Beacon Hill Bed & Breakfast

uilt in 1869 with elegant details, Beacon Hill Bed & Breakfast is a very large brick row house with marble fireplaces, high ceilings, deep moldings, and common areas with handsome wall coverings and fine antiques. French touches reflect this San Francisco born hostess's many years of living in France. Susan, a recently retired professional caterer, trained at La Varenne in Paris and has taught French in several New England schools.

Overlooking the Charles River, Beacon Hill is located on a quiet street in an historic downtown residential neighborhood. Walk to everything, including Boston Public Garden, shopping, restaurants, Hynes Convention Center, Freedom Trail and subway system.

Beacon Hill has two rooms and one apartment, all with private baths. There are two rooms on the second floor. The first room has a queen bed, shower bath, and an ornamental fireplace. The second room has a double bed with shower bath and ornamental fireplace. The Garden-level studio apartment (elevator to first floor for breakfast) has a private entrance with a queen bed, double sofa bed, new marble bath and phone. With this room you get private use of the garden and a full kitchen.

Breakfast is served from 8:30 to 9:00 am weekdays, 9:00 to 9:30 am weekends and holidays. Extremely popular homemade granola is available, along with muffins or coffee cake, eggs, French toast or waffles, fresh fruit and "good, strong" coffee. Enjoy your breakfast in a large dining room overlooking the Charles River under a crystal chandelier from Loire château.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

• Full breakfast
• Close to restaurants
• Easy walk to historic sights, Freedom Trail, Boston Common and shopping
• Central air conditioning
• There is an elevator for luggage use