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Coolest Small Towns’, check out Bar Harbor, has been a summer
Fun Events 2010 the Farnsworth Art Museum; the getaway for over a century, with
June 6
Owl’s Head Transport Museum with a wide choice of posh B&Bs. The
Portland’s 37th Old Port
antique – but working – planes best way to explore is to park the
Festival is Maine’s largest
and cars; the Lighthouse Museum; car and take the Island Explorer,
one-day celebration with eight and the annual lobster festival. an island-wide free shuttle service,
live music stages, arts and
Neighbouring town Camden has or rent bikes to ride the carriage
crafts.
romantic B&Bs, chic boutiques trails. Follow Maine’s Bold Coast to
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and one of the state’s prettiest Eastport, stopping at Lubec, the
Throughout July harbours, crammed with sailing USA’s easternmost community,
In Bar Harbor, choose from
boats. Searsport, too, has a fi ne the Quoddy Head Lighthouse, and
orchestral concerts and jazz, new
marine museum. Cobscook and Passamaquoddy
works and opera during the 44th
www.visitmaine.com/region/ Bays, famed for their huge daily
Music Festival.
www.barharbormusicfestival.org
midcoast tides.
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popular with families. As
July 28 – August 1
DOWNEAST downeast
well as its beach, bohemian
In Rockland, 20,000 pounds of
Away from it all is the area
lobster are eaten during the
Ogunquit boasts art galleries,
Maine Lobster Festival. Races,
known as ‘Downeast’, with
view
from
the
TOP
● The
the Playhouse for summer
parades, concerts and crafts add
its spectacular scenery. Artists
top of
the 4
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theatre and the Ogunquit Museum to the fun. fl ock to beautiful Castine and
Obser
vatory
has to
be seen
to be
of American Art.
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the Haystack Mountain School
believ
ed. On
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ute in
the li
ft and
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August 28-30
of Crafts, with its summer
you ar
e savour
ing a
360 degr
ee
beaches
The 15th Windjammer Weekend in
workshops. But, the main panor
ama.
Near
Buckspor
t.
A more dramatic shoreline Camden is the largest gathering attraction is Mount Desert
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begins at Cape Elizabeth, with its
of Maine’s windjammer fl eet.
Island, the home of Acadia
● From
Port Cl
yde, a
10-m
ile fer
ry
iconic white lighthouse, Portland
Expect great music, great boats
National Park. This is one of the
and great art.
ride ta
kes yo
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ears. W
ith
Head Light. Portland itself sits on
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country’s most-visited parks, with its w
ildlife
watc
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nd wa
lking
has 6
5
Casco Bay, dotted birds, seals, beaches and Cadillac
trails,
tiny Monheg
an Island
with inhabited islands. Mountain. The main town,
inhabitants,
mostl
y artists
or lobster
fi shermen.
Visit them aboard a
regular ferry, used
by commuters and
schoolchildren, as
well holidaymakers.
Stay at an island inn,
such as The Inn on
Peaks Island, rent
bikes, go sailing or
sea kayaking, feel
the salt breeze,
slow down to
island time.
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com/region/portland
Further up the coast, on
the Kennebec River, lovingly-
preserved Bath has been, and still
is, a ship-building city; discover
more at the Maine Maritime
Museum. Or just fl op on the sands
at Popham Beach. What make this
Mid-Coast region special are the
long fi ngers of rock that poke out
into the ocean. Follow them to fi nd
popular resorts, such Boothbay
Harbor and the Coastal Maine
Botanical Gardens, the largest
botanical garden in New England.
In Rockland, one of ‘America’s
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