• 1. Where to Stay
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• 5. An Oddball Day

A floating suite at The Green Turtle.

Fairmont Battery Wharf on the Waterfront (from $219) opened its 150 rooms only last December — ask for one with a water view. The patio opens in June.

Cook in your one-bedroom-apartment-style room at the Inn at St. Botolph (from $189). A sister property to XV Beacon, the inn opened in November 2008 as a low-key alternative on the border of South End and Back Bay.

Immerse yourself in the waterfront by booking a suite aboard the Green Turtle (from $245), a floating bed and breakfast. The tugboats churn the harbor by day, but the current is gentle at night.

Published on May 21, 2009 as a web exclusive.