Hotel Pemaquid, New Harbor

No phone service, no tv guide, on a rainy night...it's a long walk to the office or ice machine. Bathroom didn't feel clean (damp towel, unflushed toilet) and the faucet handles have to be held in order to run the water...hard to wash your hands that way! Linens and carpet were low quality synthetics. Price wasn't bad...and access to the lighthouse at night was very convenient. But there is a nicer inn nearby...which we didn't know about until after our trip.

I have been coming to this hotel each year for several years and recommend it to anyone I speak with looking for a good Maine experience. Lovely hotel with only a few rooms but the surrounding cottages are quite nice, some more updated than others. I've found the owners and management to be helpful in recommending the area attractions and dining. Very convenient coffee shop-type restaurant next door right on the water. Nearby "Shaw's Lobster Shack" (featured in 'Message in a Bottle' movie) and other locations used in movie.

This hotel although it reeked with age it was very disatisfying it was a confusing and aesthetically unappealing mixture of motel and hotel .The hotel had some charm but the motel is illplaced and might just as well have been built along the new jersey turnpike.This hotel motel lacks characteristic Maine charm and taste.

Not really a dislike, but the hotel does not accept credit cards. It was not a problem for us, since there was an ATM not too far down the road. But if you are on the road and drop in for a stay, it would be good to know this.