Short Voyages
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
There’s a sense of natural paradise around Bar Harbour. Funny coincidence, then, that it was once named Eden – in honour of an early settler – Sir Richard Eden. From a secluded haven for artists to elitist holiday retreat, Maine’s oldest summer resort also enchants visitors with its immense natural beauty in the fall. In Acadia National Park, take to Cadillac Mountain – the East Coast’s highest with outstanding views of the Porcupine Islands and Frenchman Bay.
Highlights
ACADIA NATIONAL FOREST
The 35,000-acre (14,163.9-hectare) park was established by concerned summer residents in 1916 and declared a national park by Congress in 1919.
ABBE MUSEUM
Maine's first people are known as the Wabanaki, The People of the Dawn. Their story is told at the Abbe Museum.
SOMESVILLE
Mount Desert Island's oldest settlement. This tiny storybook village overlooking Somes Sound, is the only fjord on the eastern seaboard of the United States.
THUNDER HOLE
Impressive ocean swells converge against granite cliffs, creating a thunderous roar.
WEST STREET DISTRICT
Some of the best examples of the Bar Harbor shingle-style “cottages” can be found here.
Shore Excursions