Ideas for a Maine getaway?

[goofyshell]

I am trying to plan a four day weekend getaway for dh and I to the Maine coast in Sept. Any ideas/suggestions? I was looking at b and b's in the York area because there is a cool cooking school there. Also maybe a theatre or a whale watching cruise. Help me!

 

[mtdevine615]

First I'd suggest looking just a little further north to the Ogunquit area, many more palces to choose from. Is the cooking school you're looking into at Stonewall Kitchen? If so it's only a little further. Ogunquit has better restaurants and more shops. There are whale watching cruses out of Perkins Cove in Ogunquit. There is also the Ogunquit playhouse, I think singin' in the rain is playin there in Sept.

 

[The Mayor]

Bar Harbor and the Acadia National Park area would be my recomendation.

 

[ntsammy5]

and as long as you're in Bar Harbor, stop in at the Bar Harbor Brewing Co for some fine beer.

 

[My sister's princess]

The Camden/Rockland area is great in the fall. In Maine, we call those visitors leaf peepers There are lots of little museums, and the Farnsworth Art museum. It has a great art collection including Weyth paintings. http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/
If you are looking for B&Bs Camden has tons of really cute ones

It is also driving distance from many other destinations in Maine.

 

[Mermaid02]

Bar Harbor and the Acadia National Park area would be my recomendation.

agreed

 

[goofyshell]

Thanks all! I actually was looking at the Stonewall Kitchens and I had looked at the Oqunquit area. I forget what was playing in September but I remember it stars Sally Struthers.
How late in the season do the whale watching cruises go? Is this generally a more smooth or more rough seas kind of thing? Anyone else have any Maine ideas?