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EAGLES LODGE MOTEL
278 High Street
Ellsworth, Maine

Comfort Inn Ellsworth
130 High St
Ellsworth, Maine

Jasper's Restaurant & Motel
200 High Street
Ellsworth, Maine

Hampton Inn Ellsworth/Bar Harbor
6 Downeast Hwy
Ellsworth, Maine

HOMESTEAD MOTEL AND COTTAGES
143 Bucksport Road
Ellsworth, Maine

The Colonial Inn
321 High St
Ellsworth, Maine

Ramada Ellsworth
215 High St
Ellsworth, Maine


Hotel Tips

Always find a reason to email the front desk manager in hotels that you plan to visit again. Tell them what they did right and express your plans to stay again and ask what opportunities there might be for frequent discounts or upgrades on your next visits. If you become friends with the manager, you just might get the friends and family rate some day.

Bring an actual credit card to avoid deposits and pre-authorizations consuming money in your checking account which will reduce your available balance. Hotels that accept paper cash often ask for a hefty deposit to cover potential damages in your room leaving you scrambling to find an ATM.

Elevators are notorious for being a nuisance so ask to be roomed on the top floor and as far away as possible. Most hotels book nearby rooms last so hopefully they have availability elsewhere.



Things To Do

Ellsworth micro breweries have popped up in downtown corridors to quench the thirst of local or traveller whos is looking for a one-of-a-kind experience for suds brewed on site. If you are looking for a light beer or something randy and dark, you are sure to find a wide assortment of options to choose from.

Ellsworth helps you expand your skills and learn some new ways to expand your artisan flare? Sign up for classes at your kitchen supply store, yarn shop, art and craft shop and photo gallery. You'll be having great fun with your new friends as you you take on that next project.

Ellsworth thanks the collection of small business owners who devote their time and energy to make shopping downtown a great experience. Inventory offered downtown is shopped by the merchant buyer to bring the best products to your neighborhood.



Why Do You Love Downtown?

Erin Lawless
The shops and bakery make it an appealing destination for people who want to keep small businesses going by enjoying those shops as well

Carrie Homier
6 women looking to explore the area. We will be there Feb. 18th. Whatever you can do to open our wallets easier and more economical would be much appreciated and fun! Thank you.

Bob Puthoff
I'm sending some clients there this Summer and want to get them a discount card to shop. Thanks!

Darle & Tom Warta
Convent, close, & friendly people!

Janet White
Never been but I love discounts! Going Today!


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