Hotels

Hotels

We have compiled a list of local hotels below that may be helpful to you as you make plans for your visit. Hotels have been listed in order of distance to Harvard University. Please note that the University does not endorse any of these properties, rather this list has been prepared as a courtesy to our many guests attending Commencement and other related activities. 

Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts

  • The Hotel Veritas (short walking distance, 0.3 mile)
    One Remington St, Cambridge, MA 02128
    Tel: 617-520-5000
  • Harvard Square Hotel (short walking distance, 0.3 mile)
    110 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
    Tel: 617-864-5200 or 1-800-458-5886
  • The Charles Hotel (short walking distance, 0.4 mile)
    One Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Contact the in-house reservations team to inquire about availability for guest rooms, event space rentals, and dinner reservations.
    Tel: 617-864-1200 or 1-800-882-1818
  • Irving House (short walking distance, 0.4 mile)
    24 Irving St, Cambridge, MA 02138
    Tel:
    617-547-4699 or 877-547-4600
  • A Friendly Inn at Harvard (short walking distance, 0.4 mile)
    1673 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138
    Tel: 617-547-7851
  • Sheraton Commander Hotel (walking distance, 0.5 mile)
    16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
    Tel: 617-547-4800 or 1-800-535-5007
  • Prentiss House (walking distance, 0.8 mile)
    6 Prentiss St, Cambridge, MA 02140
    Phone: 617-661-2929
  • Cambria (walking distance, 0.9 mile)
    515 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143
    Phone:
    617-341-9040
  • Courtyard by Marriott Boston/Cambridge (1.2 miles)
    777 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
    Tel: 617-492-7777
  • Porter Square Hotel (Accessible via the subway/redline - one stop away, 1.2 miles)
    1924 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
    Tel: (617) 499-3399
  • Le Meridien Cambridge-MIT (Accessible via the subway/redline – one stop away, 1.3 miles)
    20 Sidney St, Cambridge, MA 02139
    Tel: 617-577-0200 or 866-716-8119
  • A Cambridge House (Accessible via the subway/redline – two stops away, 1.6 miles)
    2218 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02140
    Tel: 617-491-6300 or 1-800-232-9989
  • The Kendall Hotel (Accessible via the subway/redline – two stops away, 1.8 miles)
    350 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142
    Tel: 617-577-1300 or 866-566-1300
  • The Freepoint Hotel (1.8 miles)
    220 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA, 02138
    Tel: 617-491-8000 or 1-
    855-752-2005
  • Hyatt Regency Cambridge (1.9 miles)
    575 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
    Te.: 617-492-1234 or 1-800-233-1234
  • Hotel Studio Allston (1.9 miles)
    1234 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135
    Tel: 617-206-1848
  • Boston Marriott Cambridge (Accessible via the subway/redline – two stops away, 2 miles)
    50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
    Tel: (617) 494-6600 or 1-800-228-9290
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Boston - Cambridge (2 miles)
    250 Monsignor O'Brien Highway, Cambridge, MA 02141
    Tel: 617-577-7600
  • Homewood Suites by Hilton (2.4 miles)
    1 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02474
    Tel: 781-643-7258
  • Royal Sonesta (Accessible via the subway/redline – two stops away, 2.5 miles)
    40 Edwin H Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA 02142
    Tel: 617-806-4200
     
  • AC Hotel by Marriott - Cambridge (Accessible via the subway/redline – three stops away, 2.7 miles)
    10 Acorn Park Dr, Cambridge, MA 02140
    Tel: 617-876-6190
  • Sheraton Boston Hotel (2.7 miles)
    39 Dalton St, Boston, MA 02199
    Tel: 617-236-2000 of 866-716-8120
  • Liberty Hotel (Accessible via the subway/redline - three stops away, 2.7 miles)
    215 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
    Tel: (617) 224-4000
  • Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill (Accessible via the subway/redline - three stops away, 2.8 miles)
    5 Blossom St, Boston, MA 02114
    Tel: (617) 742-7630
  • Fairmont Copley Plaza (3.1 miles)
    138 St. James Ave, Boston, MA 02116
    Tel: 617-267-5300
  • Hampton Inn & Suites Watertown Boston (3.1 miles)
    25 Bond Street Watertown, MA 02472
    Tel: (617) 926-0005
  • Hilton Garden Inn Boston Brookline (3.4 miles)
    700 Brookline Ave, Brookline, MA 02446
    Tel: (617) 935-0077
  • Homewood Suites Boston Brookline Longwood Medical (3.8 miles)
    111 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02445
    Tel: (617) 232-1487

Additional options in Boston within a short drive or taxi ride from Harvard University are listed below. Free shuttle service is available from Harvard Business School Alston Campus: