Explorer's Guide Maine Coast & Islands: Key to a Great Destination

by Nancy English, Christina Tree

The best of the best all along Maine’s magnificent coastline. The Maine coast is longer, more varied, and more accessible than you might think, covering 7,000 miles if you count the islands. How will you find the best recreation, lodging, and dining options in all that territory? Explorer's Guide Maine Coast & Islands, Key to a Great Destination is by the same trusted team behind Explorer’s Guide Maine , the most comprehensive guidebook available to the state and a bestseller for more than 20 years. Not an abridged version of that book, this is a completely unique guide to Maine’s dramatic, iconic coast and islands. It provides only the best options available―places chosen by two of the most savvy and knowledgeable travel writers writing about Maine today. 100+ color photographs

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 6, 2011

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably better than my three-star rating suggests, but has a heavy emphasis on more expensive dining and lodging options. This would make it fantastic for someone looking for that sort of trip, but limits its usefulness for my purposes. Lots of great information regardless, which is helpful in coming up with ideas for plans to make especially when combined with other resources. Despite being a relatively new book, it is already slightly outdated in some regards--which, unfortunately, is unavoidable for publications like this.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally guide books don't really warrant reviewing, but this is the most thorough and well planned guide book I have ever encountered. It was thorough to the point of giving me more information about the chef at the B&B I stayed at than the owner did in person, and I learned something new about the country store owned by my friends parents that I never knew. Wow! They did their research, and it really shows! Excellent work!

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear layouts of each section of Maine. We are going to Bar Harbor and Ogunquit in September. A daily agenda or some kind of daily guide would be helpful. Also, they talk about the places and the various lighthouses as if we are familiar with their names and locations and distances. We are not. The book is organized but what one can do in one day or so is not clearly defined.

[Monica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay guide, but gas station maps and talking to the locals is a much better route.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overview of each town along Maine's coast, with recommendations on attractions, lodging, and restaurants.