Exploring Maine Blog
Best Pizza in Freeport
To many, Freeport is synonymous with outlet shopping—specifically, L.L. Bean outlet shopping. And yes, there are plenty of purportedly discounted stores lining the streets and plazas of Freeport—but there are many dining options, as well. Finding that perfect deal is hungry work, you know…and Freeport sweetens the deal by ensuring almost all of your eating [...]
Best Hotels in Freeport
Whether you are planning on elevating your heart rate by visiting some of the beautiful state parks in Freeport, or prefer to allow your credit card to do the heavy lifting at the outlet stores, you’re going to need a comfortable bed and fluffy pillows to fall into at the end of the day. Thankfully, [...]
Best Hotels in Bar Harbor
Located on Mount Desert Island overlooking Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor serves as the bougie “base camp” for Acadia National Park. The park isn’t the only reason folks flock here, however; the lodging, dining, shopping, and galleries attract tourists by the thousands in the summertime, filling the narrow streets of this popular coastal destination. Impossibly huge [...]
Best Hotels in Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor
Like many tourist towns in Maine, a large portion of the population in both Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor is seasonal. And given the breathtaking beauty of the coast as well as the allure of the quaint seaside shops, eateries, and galleries in this area, visitors flock here in the summer months. With plenty of lodging [...]
Best Hotels in Bangor
The Queen City was formerly a major player in the timber industry—hence the 31-foot statue of Paul Bunyan (purportedly the largest in the world) overlooking the plaza in front of the Cross Insurance Center. But these days, Bangor is the retail, commercial, education, health, and business epicenter for the majority of the state, its central [...]
Best Hotels in Augusta
The capital city of Maine, Augusta has been experiencing a steady—albeit plodding—revival, one that has spanned more than a decade—and is still happening as we speak. With each budding young entrepreneur that opens up a creative new small business in the downtown area, so follows an eventual uptick in tourism…which, in turn, creates a greater [...]
