Fodor's Expert Review Bar Harbor Inn and Spa

Originally a men's social club, this elegant oceanfront hotel has rooms spread among three buildings on well-landscaped grounds: the historic 1887 main inn, which has a modern wing, and two buildings with exterior-entrance rooms. Oceanfront Lodge rooms have private decks overlooking the ocean, and many in the main building have gas fireplaces and harbor-view balconies. A luxury spa offers everything from massages and mud wraps to aromatherapy and facials. A terrific upscale restaurant, the Reading Room, is famed for its lobster bisque and features live piano music nightly. The outdoor Terrace Grill serves a lobster bake with all the fixings. Enjoy continental breakfast poolside or in the poolside building with windows on three sides.