The best-selling and most trusted guide to Maine is back! Once again fully updated and revised, this 18th edition features a brand-new design with expanded sidebars, itineraries, and lush color photographs throughout. As always, authors Christina Tree and Nancy English offer the best, most up-to-date recommendations for food, lodging, recreation, shopping, events, and much more. Whether you're a native New Englander or one of the thousands of visitors who flock to "Vacationland" every year, in Explorer's Guide Maine you'll find the most comprehensive and useful information to make your stay more enjoyable.

Explorer's Guide Maine is back for the 19th time, providing readers with everything they need to know for making their next trip to Maine the best one yet. This comprehensive, fully up- to- date edition guides travelers of all interests, whether they are looking to explore wildlife wonders or cultural hubs. Featuring hot spots from the southern coast (like Ogunquit and Wells), Casco Bay (Freeport), the Midcoast and the islands (Boothbay Harbor region), and Down East (Acadia area) to the western mountains and lakes region (Bethel area), the Kennebec Valley (Augusta and mid- Maine) and the Maine highlands (Aroostook County)- Explorer's Guide Maine offers suggestions for dining, lodging, outdoor activities, art and music events, museums, and must-see sights. Whether readers are looking to soak up the sun at Old Orchard Beach, traverse the Appalachian Trail, or observe Porter Bridge over the Ossippee River, Explorer's Guide Maine proves there is something for everyone at any time of year in the beautiful Pine Tree State.

This essential guide to eating along the Maine coast has dozens of new entries and updates in this new second edition.
Ranging from Kittery Point to the Canadian border, this savvy guide to finding diverse dining options in coastal Maine covers everything from high-end restaurants to diner cars and clam shacks. The author also reveals the many interesting and delicious food sources that the rocky coast has to offer, from lobster pounds to bakeries to candy stores and farmer's markets, and more. Find out where to pick your own strawberries, apples, and cranberries. Discover the freshest and most cost-saving fish markets. 50 black & white photographs, index.

The Maine coast covers more than 4500 miles more than all of the rest of the East Coast combined. Highly selective and clearly presented, this completely updated second edition orients you to Maine's regions, offers itineraries, and describes at length the many things to see and do, as well as places to eat and stay."

The most trustworthy and reliable guidebook to the vacationland of Maine has been revised and updated once again! With fresh recommendations for restaurants, accommodations, shopping, and recreation; all the traveler s resources and information you d otherwise have to glean from countless Web sites and brochures; leads on local celebrations and festivals, the best seafood shacks, cutting-edge art galleries, adventurous excursions you ll find everything you need in Explorer s Guide, just as you have for the last thirty years. Explorer s Guides give travelers the tools and knowledge they need to discover every corner of a state. Whether you re looking for the perfect traditional Maine sporting camp, an outfitter to guide a rafting trip, trailheads, artists colonies, historic homes, or museums, this most comprehensive guide to the state has all the answers. An alphabetical What s Where section explains everything from the Abenaki and blueberrying to summer theater and windjammers; up-to-date regional and downtown maps help you get around; handy icons point out places of extra value, family- and pet-friendly establishments, wheelchair-accessible sites and businesses, popular wedding venues, and more.