Guide to Bar Harbor Bed & Breakfasts and Inns
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Overlooking Frenchman’s Bay from Mount Desert Island is Bar Harbor, Maine, the largest town on the island. While you will find inns and bed and breakfasts throughout Mount Desert Island, including Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Bass Harbor, you will find the most variety of lodging in Bar Harbor.
Bar Harbor receives the most visitors, particularly in summer, which is Maine’s peak tourism season. This quaint seaside town has an ideal location with gorgeous views of the outlying islands and bay, a vibrant downtown district, and Acadia National Park as its neighbor, easily reached by bike, bus or car.
Travelers to Bar Harbor come from all over—from across the states, Canada, Europe and beyond. Being perhaps the most visually stunning natural landscapes on the entire East Coast and a polar port for boats and cruise ships, there is little wonder why.
Everyone knows that lodging at a Maine bed and breakfast or an inn is the perfect choice for a romantic stay, and that’s especially so for Bar Harbor bed and breakfasts.
If you find the right inn or bed and breakfast in Bar Harbor, you’ll be able to watch the sunrise from your room. But if you desire the ultimate sunrise, you can drive to the summit of Cadillac Mountain just minutes away from your Bar Harbor inn and behold the first exposure of the sun within Acadia National park.
It’s a general notion that hotels and motels are most convenient in terms of location—typically found nearby downtown areas, local attractions or highway ramps. For the most part, this is true for many towns and cities in Maine. However, while there are many must see landmarks and plenty of things to do on Mt Desert Island, virtually all bed and breakfasts or inns in Bar Harbor are conveniently located.
Staying in Bar Harbor at a B&B, you can walk to nearby shops, restaurants and waterfront attractions like lighthouse tours and schooner sailing excursions. The island, being 108 square miles, local attractions like Sand Beach or Thunder Hole, are only a short distances away from your Bar Harbor inn or bed and breakfast.
In contrast to staying at a large, luxury resort hotel in Bar Harbor, you’ll get the benefit of local guidance from your bed and breakfast innkeeper. They can give you the scoop on the best restaurants and ocean recreation services, tips on where to go and directions to nearby attractions.
You also can’t beat the perks of having a homemade meal prepared with classic Maine ingredients like wild blueberries and maple syrup!
Families may be more interested in seeking the many other lodging options, motels, hotels or resorts in Bar Harbor as opposed to staying at a bed and breakfast or inn as these are typically exclusive for couples.
The same goes for Fido—if you plan to travel with your dog or cat, make sure the lodging property is pet friendly. Some bed and breakfasts and inns in Bar Harbor may allow pets, but most do not.
With all the bed and breakfasts and inns in Bar Harbor, it is quite the romantic getaway by the sea.