Comments on: Why I Love Portland Maine on a Canada New England cruise https://cruisemaven.com/portland-maine-on-your-canada-new-england-cruise/ Cruising the World One Port at a Time Sun, 02 Oct 2022 16:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Claudette https://cruisemaven.com/portland-maine-on-your-canada-new-england-cruise/#comment-169305 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:46:44 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=4632#comment-169305 My daughter and I flew to Portland from Tn in late October 2016. We only had 4 days to enjoy the beauty of Maine but loved every min of our trip and planning to go back as soon as we can but hope to have at least 7 days next time. We didn’t waste one min of our trip. Within an hour of landing in Portland we were on the trolley trip around town,thought it would be the best way to get out bearings of the area. Trolley ride also included a trip to the main lighthouse there also. After our tour we had our first lobster roll at The lobster co. On commerce st ,sorry to say it was a disappointment! Our weather was not perfect it was foggy and light rain for the first 2 days but we still loved every min of it and we’re able to do every thing that was on our list. Second day we took the ferry over to Peaks island (after a visit to Holy donut,which is a must!)rented a golf cart and toured the island. We talked to one of the islands residents and received tons of valuable info on do’s and dont’s . Great time ! Decided to go the the little creape place we noticed on the trolley ride and had a delicious lunch. Can’t remember the name but located across the street from cemetery dated back to the 1700’s which we toured also. Decided to go shopping in Freeport again (did that the night before also) this time we found such great deals we just couldn’t resist, we only brought Carry on bags so this was going to be a problem. Back in Portland we did more sight seeing , drove to Cape Elizabeth to see and photograph another light house but the fog was too heavy to see the lighthouse but we loved the crashing waves around that area. Stopped at several neat little shops then back to Commerce st to shop there. Our 2nd full day started with a stop at—-yep, Holy donut for our road trip up rt 1 to Bar Harbor. Along the way we stopped at a goodwill to shop for a suitcase for all of our super deals in Freeport. The scenic rt to Bar Harbor is beyond beautiful ! We stopped often to take photos . One place we want to tour next trip is Camden, oh my it was beautiful! In Bar Harbor we stayed at the BH spa and resort,will pat myself on the back for booking there. Our beautiful room was facing the beautiful harbor with all the lobster boats. Still misty and chilly but didn’t stop us. Great dinner at Geddys and enjoyed all the cute little shops downtown,also drove around sightseeing. Our last morning in Maine we woke up to the most beautiful day ever,walking out on our little porch was taken back with how beautiful every thing was. We only had a few hours before we had to start back to Portland for our flight home so we wanted every min to count. We just couldn’t leave without seeing a little bit of Acadia state park so after asking around we found out the best rt and off we go. Beautiful just isn’t enough to describe what we were in for..back in Portland we had an extra hour before checking in at the airport so decided to drive back to check out the lighthouse at Cape Eliz that we couldn’t see on the foggy day,was not disappointed after all this was a perfect day! Will have to say when the Lord created heaven and earth he spent a little extra time on the state of Maine! We are back in Tn ,which we think is beautiful also,but longing to visit Maine as soon as we can but a much longer visit this time. This was a mom and daughter trip but may let the hubbys go next time.there was a lot of details left out but tried to hit a lot of the high lights .

]]> By: Sherry Laskin https://cruisemaven.com/portland-maine-on-your-canada-new-england-cruise/#comment-25392 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:53:21 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=4632#comment-25392 In reply to Jan Ross.

Hi Jan,

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. Portland is fun city and so accessible when you arrive via cruise ship.

Sherry

]]> By: Jan Ross https://cruisemaven.com/portland-maine-on-your-canada-new-england-cruise/#comment-25325 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:06:57 +0000 https://cruisemaven.com/?p=4632#comment-25325 You are right; Portland is definitely worth your time to explore. We were there a couple of years ago and, as a fellow foodie, you will appreciate that we took time for a Maine Foodie Tour and it was a great introduction to the city.

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