Downtown Portland

Morning

The Longfellow House and Garden

Longfellow was born in Portland in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s. Visit his home and garden, an urban oasis!

Noon

Grab a sandwich on Congress Street and head to the Olmstead designed Deering Oaks Park for an afternoon picnic.

Check out the Portland Farmer's Market
Voted Top Ten Market in the US by Travel and Leisure Magazine
Wednesdays - Congress Square
Saturdays - Deering Park

Local Tips

Tour the Tate House and Colonial Garden in Portland

Unique Stays

Pomegranate Inn
West End Inn
Mercury Inn

"Each morning sees some task begun,
each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
has earned a night's repose."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood where springs the first flower of the plain."

- from An April Day - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow