Hotels
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Hotel
South Bristol
Intimate B&B in South Bristol near Pemaquid Point. Made-to-order breakfasts, spa tubs, forest setting. Couples rate it 9.4/10.
Destinations
Midcoast Islands
Shipbuilding heart of Maine since 1743 - Bath Iron Works still launches destroyers past the Maine Maritime Museum on the Kennebec.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, lobster-boat cruises, and a walkable harbor that lights up with half a million twinkle lights in winter.
Where the mountains meet the sea - windjammer harbor, Mount Battie summit views, and an independent village with real soul.
Bowdoin College green, a restored Federal-era Main Street, and the Harpswell peninsulas for lobster rolls a short drive away.
Wyeth country - the Farnsworth Art Museum, a working lobster fleet, and August's legendary Maine Lobster Festival on the harbor.
An artsy midcoast comeback - working waterfront, the Belfast & Moosehead rail trail, and one of Maine's walkable downtowns.