| parking and a hot breakfast buffet are complimentary, as are regular evening socials with snacks and drinks. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. suites with 1 or 2 bedrooms add separate living spaces, and some feature fireplaces. off i-495, this warm, informal all-suite hotel is 2 miles from nashoba valley ski area and 10 miles from lowell national historical park. warm, unfussy studios come with kitchens and pull-out sofas, as well as free wi-fi and flat-screen tvs. other amenities include an indoor pool, a hot tub and an exercise room, plus a patio and a tennis/basketball court. there's also a business center and a convenience store
Boston Logan International Airport 42 min
Walden Pond State Reservation (23 min)
Dog-free park with trails & swimming on the site where Henry David Thoreau wrote the book Walden. deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (31 min)
Museum focusing on American contemporary & modern artists, with a 30-acre sculpture park outside. North Bridge (21 min)
Historic replica 1775 bridge & site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm (28 min)
Farmyard with animal barns, kid-friendly educational activities & native wildlife exhibits. Nashoba Valley Ski Area (6 min)
Ski area with restaurant, 17 trails & various lifts offers lessons, rentals & giant snowtubing park. Minute Man National Historical Park (20 min)
This historic bridge in a national park marks the spot of the first Revolutionary War battle. The Old Manse (21 min)
Guided tours of a historic Georgian house where Ralph Waldo Emerson & Nathaniel Hawthorne lived. Concord Museum (22 min)
Museum showcasing Concord's political & cultural history including pieces from the Thoreau family. Walden Pond (23 min)
Retreating glaciers created this kettle hole lake that inspired Henry David Thoreau's writings. Lowell National Historic Park (18 min)
1800s textile mills & the waterways that powered them, with canalside walks & interpretive displays. Great Brook Farm State Park (13 min)
An expanse of trails through fields & woods, centered around a working dairy farm, open for tours. Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (9 min)
Leafy paved trail along a disused railway route, for walking, cycling, jogging & rollerblading. The Butterfly Place (16 min)
Regional & tropical butterflies, birds & koi fish housed in an indoor garden with a walking path. Fruitlands Museum (20 min)
Farmland-set circa-1914 museum with Native American artifacts, Shaker documents, paintings & more. Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House (22 min)
Tours & special events in the heirloom-filled home where Little Women was both written & set. | 
