Best Boat Tours in Kennebunkport
Real Mainers say the best way to see the coast is by boat! We agree… it’s amazing everytime you can get out on the open water. Kennebunkport is a bustling seaside harbor with several tour boats on the Kennebunk River to get you on board and out on the water, see seals, lighthouses, lobsters, Walkers Point and so much more! So what’s the best Kennebunkport tour boat or charter? Depends on how you like to boat. Do you want to sail, or just cruise, pull up a lobster trap, pass by the Bush Family compound at Walkers Point, or sail […]
Admin Kennebunkport / May 29, 2023
The Promise of Spring in Kennebunkport Maine
Here’s a little secret from the Maine seacoast, and the rather famous summer town of Kennebunkport: You can walk the beach all year round. In fact, its incredibly serene and beautiful in Spring. Mind you, locals complain about the weather, “Geezuz, what a wintah. Spring’s a slow statah, aint’it.” It’s what Mainers do for fun, part of their Maine slang is a slew of “wicked weathah” expressions, ayuh! But the reality is the ocean mediates the temperatures along the southern Maine Coast. Warm sunny days in April and May are brilliant as the sun sparkles off the deep blue sea. […]
Admin Kennebunkport / April 17, 2023
What to do in a Kennebunkport weekend?
Kennebunkport is my home….I’m proud to say – the place of Presidents and cool people – an address so unique it’s the only place in the world so named. Friends from away ask me, “what I should do in a Kennebunkport weekend?” Here is my perfect weekend in Kennebunkport! First, stay on the water. You didn’t come all this way to be inland. Stay at Seaside Inn, right on Kennebunk Beach. Or Kennebunkports Captains Collection offers several super romantic B&Bs. Keep cozy in your own cottage at AWOL Kennebunkport. If you are coming with kids and want an affordable spot, […]
Admin Kennebunkport / April 1, 2023
Kennebunk Star Gazing -Solar Eclipse in Maine
The next Maine total solar eclipse is April 8, 2024, from 3:24pm to 3:35pm! Be here… What’s cool about the Kennebunks at night is not really the nightlife, lol. Its the stargazing that can be amazing. Clear skies along Maine’s coastline provide ideal celestial star spotting, uninterrupted views of planets and meteors too. The lack of light pollution, and pollution in general, by our ocean horizon, lend to great viewing of planets at night. Mariners used the stars to navigate their sail-powered boats at night, across the unchartered seas. That tells you that being near or out to sea is […]
Admin Kennebunkport / March 11, 2023
Best Lobster in Kennebunkport
The 2nd question every visitors asks as they arrive in Kennebunkport, “where do I get the best lobster?” The 1st being, “how do we get to see The Bush’s place?” Folks eagerly want to see Walkers Point out Ocean Ave, to see the Bush Compound where two former presidents and their family have spent every summer. So we locals give directions out Ocean Ave, past St Ann’s Church where the Bush’s go for Sunday service, to The Blowing Cave and Anchor to Windward perched on the sparkling granite shores, this scenic vantage offers a fantastic view of Vesuvius Point, the so-named […]
Admin Kennebunkport / February 15, 2023
How to pack for Kennebunkport vacation
There’s a reason Maine is called Vacationland… there is so much to sea and do …especially in Kennebunkport Maine. Hence the Maine motto: “the way life should be.” A vacation in K’port Maine should be on your bucket list. The only remaining question is: what to pack for a Kennebunkport Maine getaway? Here is our guide to packing for a Kennebunkport trip: Pack layers. Locals in Maine say, “if you don’t like the weather in Maine, wait a minute.” Summer in Kennebunkport, temps can vary from 50’s at night to high 80’s in the day – all in the span […]
Admin Kennebunkport / February 13, 2023
Walker’s Point – Bush Family Estate
Walkers’ Point is one of the most popular sites in Kennebunkport, the summer home to the Bush family. As you drive out Ocean Avenue, past St Anne’s church where the Bush family goes to church, by Blowing Cave and Spouting Rock, you are led to the spectacular peninsula where President George H W Bush, and his wife Barbara, spent every summer with their family from mid May to mid October each year. The people of Kennebunkport love the Bush family, affectionately referencing the two Bush presidents as 41, and 43 – President George W. Bush who spends summers in Kennebunkport […]
Admin Kennebunkport / January 11, 2023
10 Best Places for a Cocktail – Kennebunkport and Kennebunk
Kennebunkport has a cocktail consumption reputation, labeled “a drinking village with a fishing problem,” where the well-healed are well-fueled, Kenne-drunk-port, Kenneboozeport, lol, I could go on. Suffice it to say the locals and folks from away like their cocktails out & about Dock Square, and liquorin’ up in Lower Village across the bridge. K’port may be Maine’s most socially lubed seaside village. What a distinctive drinking title?! Truly Kennebunkport and Kennebunk have so many lively happy hours, bars, pubs, and waterfront decks where you can drink in the view and a cocktail too. Here’s your guide to some of the […]
Admin Kennebunkport / January 1, 2023
42nd Annual Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude 2023
42nd Annual Kennebunkport’s Christmas Prelude – Dec 1-10, 2023. BELOW IS THE 2022 SCHEDULE! Christmas Prelude is among the Top Christmas celebrations in the country… Prelude lovers, have no fear, its never a Bah Humbug year, there’s always holiday cheer! Kennebunkport’s Christmas Prelude is a four-decade long holiday tradition. See the complete Christmas Prelude Schedule of Events. Here are a few favorite signature events at Kennebunkport’s Christmas Prelude. FIRE & ICE at Nonantum! A perennial favorite – outdoor bonfires, ice bars, bands and dancing, craft cocktails and Chef’s bits. Dec 9 & 10, choose between the Twilight event 3:30-6:30pm or […]
Admin Kennebunkport / October 20, 2022