Being a popular tourist destination as well as an effervescent shopper’s paradise, Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace is surely one of the city’s most enthralling attractions. Being a proud inheritor of 250 years of rich historical and cultural traditions of the United States, Faneuil Hall has today become one of the city’s most exciting entertainment venues.

Its cobblestoned streets and variety of traditional architecture harks back to a bygone era, while road side performers entertain the large crowds that gather here to experience Boston’s premier tourist attraction.  Faneuil Hall’s history can be traced back to 1742, when the city’s richest merchant Peter Faneuil built and gifted the hall which was built in the style of an English county market to Boston City. It soon became a center of trade and commerce with various merchants setting up shop. Perhaps more importantly it also served as a stage for the city’s finest orators who used it to oppose a number of colonial dictates, most notably the Sugar Act of 1764.

In living up to its nickname “The Cradle of Liberty”, Faneuil Hall has played host to some significant milestones in America’s struggle for independence. It is said that George Washington toasted the nation on its first birth anniversary here, while also hosting firebrand speakers of the likes of Susan B. Anthony and Oliver Wendall Holmes. In more modern times speakers have included Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton. 

Faneuil Hall’s variety of shops and commercial establishments come close to rivaling its historical significance as outlets catering to almost every whim imaginable can be found here. More than 100 shops, from countrywide brands such as Ann Taylor, Urban Outfitters and Victoria’s Secret to local gems such as Local Charm and Destination Boston are among some of the retailers. In addition, Faneuil Hall’s unique Bull Market, a collection of 43 push carts featuring the artworks of New England’s most talented artisans makes this an unforgettable shopping destination.

The newly renovated Millennium Bostonian Hotel Boston also overlooks Faneuil Hall providing its guests with convenient access to this destination. Of the hotels near Faneuil Hall Marketplace none can match the convenience of location and plentiful offerings of comforts found at Millennium Bostonian Hotel.