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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...
Four images depicting various rooms in the Hartstone Inn.

Hartstone Inn review: Checking In & Dining Out

Camden's Hartstone Inn pairs a lovely inn with an excellent restaurant in a convenient, walk-to-everything downtown location. Former owners Chef Michael Salmon and his...
exterior of The Federal hotel's original federal-style building with the East wing in the background.

Checking in: The Federal Hotel & 555 North Restaurant

Over the decades, I've watched what's now The Federal hotel change owners, names, and styles. I think the current version will last. Reopened in...
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...
Waldo Emerson Inn, kennebunk maine

Maine summer 2023: new or changed

Wondering what's new or changed for Maine summer 2023. I can help with that. One thing that's constant is change. Properties change hands, restaurants...
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....
one Sixty Five exterior facing Park Row and the town green

Checking In: One Sixty Five shines in downtown Brunswick

One Sixty Five, a boutique inn on Park Row in downtown Brunswick, Maine, rose from the ashes of the former Brunswick Inn. Of course,...
Surfside

Maine’s Vinalhaven Island: day trip or overnight

Vinalhaven island makes a wonderful day trip. It's also great way to escape a heat wave. Not only is the ferry ride a nice...
Lubec's last sardine-processing plant found new life as The Inn at the Wharf. The Inn on the Wharf, in Lubec, is sited in a former sardine processing plant. ©Hilary Nangle

Checking-In: Lubec’s Inn on the Wharf delivers authentic taste of Maine’s seafaring heritage

If The Inn on the Wharf, in Lubec were any closer to the shoreline, I could cast a fishing line out my window. Instead,...
Visit lighthouses along Maine's coast on Maine Open Lighthouse Day. Hilary Nangle photo.

Light up your life: Visit a Maine lighthouse this summer

The romanticism of lighthouse life has motivated many a traveler to seek out a Maine lighthouse or two, and there are numerous ways to...

Maine summer 2022: What’s new or changed

Keeping up with what's new or changed is never easy, but staying on top of what's in store for Maine summer 2022 has been...
View taking in the pool, staggered cottages, and Penobscot Bay taken from above the lower pool at Glenmoor by the Sea.video

Checking In: Glenmoor by the Sea oceanfront cottage

Each of the 19 cottages and 12 rooms at Glenmoor by the Sea offers ocean views. Amenities at the 12-acre, dog-friendly property in Lincolnville, Maine, include two pools, access to a rocky beach, a generous continental breakfast, a workout room, and two playgrounds.
Waldo Emerson Inn, kennebunk maine

Checking in: Kennebunk’s Waldo Emerson Inn

Kennebunk's dog-friendly Waldo Emerson Inn was built by Waldo Emerson, great uncle of poet/essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 1754. The new wing was added in 1784. The inn, located next to the famed Wedding Cake House, blends historical detail with contemporary furnishings.
The outdoor pool at The Colony Resort

Maine’s best outdoor pools with ocean views

Enjoy Maine's best outdoor swimming pool views by planning a getaway at one or more of these inns, hotels, and resorts salting Maine's coast from Ogunquit through Mount Desert Island.
Purposefully Lost treehouse, hot tub and outdoor fire pit, kitchen detail showing retro microwave

Checking In: Purposely Lost Treehouse in Springvale

I spent two nights closer to heaven in Purposely Lost's Cliff House treehouse, one of three treehouse vacation rentals sited on forested property edging Littlefield Pond in Springvale.