From Logan airport, we highly recommend taking a taxi. You can also take the subway, called the T in Boston. You can find general information at www.mbta.com.

To get to the hotel from the airport, catch the subway bus to the airport terminal. Take the Blue line to Government center; switch to the Green Line, to Park Street; switch to the Red Line, to Central Square. The hotel is just a few blocks from the Central Square station. (And just a bit further from the Kendall/MIT station.)
To get to MIT CSAIL from the airport, do everything as though you were going to hotel (above), but get off at the Kendall/MIT station.
Also, see Directions to CSAIL and Directions to Le Meridien Hotel.

It may also be possible to fly into other nearby airports, such as Providence, which has bus service to the South Station T stop, on the Red Line. (The bus takes a little over 1 hour; then take the Red Line to Central Square..)Trains from New York also arrive at the South Station T stop, on the Red Line. (Take the Red Line to Central Square.)

Lots of dining -- see list of recommended restaurants (in progress) AND DiscoverOurTown.com

What's for lunch in Kendall Square

City info for Cambridge

City info for Boston

Harvard Square

Boston Duck Tours

New England Aquarium

Boston Symphony Hall

Fenway Park

Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market

Outdoor concerts in the hatch shell

Boston North End

Boston Museum of Science

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Boston Beacon Hill

Boston Common and start of Freedom Trail

Boston Public Garden and Swan boats

Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor Islands

Boston Harbor Cruises

Boston Harbor Cruises to Provincetown, Cape Cod

Whale watch

Lots of universities and colleges in the area including Harvard, Tufts, Northeastern, UMass Boston, Boston College, Simmons, etc.