Dockside Guest Quarters  open April-mid-Dec. This family-run inn overlooks York Harbor and its fishing boats, sailing yachts, and gulls. The 25 guest rooms range from traditional rooms in the inn itself to units with gas fireplace an kitchenettes. Guests can access fishing equipment, bicycles, a rowing skiff, and Boston whalers and river tours are also offered by innkeeper Eric Lusty. $104-276 includes breakfast. Phil Lusty serves lunch and dinner in the neighboring Dockside Restaurant.
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The Portsmouth Harbor Inn and Spa Kittery. Open year-round. Nathaniel and Lynn Bowditch are the innkeepers at this 1890s redbrick inn with six guest rooms across the road from the Piscataqua River and within walking distance (across the bridge) of downtown Portsmouth, N.H.’s restaurants. All the comforts plus a full-service spa, housed in the carriage house. $100-200 includes full breakfast.

The Academy Street Inn (207-384-563, South Berwick 03908. Open year-round. We highly recommend this 1903 mansion, adjacent to the attractive village that's home to Maine's oldest private school and to the several historic houses associated with the author Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909). $84-94.

We also recommend
The Morning Glory Inn  in York Harbor and The Apple Blossom Bed & Breakfast in York .