| check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. some also include pull-out sofas. parking is complimentary. the bright, relaxed rooms feature free wi-fi, flat-screen tvs and sitting areas, along with microwaves, minifridges and coffeemakers. other amenities include an indoor pool, an exercise room and a business center. breakfast is offered for an extra fee in a casual restaurant/bar that also serves dinner. next to a retail park with casual eateries off i-495, this informal hotel is 3 miles from the nashoba valley ski area and 9 miles from the fruitlands museum, a rural museum with hiking trails
Boston Logan International Airport 44 min
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (14 min)
Leafy paved trail along a disused railway route, for walking, cycling, jogging & rollerblading. Lowell National Historic Park (20 min)
1800s textile mills & the waterways that powered them, with canalside walks & interpretive displays. Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (29 min)
Wetland habitat offering nature trails for bird-watching & other wildlife viewing. Nashoba Valley Ski Area (8 min)
Ski area with restaurant, 17 trails & various lifts offers lessons, rentals & giant snowtubing park. Minute Man National Historical Park (19 min)
This historic bridge in a national park marks the spot of the first Revolutionary War battle. Walden Pond State Reservation (20 min)
Dog-free park with trails & swimming on the site where Henry David Thoreau wrote the book Walden. Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House (21 min)
Tours & special events in the heirloom-filled home where Little Women was both written & set. Walden Pond (19 min)
Retreating glaciers created this kettle hole lake that inspired Henry David Thoreau's writings. Fruitlands Museum (15 min)
Farmland-set circa-1914 museum with Native American artifacts, Shaker documents, paintings & more. Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm (25 min)
Farmyard with animal barns, kid-friendly educational activities & native wildlife exhibits. Great Brook Farm State Park (17 min)
An expanse of trails through fields & woods, centered around a working dairy farm, open for tours. North Bridge (20 min)
Historic replica 1775 bridge & site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (28 min)
Museum focusing on American contemporary & modern artists, with a 30-acre sculpture park outside. The Butterfly Place (18 min)
Regional & tropical butterflies, birds & koi fish housed in an indoor garden with a walking path. The Old Manse (20 min)
Guided tours of a historic Georgian house where Ralph Waldo Emerson & Nathaniel Hawthorne lived. | 
