Travel Information for Maine Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near a Maine attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, a Maine state park, this is where you will find it.
For the family, MAINE offers animal parks and zoos, family fun parks, minIature golf, and waterparks; for great outdoor activities there is downhill skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, snowmobiling, hiking, biking, canoeing, sea kayaking, sailing and rafting and golf. Natural attractions include wildlife viewing, gardens, waterfalls, caves, cliffs and estuaries. It's a museum-lover's delight and home to more surviving forts than any other state. Many historic homes are preserved as museums. Designer outlets in Freeport, Kittery and Ellsworth, combined with the boutiques and specialty stores of Bangor and Portland's Old Port, and antique shops everywhere marks Maine as a major shopping mecca.
The state capitol, AUGUSTA, is home to the Maine State Museum, a collection of exhibits depicting the state's natural environment, social history and manufacturing heritage; the main house of the Old Fort Western is the oldest surviving wooden fort in New England.
Three of BANGOR’s attractions are the Maine Discovery Museum, Black Beards USA, a family fun park, and Cole Land Transportation Museum which shows vintage American transportation.
The popular summer resort town BAR HARBOR is home to Acadia National Park, Maine's only national park which offers coastal views from most of its hiking trails; the Atlantic Brewing Company offers daily tours and tastings, Mount Desert Oceanarium/The Lobster Hatchery is that part of the Mt. Desert Oceanarium which hatches lobsters to return back to the ocean, and Abbe Museum celebrates Maine's Native American Heritage.
BATH has two state beaches, Popham and Reid, as well as the Maine Maritime Museum with a collection commemorating Maine's seafaring heritage.
BOOTHBAY Railway Village is a recreated historical village offering a narrow gauge steam train ride and an antique automobile exhibit; the Marine Resources Aquarium is a collection of regional fish and invertebrates which can be seen hidden within the rocky shore setting.
Most of Maine's Windjammer fleet call CAMDEN their home port. ROCKPORT and LINCOLNVILLE are small villages of lobster boats, summer homes and quaint shops.
FREEPORT is home to L. L. Bean and more than 100 designer factory outlets, and to the Desert of Maine with its giant multi-colored sand dunes and a 1783 Barn Museum.
The Maine Wildlife Park at GRAY has a variety of Maine wildlife.
The S/S Katahdin (1914) & Moosehead Marine Museum at GREENVILLE has artifacts and photographs on the marine history of the region and Mount Kineo Peninsula.
KENNEBUNKPORT is a classic Maine village with Victorian-style mansions built by sea captains and 19th century merchants; the center of town is quaint Dock Square with shops, art galleries, and restaurants.
The Historical Society & Museum in LEE is a time capsule of the Victorian Era.
LEWISTON-AUBURN – an historical walking tour leads visitors through the cities’ history and heritage; the University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, houses the Atrium Gallery, which presents year-round art exhibitions, and the Franco-American Heritage Collection housing materials relating to the Franco-American community; the Androscoggin Historical Society maintains the Davis-Wagg Museum, and the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary is a 310-acre wildlife preserve.
The gardens at the Hummingbird Farm in LYMAN are designed to attract hummingbirds as well as butterflies and other birds; Millenocket is an outdoor recreation center and gateway to Baxter State Park, Maine’s largest state park.
The NEWFIELD WILLOWBROOK Museum is a 19th century country village museum with 37 buildings, 10,000 artifacts and over 65 carriages.
In NEW GLOUCESTER The United Society of Shakers, Shaker Museum is a living history museum.
The Transportation Museum OWLS HEAD has a collection of World War I era aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and carriages. Maine's lumbering history is captured in PATTEN by more than 3500 artifacts in nine buildings at the Lumberman's Museum.
PEMAQUID POINT is the site of a much-photographed lighthouse and Colonial Pemaquid (Ft. William Henry) where archaeological excavations have unearthed the foundations of two forts.
Maine's largest metropolitan area, PORTLAND, is a diverse city situated on a peninsula jutting out into Casco Bay; two interesting homes are Victoria Mansion, an historic house with a collection of the High Victorian period, and Wadsworth-Longfellow House (1785), the poet’s boyhood home; Portland has three forts, including Fort Williams, home to the 1791 Portland Head Light; other attractions are Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum, and Portland Harbor Museum. The Portland Observatory is the last remaining maritime signal tower in the United States.
There are images of sea and shore at the Farnsworth Art Museum in ROCKLAND.
Funtown Splashtown USA at SACO is a family-themed amusement and water park.
The Penobscot Marine Museum at SEARSPORT comprises eight historic buildings housing marine art, artifacts and maritime heritage.
The Acadian Village at VAN BUREN is one of the largest historical sites in Maine.
Known as Maine's prettiest village, WISCASSET is an antique lover's haven with restored antique music boxes at Musical Wonder House, Music Museum (1852); the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum is dedicated to this narrow gauge railway.
The Historical Society & Museum in WOOLWICH is a rural farmhouse museum with quilts and costumes, historic tools and industry and recreation.
YARMOUTH visitors make their own "Made in Maine" teddy bear at The Maine Bear Factory.
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