartments bus 2 min, shop 6 min Quiet
- Marriott Vacation Club Pulse® at Custom House Hotel bus 2 min, shop 2 min 54 min Level walk Lively
- Maverick Suites Holiday apartments bus 2 min, shop 6 min 45 min Level walk Quiet
- Oakwood at Downtown Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 2 min 53 min Level walk Lively
- Onyx Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min Lively
- Residence Inn Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 41 min Level walk Quiet
- Residence Inn Cambridge Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min Quiet
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Sheraton Commander Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min Quiet - Studio Allston Hotel Hotel · ★★★★ bus 2 min, shop 6 min Quiet
- The Atlas Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 9 min Quiet
- The Bostonian Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 56 min Level walk Lively
- The Charles Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min Lively
- The Eliot Hotel Hotel · ★★★★ bus 2 min, shop 7 min 58 min Level walk Quiet
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The Kendall Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 5 min Quiet - The Langham Boston Hotel · ★★★★★ bus 2 min, shop 7 min 49 min Level walk
- The Lenox Hotel Boston Hotel bus 2 min, shop 3 min 53 min Level walk
- The Revolution Hotel Hotel · ★★★★ bus 2 min, shop 7 min 39 min Level walk Quiet
- The Row Hotel at Assembly Row Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min 53 min Level walk
- The Verb Hotel Hotel bus 2 min, shop 6 min
- The Westin Copley Place Hotel bus 2 min, shop 4 min 50 min Level walk
- XV Beacon Hotel bus 2 min, shop 7 min 54 min Level walk Lively
- Adams Bed & Breakfast Guest house bus 3 min, shop 3 min 54 min Level walk Quiet
- Battery Wharf Hotel (Sea Cloud Building) Hotel · ★★★★ bus 3 min, shop 8 min Quiet
- Courtyard by Marriott Boston Brookline Hotel bus 3 min, shop 4 min Quiet
- Fairfield Inn and Suites Hotel bus 3 min, shop 7 min Quiet
- Freepoint Hotel Hotel · ★★★ bus 3 min, shop 4 min Quiet
- Hampton Inn Boston Logan Airport Chelsea Hotel bus 3 min, shop 5 min 13 min Level walk Quiet
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Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel bus 3 min, shop 6 min 46 min Level walk Quiet - Holiday Inn Express Hotel bus 3 min, shop 5 min 22 min Level walk Quiet
- Holiday Inn Express Boston Hotel bus 3 min, shop 8 min 20 min Level walk Quiet
- Hotel Boston Hotel bus 3 min, shop 5 min Quiet
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InterContinental Boston Hotel bus 3 min, shop 9 min 44 min Level walk Quiet - La Quinta Hotel bus 3 min, shop 6 min 56 min Level walk Quiet
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Mary Prentiss Inn Hotel bus 3 min, shop 8 min - Maverick Suites Holiday apartments bus 3 min, shop 4 min 56 min Level walk
- Miller's River Apartments Holiday apartments bus 3 min, shop 5 min Quiet
- Oakwood At Exeter Towers Hotel Hotel bus 3 min, shop 5 min 53 min Level walk
- Oasis Guest House Guest house bus 3 min, shop 3 min 54 min Level walk Quiet
- Seaport Hotel® Boston Hotel · ★★★★ bus 3 min, shop 9 min 33 min Level walk Quiet
- The Bryant Holiday apartments bus 3 min, shop 8 min 45 min Level walk Quiet
- The Midtown Hotel Hotel bus 3 min, shop 5 min 50 min Level walk Quiet
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The Newbury Boston Hotel bus 3 min, shop 4 min 49 min Level walk Quiet - Best Western University Hotel Hotel bus 4 min, shop 4 min Quiet
- Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel bus 4 min, shop 4 min Quiet
- Farrington Inn Hotel bus 4 min, shop 9 min Quiet
- Holiday Inn Boston - Dedham Hotel & Conference Center Hotel bus 4 min, shop 8 min Quiet
- J. Miller Flats Hotel · ★★★★ bus 4 min, shop 3 min 55 min Level walk
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel bus 4 min, shop 3 min 54 min Level walk
- Newbury Guest House Hotel bus 4 min, shop 2 min 58 min Level walk
- Residence Inn Hotel bus 4 min, shop 4 min 37 min Level walk Quiet
- The Dagny Hotel bus 4 min, shop 5 min 50 min Level walk Lively
- Courtyard Marriott Boston Cambridge Hotel bus 5 min, shop 3 min Quiet
- Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill Hotel bus 5 min, shop 2 min 60 min Level walk Quiet
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- Quiet places to stay in Boston: few bars nearby
- Lively places to stay in Boston: bars and clubs close by
- Within 30 minutes by car of Boston Logan International Airport
- Within 30 minutes by car of USS Constitution
- Within 30 minutes by car of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Within 30 minutes by car of Salem (day trip)
- Within 20 minutes of The Freedom Trail
- Within 20 minutes of Faneuil Hall
- Within 20 minutes of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Within 20 minutes of Fenway Park tour
All figures are computed from OpenStreetMap and elevation data, not measured on foot. We have not checked prices or availability.