Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport

These three towns are only a short drive north from Portland offering visitors views of the coast and varied shopping experiences.

Falmouth is one of Maine’s more affluent coastal communities featuring a local harbor and town landing, indoor and outdoor ice skating facilities, shopping, parks and recreational facilities, and three golf courses.

In Falmouth, be sure to stop by the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, a paradise for bird watchers and nature lovers. In Falmouth, visit Forget Me Nots, a unique consignment boutique for women with quality, nearly new and never-worn apparel at bargain prices. Yarmouth is a rustic New England village with marinas, boatyards, and coves where visitors can watch for harbor seals and seabirds. If you’re looking to feast on clams, head to Yarmouth in July for the weekend-long Yarmouth Clam Festival that features music, carnival rides, arts and crafts, tons of clams and lobsters, and an amazing Friday night parade.

Freeport is a historic coastal Maine village with over 170 retailers, upscale outlets, designer shops, eclectic boutiques, charming B&B’s, hotels, fantastic restaurants and casual cafes. It’s also home to world-famous L.L.Bean flagship store.

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L.L.Bean started in Freeport in 1912 with 10 pairs of boots. By 1982 the store’s immense popularity with shoppers inspired brand name outlet stores, specialty stores, fabulous restaurants and gift shops to open their businesses in Freeport. Today Freeport is a tourist destination with more than 3 million visitors annually. Adding to your shopping experience are open-air concerts series, talks with tips on outdoor activities, art festivals and street performers.

A short distance from the thriving downtown you can visit the Desert of Maine, the states only natural desert with natural 70-food sand dunes, the Audubon Society’s Mast Landing Sanctuary with day camp and trails through woods and fields, and Wolfe’s Neck State Park offering 233 acres to explore. While you’re here make time to visit South Freeport (the locals like to say: So.Free. Me.) and one of Maine’s best seafood restaurants, Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company, where they serve seafood fresh off the boat, and a kayak rental company, and Winslow Memorial Park with a beach, boat landing, playground and campsites.

Local Favorites: After your shopping excursion in Freeport’s Outlet and anchor store L.L. Bean, there are parks to be visited. Wolf’s Neck Woods State Park offers marshes, fields and forests to explore and Winslow Park offers a playground and beach.

Most Unusual: In Yarmouth, you can visit Eartha, the world’s largest rotating globe. This kid-friendly free attraction can be found in the Garmin Research and Development Center.

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240 U.S. Route One Falmouth, Maine 207-781-8252

Now Accepting Seasonal Clothing and Accessories

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HARRASEEKET

LUNCH & LOBSTER COMPANY

Maine’s Best Lobster Roll

Quality Seafood by the Co n Family for over 50 years End of Main St., So. Freeport, ME

3mi. from L.L.Bean, follow signs to Town Wharf Lobster, Crabs, Clams, from our own boats daily.

Lobster packed to travel. Home Baked Desserts and lots more Open April 29 to End of Season

ATM Available On Site

Restaurant (207) 865-4888 Lobster Pound (207) 865-3535 www.harraseeketlunchandlobster.com

The Twin Cities of Auburn and Lewiston make up the second largest metropolitan area in Maine. In Auburn, you’ll find a thriving arts scene with one of the nation’s oldest community theater troupes that offers a year-round schedule of mainstage performances.

Festival Plaza, at the heart of the downtown area, hosts the Auburn Community Concert Band for a summer season of outdoor concerts as well as an area of Concerts in the Park. Lewiston has had a cultural and downtown area revitalization bringing with it new pockets of vibrant activity. The Gendron Franco Center, formerly a Catholic church, now stands as a world class performing arts venue hosting year-round presentations of music, dance, concerts and performing arts in a 428-seat auditorium and a multipurpose function hall. Museum L-A showcases the rich manufacturing history of the area that brought determined immigrants to the area to build lives working in the local shoe factories and woolen mills.

The main gallery features rotating temporary exhibits that change throughout the year and explore themes related to the worker culture and the lives of the people living in Lewiston-Auburn and throughout Maine. For the advanced golfer, you can hit the links at two golf clubs or for a family friendly golfing experience, Auburn hosts a driving range and an 18-hole miniature golf course located next to a family favorite restaurant and ice cream shop.