Discover hotels within three hours of Boston in Massachusetts, United States

These forest-clad hills in western Massachusetts are Boston and New York’s very own back-to-nature bolthole. City-dwellers flock to the area, not only to ogle its natural beauty and stretch their legs in its great outdoors, but also to tap into New England’s rich creative seam – the place is crawling with artists, and, in the summer, its little colonial towns are alive with theatrical and musical events. It’s impossible to visit the Berkshires without stumbling upon fine art museums and galleries, world-renowned dance companies, celebrated symphony orchestras, cutting-edge drama troupes, landscaped gardens, and marvellous historic homes and museums. In the autumn, the foliage comes into its own, and the turning leaves paint smudgy streaks of russet and gold across the undulating landscape.