Things to Do

• Stop at The Black Birch or Anju Noodle Bar in Kittery for dinner, if you're likely to be too late to make Portland

• Stop in Portland for dinner at Fore Street or pretty much anywhere on Wharf Street, a stroll around town
and a stop at Bar of Chocolate or Arcadia for a drink and (at Arcadia) classic arcade games

• If you're into beer, take The Maine Brew Bus or head straight for the Allagash Brewing Company or Oxbow Beer

• Portland Art Museum

• Shopping in Freeport (L.L. Bean and others)

• Visit Bath, especially Cafe Creme, Kennebec Tavern, The Cabin, Byrnes Irish Pub (karaoke on Fridays!), the Live Edge Lounge, the Maine Maritime Museum, Maine's First Ship and kitchen gadgets galore at Now You're Cooking

• Visit Brunswick, especially Bowdoin College (and its Art Museum), Frontier, Wild Oats, Tao Yuan, Bombay Mahal and antique shopping at Cabot Mill

• The Androscoggin Riverwalk, especially the fish ladder

• Reid State Park (and beach!)

• Popham Beach State Park, especially the Morse Mountain to Seawall Beach trail

• Tandem Glass, hand-blown glass studio

• Monkey C Monkey Do, obstacle course and laser tag

• Sea Dog Brewing Co.

• Five Islands

• Red's Eats Lobster Shack (not overrated; be prepared for correspondingly long lines)

• Olson House

• Acadia National Park (amazing, but check booking, or stay a little outside the park)