Maine Coast Explorer

Boston

Depart London on your direct flight to Boston's Logan Airport and transfer to your hotel by taxi(approx 20 mins).

Begin your stay in this delightful and friendly city by putting on your walking shoes and exploring at your own pace, The Freedom Trail, a 3-mile walking tour of 16 historic sites from the Colonial and Revolutionary Era. Alternatively hop on the famous Old Town Trolley Tour, as this allows you to hop on or off at any of the scheduled stops, covering over 100 points of interest including Boston Common, Copley Square and the cobbled streets of the pretty neighbourhood of Beacon Hill.

Relax and enjoy the 'Covent Garden style' atmosphere of Quincy Market with all it's great shops and irresistible food stalls and restaurants - a perfect place to rest your walking shoes!

Boston's numerous museums and art galleries are also available to you, in addition to a vast choice of great restaurants. Experience and enjoy the friendly welcome for which the people of Boston are well known.
Stay 3 nights.

Kennebunkport

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After breakfast collect your hire car at a convenient Downtown Boston location and head north over the Massachusetts border toward Kennebunkport in Maine. En route stop at Salem - best known for one of the most notorious periods in American history when, in 1692 hundreds of men, women and children had their neighbours put on trial as practising witches and wizards. Whatever the true cause of the accusations the one certain thing is that the phenomenon has become a cottage industry here and is now a home for many psychics. Salem also has its own Heritage Trail that takes you to museums and the Witch House where pre-trial investigations took place.

When you reach the Kennebunks, stop in the National Register Historic District Village, where the walking tour begins at the Brick Store Museum.

Stay 1 night.

Boothbay Harbor

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After a leisurely breakfast continue your journey on into Maine

Continuing along the coast from Portland your next port of call will be the pretty resort town of Booth Bay Harbor. Spend this afternoon relaxing or take one of the many boat trips out on the harbor or to nearby Monehegan Island to see the resident Puffins.

Split from adjacent town of Rockport back in 1891, quiet Camden makes a pleasant overnight stop as you continue to slowly explore this lovely part of the Maine coastline.

The town of Camden has shaded streets and flower gardens and is a great base from where you can explore the nearby Camden Hills State Park. From here you will be rewarded with one of the best views of the Maine Coastline, even stretching as far as the Acadia National Park on a clear day. Stay 2 nights in Boothbay Harbour.

Bar Harbor

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Continue on from Camden, and eventually arriving at Bar Harbor, located at the entrance to Acadia National Park on tiny Mount Desert Island. Ranked as one of the Top Ten National Parks in North America, this spectacular destination is the first place in the US that the sun rises each morning.

Bar Harbor itself is a bustling 19th century historic town filled with old mansions, shops, restaurants and everything else you would expect from a wealthy seaside resort.

Make sure you stop by the Hulls Cove Visitor Center to pick up useful information about Acadia National Park.

Stay 3 nights in Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbour

Spend today and tomorrow exploring marvelous Acadia National Park. Among Acadia's activities and attractions is a 20 mile scenic drive along the Park Loop Road that passes Jordan Pond and Cadillac Mountain, which at 1530ft offers amazing ocean views. A series of carriage paths stretching some 57 miles allow you to leisurely explore the park on foot with a gentle ramble or a more energetic hike or alternatively by bike or car.

Apart from taking in the amazing scenery, you can also choose from a wide choice of exciting activities, such as canoeing, coastal kayaking, mountain climbing, biking and horse riding.

For nature lovers many bird and wildlife tours are also available here, the most popular, giving you the opportunity to see puffins and seals, as well as whales.

Greenville

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Make a fairly early start today for your drive from the coast through the heart of Maine’s wild Interior to the pretty town of Greenville, located at the southern end of Moosehead Lake.

Stop en route stop for a few hours and explore the small city of Bangor, once heralded as the lumber capital or the world and now the unlikely home of Horror writer Stephen King.

The Big Bangor Mall provides a good opportunity to pick up some gifts or alternatively pay a visit to the interesting Cole Land Transportation Museum, dedicated to preserving and displaying Maine's land transportation equipment. Arrive at the small town of Greenville late afternoon in time to settle into your hotel before dinner. Stay 2 nights in Greenville.

Greenville & Moosehead Lake

Located in the northern reaches of Maine, pretty Greenville is set on 40 mile Moosehead Lake where you can enjoy the day relaxing or exploring the shoreline or nearby Maine Woods with a gentle stroll. With it’s spectacular views and sensational sunsets, take time to enjoy the ever changing vista across the Lake, equally magical by day or night.

Take a leisurely trip on the lake onboard ‘Katahdin’, the restored steamboat that also serves as the floating maritime museum. Greenville is also home to some local rafting companies so if you fancy a river expedition into the Maine wilderness then this is the place to do it!

Also look out for the indigenous Moose on one of the many excursions available that roam freely throughout woods in this area.

Portland

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Leaving Greenville early after breakfast, your journey will take you south again through the pretty Maine countryside towards the New Hampshire border. Your next stop here will be the

historic port city of Portland where visitors are drawn to its restored Old Port Exchange area on the waterfront with its many restaurants and shops.

Meredith and the Lakes Region

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Situated in Central New Hampshire, lies beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee, which forms the centre of the vacation orientatedLlakes Region. With a 300 mile shoreline, Lake Winnipesaukee offers several nice places to stay – the most sophisticated of which Meredith.

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon and tomorrow walking or boating or simply relaxing on the shore of this beautiful lake.

Boston & Home

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Enjoy another leisurely morning in lovely Wolfeboro and New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, before heading back to Boston to fly home later today.