Scenes from Bluff Housee Inn

New owners reviving Bluff House Inn on the Schoodic Peninsula

The Bluff House, a lodge-style inn and cabins on Maine's Schoodic Peninsula, overlooks Frenchman Bay. ©Hilary Nangle
dog relaxes on chaise lounge next to a swimming pool

Dog-friendly Inn by the Sea pampers pups & people

https://www.facebook.com/132513573448735/videos/1535843809950563 The über dog-friendly Inn by the Sea makes it easy to travel with your pooch. This luxury inn edging Crescent Beach State Park in...
For a taste of the real, ungussied-up Maine, loop down to Jonesport and spend a day or two immersed in a real lobstering village. hilary Nangle photo.

Jonesport, Maine: an authentic, ungentrified lobstering village on the down east coast

Jonesport, Maine, is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not many tourists, other...
Watch lobster boats unload their catches from The inn at the Wharf, in Lubec, Maine. Hilary Nangle photo.

Maine waterfront hotels on working wharves

At these three Maine waterfront hotels, you can fall asleep listening to the waves lap and awaken to lobster boats chugging out to sea....
Docent-led small group tours of Winslow Homer's Maine studio are expected to sell out. Hilary Nangle photo.

Don’t miss touring Winslow Homer’s studio on Prouts Neck, Maine

  You can visit painter Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine. In September 2012, the Portland Museum of Art opened the studio where the...

Island hopping 3: North Haven

North Haven isn't the most welcoming of islands, but it makes for a nice half-day trip (take the 9:30 Rockland boat and return on...

Learn to find and prepare wild mushrooms in Mid-coast Maine

Every now and then I stumble across an innovative lodging package, one that goes well beyond the ho-hum usual offering of room, meals, and...
In the early morning quiet and soft golden light, North Haven is especially enticing. Hilary Nangle photo

North Haven: autumn on a Maine island, oysters, organic produce, and Angela Adams

Most of my friends who live beyond Maine's borders think I live in the most ideal place. And they're right, to a point. But...

Moose Mainea

Wanna see a moose? This is the best time of year to do so, and the area around Moosehead Lake is prime moose-spotting territory....
The Rangely Inn, in Rangeley, Maine, has reopened under new ownership.

Rangeley Inn reopens under new owner

Travis Ferland is working to restore the Rangeley Inn to its former grandeur. Already, the three-story historical hotel in downtown Rangeley is looking better,...
Plaque on Inn with its name and the date 1886.

Checking in: Norumbega, Maine’s castle hotel

New owners of the Norumbega Inn, Maine's castle hotel, have refurbished this architectural gem from the ground-floor suites to the fourth-floor Penthouse. Proprietors Brett...
Hamilton House

Lose the crowds, find the Berwicks

The Berwicks aren't on the usual tourist loop, but these southwestern Maine communities reward visitors with historical homes and literary connections. Snugged against the...

Splurgeworthy: Camden Harbour Inn

Once a classic summer hotel, over the years, the  Camden Harbour Inn had morphed into a B&B, sprouting wings and adding private baths, and...
The Inn by the Sea is one of roughly two dozen inns, hotels, motels, and resorts that offer 50% off the rate during the annual Hospitality for Habit promo each spring. Courtesy photo

Maine’s luxury, eco-conscious, beachfront Inn by the Sea

In the predawn quietude of a late October morning, clean-up bags tucked in my pocket, I leash my dog Bo, slip out of our...
The Percy Inn not only has well equipped rooms, but also a great location in downtown Portland as well as free onsite parking. ©Hilary Nangle

Checking in: Portland’s Percy Inn is a great choice for independent-minded travelers

The Percy Inn delivers everything an independent-minded traveler needs. This handsome, 1830 Federal-style row house is sited downtown Portland, Maine, just a few steps...