Dear Henry,
I can't help but get excited at your post. I'm a transplanted native
New Englander, who still maintains a summer place in midcoast Maine. I
have a passion for vacation/travel and Maine, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire. You have some extremely solid recommendations already. So
I'll only try to add to them.
Vacation rental homes and bed and breakfast inns will put you in the
nicest locations in New England, often right on the water or in
historic towns. Depending on your time of travel, accomodations can be
quite affordable this way. Any coastal town can provide you with what
you seek - I'll give a plug for my Maine favorite in the Bath and
midcoast area is Georgetown and Five Islands Maine :
http://www.rentthisplace.net/maine.html (my place and web site has a
plethora of general information even if it's not available or what you
need); and I operate a blog on midcoast Maine:
http://maine-midcoast-vacation.blogspot.com with lots of useful links.
www.visitmaine.com is a good start as is www.downeast.com; for cottages
try www.vacationrentals.com or www.cyberrentals.com
If you narrow down your specifics, just email me off list melinda at
renthisplace dot net
Henry Law wrote:
> My wife and I enjoy coastal scenery, walking coastal paths, exploring
> old fishing villages, having coffee/lunch in nice places, watching
> wildlife, doing some photography; then eating well and sleeping long in
> comfortable accommodation in the evening. The odd local concert, a
> museum or two (especially when wet) is good, and so is sitting in the
> sun reading.
>
> We've done it in coastal Wales, in Devon, and recently in the Western
> Isles of Scotland, and we fancy doing it in New England somewhere. But
> where to go? How to find accomodation?
>
> This doesn't sound like a package (though I'm open to suggestions), and
> despite the huge amount of information on the web they all boil down in
> the end to "Here's a 2-week package in a hotel in a place you've never
> heard of (but which is nevertheless the finest in the whole continental
> USA)". Doesn't give you much to go on.
>
> Any suggestions? We're mid-50s and fit. And not rich.
>
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> Henry Law <>< Manchester, England
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