Maine “Life is TASTY!”
Welcome to Southwest Harbor, home to Acadia
National Park, Mt Desert Island and the
wonders of the beautiful coastal Maine.
Highly rated among our guests and our peers.
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comments.
Boston Bed and
Breakfast Examiner
Writer Marti Mayne, Boston Bed & Breakfast
Examiner writes
Waterfront Waysides: Cool off on the porches of
these hot B&Bs
New England is experiencing record breaking heat
and you’re not only really ready to cool off,
you’re also ready for a break. Now is the
perfect time for all Bostonians and those beyond
to consider a quick B&B getaway. Imagine rocking
your cares away on the porch of a welcoming B&B,
cool drink in hand. Whether it’s in Boston or
along the Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island or
Connecticut coasts, here are a few
recommendations for hot B&Bs in cool places,
just a hop, skip and jump from Boston. Each one
offers a fabulous balcony or porch poised to
catch cool sea breezes and scenic views.
Read the entire article from the July
2010 edition
click here:
Waterfront Waysides: Cool off on the porches of these hot B&Bs
Editors' Choice – Yankee Magazine (2010)
A colorful inn provides a comfortable
retreat within walking range of downtown
shops and the Cranberry Isles ferry. Rates:
from $145, including full breakfast.
click here:
New England Travel
Boston Bed and
Breakfast Examiner
Writer Marti Mayne, Boston Bed & Breakfast
Examiner writes age
feature article about The Harbour Cottage Inn.
There are only a few inns that can offer
everything for every one. Most specialize in
either being family-friendly or romantic, and
it’s tough to do both well. Don Jalbert and
Javier Montesinos have bucked the notion that
kids and couples don’t mix, and created the
Harbor Cottage Inn in Southwest Harbor, ME where
family suites blend seamlessly with romantic
guest rooms. Add a welcoming wicker-filled
porch, private decks and a yard filled with
bright colored Adirondack chairs for reading,
with all this facing a gentle slope toward the
Harbor, and you’ve got the perfect B&B to spend
spring, summer and fall months on the quiet side
of Acadia National Park.
Read the entire article from the
October
2009 edition
click here:
A
INNside Skinny, Harbour Cottage Inn,
Something for Everyone
Country Accents
Magazine
Editor, Beth Anderson Goldman writes a 9 page
feature article about The Harbour Cottage Inn.
She writes:
"Nestled in a picturesque harbor town on Maine’s
popular Mt. Desert Island, the Harbor Cottage
Inn offers a perfect New England getaway." Few
tourists discover the pleasures to be found in
other parts of this popular Maine destination.
Dubbed “the quiet side,” the western portion of
Mt. Desert Island is home to quaint harbor
towns, each of which provide a postcard-perfect
picture of a quintessential Maine coastal
village.
"From the delicious, home-cooked breakfast,
welcoming ambiance and amazing hospitality of
the Harbour Cottage Inn, to the stunning beauty
and natural majesty of Mt. Desert Island, a
visit to Southwest Harbor will never
disappoint."
"The inn is casually elegant and inviting.”
Indeed it is — with pleasing color combinations
and tasteful accessories found in each and every
room."
"When guests enter the reception area of the
Harbour Cottage Inn, they feel that they are
being welcomed into a private, yet exceptionally
decorated, living room."
Read the entire article from the Spring
2008 edition
click here:
A
Trip to the Quiet Side
 -Charles
Greenfield
Charles Greenfield is a Miami-based travel
writer who has contributed to Travel &
Leisure and regional magazines. As Travel
Editor of the Coral Gables Gazette, he
specializes in luxury travel on Europe,
Asia/Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. He
won the prestigious Cacique Award 2000 for
International Consumer Travel Writing from
the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. He also is
Cultural Arts Contributor to WLRN 91.3 FM,
South Florida’s NPR affiliate.
“My hosts have taken a former annex to Mount
Desert’s first Victorian-style 250 room
summer hotel (since demolished) and
transformed it into an elegant bed and
breakfast with eight private rooms, a
two-bedroom suite, and two outside
dwellings, “The Carriage House” (a cute
“Maine” cottage) and “The Southwester,” a
three-bedroom house.”
Coral Gables
Gazette
 -Mary
Jo Plouf
“They not only provide you with breakfast
each morning, they specialize in breakfast,
and each morning is a delightful
extravaganza and a virtual morning gourmet
feast. I doubt that any of their creations
came out of a cookbook, unless they wrote
the book themselves.”
After breakfast, you will probably want to
relax in the bright and airy common room
that features exquisite antiques and a
superb collection of local art and
overstuffed sofas.”
Travel Roads
Read the entire article click here:
www.travelroads.com
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ADDITIONAL
GUEST COMMENTS |
“What
a lovely place to stay…all the details and
thoughtfulness of a very upscale hotel, but with
the charm and personality of being a well cared
for home. Well done!”
- Philadelphia, PA
“Once
again, we are amazed by the beauty of this
place!”
- Portland, OR
“Thank
you for such a pleasant and memorable
experience. The house is beautiful, the staff
warm and friendly and the location exquisite! A
perfect holiday.”
- Ontario Canada
“Spectacular
in every way!”
- Reston, VA
“A
quiet, soothing beautifully run B&B. What a
pleasant surprise to find this beauty in a
nurturing environment on our vacation. We’ll be
back!”
- Martha’s Vineyard, MA
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