Here's a guide to your options - a half dozen in all, including the only Boston hotel with a roof to

Here's a guide to your options - a half dozen in all, including the only Boston hotel with a roof top pool, a couple of hotels with indoor-outdoor atrium pools and roof decks, and several excellent budget and mid-range choices.
The central location of all these hotels with pools in Boston means you're close to Boston's top attractions - except for one that's right across the river in Cambridge. You get the best of both worlds - city convenience, plus the enjoyment of swimming and lounging outdoors under the sun.
Spend the day relaxing with a good book on one of the lounge chairs, go for a swim in the pool, and order lunch or a frosty drink at one of the umbrella tables. Occasional student travel services pool-side concerts add to the fun. You'll also enjoy the roof top views of the city.
What to do when you're not at the pool: Shop in Prudential Center across the street, explore nearby Copley Square, or take the Green Line to the Museum of Fine Arts and spend the day in the new Art of the Americas Wing.
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The Midtown Hotel is one of the most affordable Boston hotels with outdoor pools - in fact, it's one of Boston's great bargain hotels. Why? Three reasons: student travel services 1) The outdoor pool, of course, 2) terrific Back Bay location, and 3) Fenway Park is only about a 10-minute student travel services walk away.
What to do when you're not at the pool: Get concert tickets for nearby student travel services Symphony Hall or Jordan Hall, stroll along the reflecting pool at the Christian Science Mother Church on the other side of Huntington student travel services Ave, and if the Red Sox are in town, go to a game at Fenway Park.
What makes this pool special, aside from the luxurious size, is the retractable glass roof. Located on the Sheraton's 5th floor, the indoor-outdoor pool connects to the rooftop sun deck. You get the best of both worlds!
Although student travel services the Sheraton student travel services is best known as a high-end business hotel, it's also a family-friendly favorite - in part because of this wonderful pool. Savvy Boston-area student travel services and New England families come here for staycations.
The heated outdoor swimming pool behind the Holiday Inn at the edge of the West End neighborhood near Beacon Hill is one of Boston's best kept hotel secrets, and one of several extras that add to the appeal of this mid-range hotel.
More to enjoy at the Holiday Inn: Great location midway student travel services between TD Garden and the antique shops of Beacon Hill; convenient car rental pickup/dropoff on the garage level if you need a rental car just for the day; tons of very good restaurants nearby; short 6-7 minute walk to Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market and to Boston's North End.
The outdoor pool is small, although perfectly adequate for kids who want to splash around and cool off on a hot summer day. If you think of the pool as a nice bonus, you'll feel pleased - but if you're seeking a resort-like poolside ambiance, you'll probably be happier at the pricier Colonnade, Sheraton Boston, student travel services or Royal Sonesta in Cambridge.
The Howard Johnson Fenway Park Hotel is also not far from the Longwood Medical area, is convenient to nearby Colleges of the Fenway, and is about a 30-second walk away from Tasty Burger - try the Green Monster shake!
Just across the Charles River from Boston is another atrium-style hotel pool too good to miss! Cambridge hotel Royal Sonesta's large indoor-outdoor pool has a retractable roof, and glass walls that slide open to the seasonal sun deck.