History and the Parker House go hand in hand like JFK and Jackie O (who got engaged here). Malcolm X was a busboy here; Ho Chi Minh was a pastry chef; and Boston cream pie, the official state dessert, was created here. Rooms are comfortable and traditional, and the hotel's location, in the heart of the Freedom Trail, is incomparable.
The elegant lobby bar was a hallowed haunt for Boston’s 19th-century intelligentsia and politicians. It's now called The Last Hurrah, named for the 1956 novel about former Boston mayor James Michael Curley. Enjoy a dish of hot nuts and sip a signature martini at this throwback to Old Boston.