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Guest Room
250 sq.ft. to 300 sq.ft. / 23 sq.m to 28 sq.m
One king or one queen or two double beds with city or interior facade view.
350 sq.ft. / 33 sq.m
One king or two double beds with city or interior facade view.
390 sq.ft. / 36 sq.m
One king or two queens or two double beds with Copley Square park view.
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Check-in 4 PM - Check-out 11 AM.
From Logan International Airport: - Follow the signs to Boston through the Sumner Tunnel - Turn right up the entrance ramp onto Expressway 93 North - Take the Storrow Drive exit on right - Follow Storrow Drive West and take the Copley Square exit - Turn right onto Beacon Street - Go two blocks and turn left on Clarendon Street - Follow Clarendon Street five blocks - Turn right onto St. James Avenue - Fairmont Copley Plaza will be on your left.
From Western Massachusetts & Points South via Massachusetts Turnpike: - Follow Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) east to the Copley Square/Prudential Center exit 22 - Follow the Copley Square Exit and take your first left onto Dartmouth Street - Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston will be on your right.
From Points South via I-95 & I-93: - Follow I-95 North to I-93 North - Take exit 18 "Massachusetts Avenue/Roxbury" - Follow the arrows to Massachusetts Avenue and turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue - Off of Massachusetts Avenue, turn right onto Huntington Avenue - Follow Huntington Avenue to Dartmouth Street and turn left - Fairmont Copley Plaza is immediately on the right.
From Points North via I-95 or I-93: - Follow Route 93 South - Take exit 26 North Station/Storrow Drive - Follow Storrow Drive West to the Copley Square exit - Turn right onto Beacon Street and follow two blocks - Turn left onto Clarendon Street and follow five blocks - Turn right onto St. James Avenue - Fairmont Copley Plaza will be on your left.
From the MBTA Green Line: - Exit Copley Green Line Station at the corner of Dartmouth and Boylston Streets - Walk one block south on Dartmouth Street across Copley Square - Fairmont Copley Plaza is on the corner of Dartmouth Street and St. James Avenue, at 138 St. James Avenue.
From Back Bay Station / MBTA Orange Line and Amtrak: - Exit Back Bay Train Station on the Dartmouth Street side - Turn right onto Dartmouth Street - At the second set of lights turn right onto St. James Ave, the entrance to Fairmont Copley Plaza is on your right.
Passengers boarding Logan Express Back Bay at Logan Airport ride for free. No ticket is required for trips leaving Boston Logan.For passengers boarding at Back Bay Station or at Prudential Center, tickets can be purchased in advance online at LoganExpress.com. Alternatively, passengers may purchase tickets directly from the driver upon boarding.There are two Logan Express Back Bay pick-up locations:1. In front of the Dartmouth Street entrance to Copley Place, directly across the street from Back Bay Station (Orange Line, Commuter Rail and Amtrak) and near the Green Line Copley T stop. Click for directions.2. 800 Boylston Street, near Boylston Street entrance to the Prudential Center. Click for directions.Trips leaving Back Bay: 7 Days a Week | 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Every Half HourTrips leaving Logan Airport: 7 Days a Week | 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Every Half Hour
The Beginning
Fairmont Copley Plaza was built on the original site of the Museum of Fine Arts, which was in Copley Square from 1876 until 1909 when the museum moved into its existing building on Huntington Avenue. Dozens of horse-drawn carts took the museum’s collection of thousands of pieces of art approximately one mile down the street to the new museum.
Long regarded as a Boston institution, The Copley Plaza was formally opened on August 19, 1912, about 16 months after construction of the building began. Mayor of Boston John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, President John F. Kennedy’s grandfather, presided over a reception for more than 1,000 guests, including local and national dignitaries, civic leaders, captains of industry, and stage and movie stars. So prestigious was The Copley Plaza’s opening that rooms had been booked 16 months in advance.
The Fairmont Copley Plaza is recognized as an innovator in the hotel industry. The hotel is known for these industry firsts: the first completely air-conditioned hotel in Boston, the first hotel with an international reservations system, the first hotel anywhere to accept credit cards, and the first to offer direct telephone dialing for guests.
During Prohibition, the Oak Bar was known as the Merry-Go-Round Bar, a lively gathering place. Patrons celebrated the end of Prohibition in 1933 at The Copley Plaza's famous Merry-Go-Round Bar, which featured a working merry-go-round. It remained a popular gathering place through the 1970s. Pieces of the Merry-Go-Round Track have been preserved in the floor of OAK Long Bar + Kitchen.
"The opening presented to Boston one of the most colorful and brilliant pictures the city has ever seen. It marked a new era in hotel-keeping, not only in Boston but in the entire country."
As one newspaper noted
During World War II, elevator operators had to be at least 65 years of age, releasing younger workers for war production activities.
Continuing to turn moments into memories
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Event
Happily ever after begins with a wedding at Fairmont Copley Plaza.
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25,000 square feet of Renaissance-inspired meeting space.
The destination for glamorous galas, fundraisers, personal soirees, parties, and proms for over a century.
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4.4/5
Reviewed 2023-09-23
Reception was continually understaffed, some staff not properly trained. Managers would appear then disappear but not serve annyone even when there were long queues. Restaurant service and food was very good. Room was good.
We stayed overnight last weekend for a wedding close by to the hotel. Service and accommodations were impeccable!
Reviewed 2023-09-22
It was great!
I'm a 33 year old software developer employed by a firm in Boston. Last year I had my team of 3 other people all get rooms at Fairmont Copley. This year I chose to stay at Fairmont Copley again, because of how good my experience was last year. Other people chose other places closer to our office but I personally would always go back to Fairmont in a heartbeat because I greatly appreciate the atmosphere and location of the hotel. The main thing that I like about it is that it has Wes Anderson vibes and I really love the belle epoque decor. I feel like I've seen enough polished metal and glass modern design for one lifetime. I'd rather come back to a place that feels like I'm getting away from work, which is what this hotel gives me.
Sun thur Weds with 3 half meeting Staff was rude at check in couldn't get in because of late check outs till 4:15, was there around noon, would NOT even put us on waiting list to call if one came available. Asked for 12:30 check weds am and was told "we don't do that". Meeting were never set up on time and didn't bring ice to meeting until 10 am for drinks. Wouldn't clean the room and was told by staff they don't clean the rooms until you check out. Place needs a manager, you can tell if there is one, he or she isn't very good.
The hotel is great. However I stayed in a room on the 1st floor that faced the back and there were multiple trucks (garbage, general loading) making a lot of noise 3:30am onwards. It was unfortunately very difficult to sleep. I mentioned to the front desk when I departed and I will seek not staying on that side of the building in the future. It is an issue.
My room was 445 (I think) on the 4th floor next to the Boston Pops suite. That suite was crammed full of little kids, babies, etc.. I could hear crying and screaming all night through the connecting door. My nightmare
All of the service staff were incredible, but the facility seems to have suffered over the last few years; in room fridges were inoperable, sinks and tubs drained poorly, and interior doors had warped and would not shut
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