By Hilary Nangle on February 19, 2010
Restaurant Week Maine is quickly approaching and this year, there are some decent lodging deals offered that complement the set-price dinners. For example, the Inn by the Sea is offering a $99 traditional room or garden suites (add $30 for a spa suite), Sun. through Thurs.; Camden’s Hartstone Inn has traditional rooms beginning at $175 [...]
Posted in Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Deals, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Motels, Penobscot Bay, Resorts, Southern Coast/Beaches | Tagged Camden Harbour Inn, discounted lodging, Hartstone Inn, Inn by the Sea, lodging deals, Maine inns and hotels, Restaurant Week Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on January 29, 2010
Bethel is another wonderful winter destination for skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, or just hanging out, and The Bethel Inn Resort put yous smack dab in the middle of town. Here’s the deal, book a two-night Stay & dine package and get a third night of lodging free. Rates begin at $99 midweek per person, per night/$129 [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Resorts, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Bethel, Bethel Inn Resort, cross-country skiing, Maine, packages, Skiing/Riding, Stay & Dine, Sunday River, winter |
By Hilary Nangle on August 20, 2009
Views! Views! Views! I spent the last few days at the Bluenose, in Bar Harbor. While there may be a few other places that can compete for such lofty, panoramic views over Bar Harbor, the Porcupine Islands, and Frenchman Bay, I don’t think any come close for comfort and service. This is a four-diamond property [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Hotels, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Motels, Resorts, Spas | Tagged Bar Harbor dining, Bar HArbor hotels, Bar HArbor Maine, Bluenose hotel, Eden Spa, Looking Glass REstaurant, Maine travel, Mount Desert Island, Wonder View Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on June 26, 2009
If you think Maine is all about the coast, you need to venture inland and discover the lakes, rivers, woods, and peaks that define the region between Bethel and Millinocket. Not only does this region rival the coast for natural beauty, it’s also wildlife rich. You won’t see a puffin, but you’re chances of spotting [...]
Posted in Hotels, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Resorts, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged adventure packages, Appalachian Mountain Club, biking in Maine, geo-caching in Maine, hiking in Maine, learning to make crafts in Maine, Maine Huts & Trails, Maine travel, Maine vacation packages, Maine Woods Discovery, New England OUtdoor Center, Northern Outdoors, paddling in Maine, rock hounding in Maine, Saddleback, Sugarloaf, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on June 21, 2009
…by the beautiful sea. That’s the location of the Inn by the Sea. The inn, a collection of rooms, suites, and two-bedroom cottages evoking Victorian shingle-style architecture, has long been one of Maine’s finest accommodations. Now, one year after a multi-million dollar renovation, it shines even brighter. Now this is not the place to come [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Resorts | Tagged Cape Elizabeth Maine, four-star lodging and dining in Maine, green lodging, Inn by the Sea, inns with spas, Maine travel, oceanfront lodging in Maine, oceanfront lodging near portland, pet friendly lodging, Sea Glass restaurant |
By Hilary Nangle on May 9, 2009
Take him for a spa escape at the Cliff House, in Ogunquit. Doggie massage is the newest service at the oceanfront resort topping Bald Head Cliff. Just like with humans, it helps minimize pain from arthritis and hip problems, increases circulation, improves cardiovascular health, relieves pain, provides relaxation, and reduces anxiety, stress, fear and other [...]
Posted in Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Resorts, Southern Coast/Beaches, Spas | Tagged Cliff House Maine, Cliff House Spa, Dog Massage, Ogunquit Maine, pet-friendly |
By Hilary Nangle on May 7, 2009
Gotta like this one. Sebasco Harbor Resort, a family oriented (and pet-friendly) lodge and cottages smack dab on the ocean, is celebrating its birthday with a budget-friendly 80th Anniversary Weekend package, June 5-7. Sebasco is located near the tip of the Phippsburg peninsula, south of Bath. Once quite retro, it’s slowly and consistently been upgraded [...]
Posted in Lodging, Mid-Coast, Resorts | Tagged family friendly resorts, great deals on lodging, inexpensive accommodations in Maine, inexpensive lodging on the Maine coast, Maine Coast, Maine travel, oceanfront lodging, Phippsburg Peninsula, Sebasco Harbor Resort, Sebasco Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on April 11, 2009
Golfers take note: Book a three-day package at the Bethel Inn before April 30th and get three days of unlimited greens fees on the Bethel, Maine, resort’s 6,700-yard championship course. For $199 midweek or $239 weekend, per person, you get not only unlimited golf, but also two nights lodging, two full breakfasts, one four-course dinner, [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Resorts, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Bethel Inn, Bethel Maine, golf package |
By Hilary Nangle on February 24, 2009
Grand dames come and go, but the Bethel Inn and Spa keeps chugging along. Sister grand resorts—The Mount Washington, in Bretton Woods, N.H., and The Balsams, in Dixville Notch, N.H.—put the emphasis on grand and both have undergone major renovations in recent years that have not only increased their face appeal, but also their prices. [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Resorts, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Bethel Inn and Spa, dining at the Bethel Inn, grand resort hotels in New ENgland, packages at the Bethel Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on September 4, 2008
I live so close to the Samoset, that I rarely visit, but here I am in Rockland, for a conference and now I understand why people love this place. The view out my window is green golf course (Pebble Beach East?), blue ocean, white windjammer sails, and distant islands. A short walk (unfortunately for now, [...]
Posted in Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Resorts | Tagged Farnsworth Museum of American Art, Maine, Maine Lighthouse Museum, Morning in Maine, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Rockland, travel, windjammer |
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