Travel + Leisure - India & South Asia
Your Maine Address Book
Getting There
United Airlines (united.com) offers connecting flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Augusta, with stopovers in Newark and Boston. Stay
Blind Tiger
Start or end your road trip at Portland’s stylish new B&B.
Doubles from `13,958; blindtigerportland.com
Brooklin Inn
A quiet, simple country inn and restaurant near Blue Hill.
Doubles from `12,924; thebrooklininn.com
Gills Group
Quintessential summer
houses on Bailey Island.
Cottages from `14,771; thegillsgroup.com Smithereen Farm
A Down East saltwater farm with cabins and camping.
Cabins from `3,693 per night; smithereenfarm.com Eat and Drink
Aragosta
The seasons of Deer Isle in a 10-course tasting menu— plus stylish cottages and suites. Doubles from `10,339, tasting menu `9,232; aragostamaine.com
El El Frijoles
Fun locavore taqueria on the Blue Hill Peninsula.
Entrées `443–`1,108; elelfrijoles.com
Long Grain
Farm-to-table Asian takeout in the heart of the Mid-Coast.
Entrées `1,034–`1,403; longgraincamden.com
Lost Kitchen
Homegrown ingredients elevated by Chef Erin French.
Tasting menu `12,924; findthelostkitchen.com
McLoons Lobster Shack
Of many great lobster options, this Mid-Coast spot is perhaps the most picturesque.
Entrées `443–`2,437; mcloonslobster.com
Tinder Hearth
Utopian wood-fired pizza on the Blue Hill Peninsula.
Pizzas `1,181–`1,624; tinderhearth.com Visit
Four Season Farm
Produce from Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch’s legendary farm is sold from
a farm stand on Saturdays. fourseasonfarm.com
Good Life Center
The Cape Rosier homestead of back-to-the-land gurus Scott and Helen Nearing reopened recently, in May. goodlife.org
Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts
Visit this mecca for modern crafts on Deer Isle on one of its open workshop days. haystack-mtn.org
Rabelais
A shoppable archive of food writing from the Renaissance to the present day, near Portland. rabelaisbooks.com
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment
A 600-acre working farm with hiking, camping, and a cafe. wolfesneck.org