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.
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.
Checking In: Pilgrim’s Inn on Deer Isle
Slip away to the Pilgrim’s Inn on Deer Isle, a two-acre waterfront property with a handsome, 12-room country inn and three dog-friendly cottages with kitchenettes
Checking In: Holbrook House in Bar Harbor
Here's what it's like to stay at the Holbrook House in Bar Harbor. This intown B&B makes it easy to explore the town and sections of the park without a car.
Dog-friendly Inn by the Sea pampers pups & people
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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...
Checking In: Inn on the Harbor, Stonington
The Inn on the Harbor earns its name. The Stonington property hugs a thin strip of land between the road and the water, and its huge deck hangs over the harbor. Comfy guestrooms and a 2-bedroom apartment fill a handful of cheek-by-jowl downtown buildings.
Checking in: Three Pines B&B, on the water, off the grid in Acadia region
Innkeeper Karen Curtis don't just talk green talk, she walks the green walk and shares it with guests at the Three Pines B&B. Karen and her husband, Ed, created this peaceful, off-the-grid, organic oasis on the eastern shore of Hancock, in Maine's Acadia region.
Checking In: Aragosta, Deer Isle, Maine
Oceanfront Aragosta, Deer Isle, welcomes guests to private, comfy cottages salting spruce woodlands and a nationally acclaimed restaurant.
Checking in: Ease into Maine’s great outdoors at Sky Lodge
Envision a handsome yet rustic (in the L. L. Bean style) sporting lodge crafted with timbers and stone. Step inside to the baronial Great...
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
Aboard the Floating Nomad houseboat now anchored on Bremen’s Pemaquid Pond
What it's like to stay aboard the Floating Nomad houseboat, which moved, with its sister Roam houseboat in 2021 to Pemaquid Pond in Bremen, Maine.
Checking In: Suite dreams at the Portland Harbor Hotel
Tough assignment, staying at the Portland Harbor Hotel and checking out the executive suites. Bottom line, if you can swing it, book one.
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Monhegan Island seduces artists, birders, hikers, dreamers, and drifters
Ahhhh! The Artists' Island. Take a walk about Monhegan Island, and it's easy to see how it earned that moniker. Everywhere you look is...
Checking In: Spruce Point Inn, Boothbay Harbor
From the minute one arrives at Maine's Spruce Point Inn, there’s a sense of ahhhh. The oceanfront resort sprawls over 57 landscaped acres salted...
Checking In: Inn at Ocean’s Edge, Lincolnville, Maine
The splurge-worthy Inn at Ocean's Edge delivers on its name. Tucked well off Route 1 in Lincolnville, this Maine inn's seven-acre property descends to...
