Thanks! Going June 1 for a long weekend.

Well, visit all of Mtn’s suggestions and you’ll need a seat belt extender to get home. Yum!

If you like Italian, Mimmo's is super.

Too bad, we won't be up that weekend. We are actually driving back today.

I realized I did not answer your q other than food, LOL. Things to do:

• There is a nice walk that starts right in front of the York Harbor Inn, and goes along the ocean. However it is quite irregular and requires sneakers, as opposed to Marginal Way in Ogunquit. The MW is fairly wide, paved, and has many benches to sit and enjoy the view. You could start in town and walk out to Perkins Cove, then reward yourself with a lobster roll at the Footbridge. It is about a 45 minutes if you do the whole length.
• There are several pleasant site seeing cruises from Perkins Cove out to the Cape Neddick lighthouse. I have never been on one but they go past our house!
• If you are a shopper, Kittery is famous for its strip of outlets (Coach, Kate Spade, Brooks Bros, Orvis)
• Though the fare is a bit old fashioned, the Ogunquit Playhouse does a very good job.
• The Cliff House has new spa which is very nice.
• An open-air trolley ride through Ogunquit is a nice way to get around; the trolleys go all the way to York IIRC?
• Portsmouth, NH, is a charming little town to walk around in.
• One of our favorite things is the many scenic rides in the area. From York, take 103 E to Portsmouth. It is 9 miles, much of it on the water. A beautiful diversion is to take Cutts Island Lane thru the Rachel Carson Nature Preserve, out to Seapoint Road and follow it to Seapoint Beach.
• The other direction, take 1A to Shore Rd. That is 10 miles, or 12.5 miles if you take a loop around the point to see the Lighthouse and get an ice cream at Dunne's.
• If you are feeling more adventuresome, go to Portland (45 min?) and take a ferry to Peaks Island. Rent bikes or a golf cart for a nice little scenic ride around the island. Skip lunch (the food in Portland is far far better) and get a cone near the dock just to tide you over. Portland is chock full of foodie restaurants but Central Provisions is my favorite.
• PS Just noticed the Cape Neddick Inn is now Walkers. It is getting great reviews, the new owners have quite a resume, and the menu I saw on line looks excellent.

Thanks so much. This should be enough to keep us occupied. Now if the weather will only cooperate. We may have to reschedule.

Update: just got back from our weekend. Pedro’s was great. Took some of the scenic drives, had a wonderful lunch at When Pigs Fly, ice cream at Dunne’s, hit the outlets, and spent some time exploring downtown Portsmouth. Pizza at the Flatbread Company in Portsmouth was not only delicious, but watching them make the pizzas in an open wood-fired oven was mesmerizing.

Glad you had fun! Love Flatbread. It is a fairly big chain now. Funniest thing though, even though they are a New England chain I had never heard of them or eaten at one until we found one in Maui. Sat down to order, and the menu showed all these NE locations, and then just Maui.

Where did you stay? I was at the York Harbor Inn last weekend for the New England GW gathering. I loved York Harbor - so beautiful - loved the Cliff Walk.

OMG we stayed at the York Harbor Inn! We’ve stayed there before, two years ago, and had dismal dining experiences, so I posted here for suggestions. We were going to go June 1 but changed our plans to last weekend.

So I guess I was there when you were there. Last Friday and Saturday night. Which house did you stay in?

The one to the left as you face the buildings. Room 19. Smallest bathroom I’ve ever seen. You could rest your chin on the sink when sitting on the toilet.

I was thinking of booking there for two nights in September. Is there any places you can walk to. I am looking at the country rooms in main building because they seem to be best bargains. All info welcome. Thanks

Not really much to walk to in York Harbor, if you mean dining or shopping. The beach and park are across the street. You can see the bride. (there is always a bride in that park, it seems!) And I concur that, while the Inn is lovely, their restaurant is stuck in the 80s, in a bad way.

If you want to stay somewhere where there is walkability, I'd rate Ogunquit #1, then Portsmouth or Kennebunkport.

Thanks mtn. I have gone to kennebunkport for the last four years but was looking for a change, I have a car but was just looking for a reasonable place with some nice places arrond to just stroll.

We would use the car to go for meals.

Hmm, what kind of things do you like to do? York is very much residential.

Mine was on the right side of the main building - bathroom was decent size though no tub and I had an extra bedroom with a twin bed in my room (which I completely didn't need). Also a little deck that was on the side of the building but you could see the water. I had a flatbread pizza at the pub that was great and some kind of asparagus and buratta bruschetta type thing at the Chapman Tavern which was also very good. Haddock sandwich for lunch while waiting for my room - not so good. If I were to stay there again (which is highly unlikely) I would call and specify what I wanted in a room so as to get something to my liking. I think the rooms vary widely and I just booked mine online and it was fine for my two night stay. However the wait staff at the Chapman said the rooms in that building were very nice. I picked the building with ocean view rooms and didn't end up with one.

Yes, two weddings while I was there with various wedding party members staying in my facility. That is one thing that would cause me to opt for a different house. They tended to take over all of the common areas. One was complaining about no where to hang the gown as the closet was in the bathroom. I thought about offering up my extra bedroom for the gown but used it as my "dressing room" instead.

After making a day trip to Ogunquit I much preferred York Harbor as I don't care for the hoards of tourists and tourist shops which were more the situation in Ogunquit. It depends on what you like though. I liked walking along the coast and enjoying the quiet natural beauty and walking about town enjoying the beautiful historic, New England homes and gardens. There is much more in the way of dining and tourist shopping in Ongunquit however.

Thanks for all that info 3katz . Sounds like I might be better off trying to find something in Ogunquit. I love the touristy stuff when it is only for a few days.

We stayed in the building to the right last time. It was on the right as you entered, just off a sitting room, which was a bit uncomfortable, having people sitting around right outside our room. Fortunately they weren’t there very often. I didn’t spend any time in Ogunquit. Portsmouth was fun for a morning, lots of shops to look at, people to watch, places to eat. I’m not a big shopper myself, but it’s fun to look. Next time I’m in the area I’d like to see Strawberry Banke.

There were A LOT of lodging options in Ogunquit - something for everyone I'm sure.