The Sheraton Boston is in Boston's historic Back Bay, and provides indoor access to the Hynes Convention Center, the Prudential and Copley Place malls, and an underground subway station via the escalators leading to the second floor. The Sheraton Boston is a half block from the Boston Marathon route and 3 blocks from the finish line. Guests should stake out a spot early for good views of the athletes. The lobby of this business and convention destination includes a comfortable lounge, restaurant, and gift shop. For business types, the Sheraton Boston Hotel offers 70,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, access to 370,000 more square feet at the Hynes Convention Center, and a full service business center. For the leisure traveler, the Sheraton Boston offers an 18 meter indoor/outdoor pool on the fifth floor with a retractable roof and views of surrounding office towers. Guests also have complimentary use of a sundeck, and sauna. From the hotel, guests have indoor access to Top of the Hub restaurant and lounge on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Center Tower and its spectacular views, especially from a table by the window at dusk. Apropos Restaurant features an open air kitchen/buffet area, serving creative American cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some of the à la carte specialties include dishes of scrod, grilled lamb chops, and grilled New York sirloin. The Turning Point Lobby Lounge offers cocktails and appetizers in this wide open lounge furnished with upholstered high back chairs and plush couches laden with throw pillows. The Sheraton Boston offers 1,215 guestrooms with views of the Charles River. Rooms have sleigh beds with pillow top mattresses, triple sheets, and six pillows. Navy velvet drapes complement natural tone carpets and cherry wood furnishings. All rooms have high speed Internet access, voice mail, and pay movies.