Trip IdeasFodor's Maine Coast, 2nd Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Maine!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Maine Coast provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Maine Coast features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Maine.
•Experience Maine like a local! Fodor’s Maine Coast includes choices for every traveler, from whale watching to lighthouse visits to hikes through Acadia National Park and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Maine!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Maine Coast provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Maine Coast features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Maine.
•Experience Maine like a local! Fodor’s Maine Coast includes choices for every traveler, from whale watching to lighthouse visits to hikes through Acadia National Park and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Southern Coast ............ 19
Southern & Inland York County ............ 22
The Yorks, Ogunquit & Wells ............ 30
The Kennebunks ............ 50
Chapter 2: Greater Portland ............ 65
Exploring Portland ............ 66
Where to Eat ............ 74
Where to Stay ............ 78
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 80
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 81
Shopping ............ 83
Side Trips from Portland ............ 85
Chapter 3: The Mid-Coast Region ............ 97
From Brunswick to Wiscasset ............ 101
Boothbay & Pemaquid Peninsulas ............ 118
Cushing & St. George Peninsulas ............ 132
Chapter 4: Penobscot Bay ............ 143
Rockland Area ............ 146
Rockport, Camden & Lincolnville ............ 156
Belfast to Bangor ............ 170
Chapter 5: The Blue Hill Peninsula ............ 192
Blue Hill & Environs ............ 195
Deer Isle & Stonington ............ 206
Chapter 6: Acadia National Park &
Mount Desert Island ............ 214
Gateways to Mt. Desert Island ............ 218
Bar Harbor ............ 223
Acadia National Park ............ 235
Around Mount Desert Island ............ 244
The Outer Islands ............ 254
Chapter 7: Way Down East ............ 259
Eastern Hancock County ............ 261
Steuben to Cherryfield ............ 272
Columbia Falls to Cutler ............ 275
Cobscook & Passamaquoddy Bays ............ 284
Maine Coast Essentials ............ 299
Getting Started ............ 300
Booking Your Trip ............ 301
Transportation ............ 305
On The Ground ............ 308
INDEX ............ 314
Close Ups
Maine’s Beloved Sarah Orne Jewett ............ 28
All About Lobsters ............ 53
The Eastern Prom Trail ............ 82
Lighting the Way ............ 138
Windjammer Excursions ............ 154
A Vanished Industry ............ 180
Stonington Granite ............ 209
Wild for Blueberries ............ 277
Maps
The Southern Coast ............ 27
Portland ............ 69
Around Greater Portland ............ 86
Mid-Coast Region ............ 102
Penobscot Bay ............ 147
Rockport & Camden ............ 157
Blue Hill Peninsula ............ 198
Bar Harbor ............ 223
Acadia National Park & Mount Desert Island ............ 237
Way Down East ............ 263
Campobello Island ............ 288
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