This page is meant to be used as an informational resource. The Asticou does not endorse any of these listings more than any other. Please feel free to contact our concierge for more information, to set up a tour, tee time, or other activity by email or phone (207) 276-3344.
Kayaking
Aquaterra Adventures (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-0007
Coastal Kayaking Tours (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-9605
Maine State Kayak (Southwest Harbor) (207) 244-9500
Biking
Island Bike Rental (Northeast Harbor) (207) 276-5611
Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-3886
Acadia Bike (Bar Harbor) (800) 526-8615
Southwest Cycle (Southwest Harbor) (207) 244-5856
Boating/Boat Tours
Downeast Friendship Sloop (Southwest Harbor) (207) 266-5210
Hinckley Crewed Charters (Southwest Harbor) (207) 244-0122
Sea Princess Cruises (Northeast Harbor) (207) 276-5352
Island Cruises (Bass Harbor) (207) 244-5785
Downeast Sailing Adventures (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-2216
Carriage Rides
Wildwood Stables (Seal Harbor) (207) 276-3622
Whale Watching
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co. (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-2836
Golf
Northeast Harbor Golf Club (Northeast Harbor) (207) 276-5335
Kebo Valley Golf Club (Bar Harbor) (207 288-3000
Bar Harbor Golf Course (Trenton) (207) 667-7505
Causeway Club (Southwest Harbor) (207) 244-3780
Museums
Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor) (207) 288-3519
Seal Cove Auto Museum (Seal Cove) (207) 244-9242
Telephone Museum (Ellsworth) (207) 667-9491
Wendell Gilley Museum (Southwest Harbor) (207) 244-7555
Gardens
Asticou Azalea Garden (Northeast Harbor)
Thuya Gardens & Thuya Lodge (Northeast Harbor)
Wild Gardens of Acadia (Bar Harbor)
Free Transportation
The entire Island is serviced by the Island Explorer free shuttle bus during the summer months. Please check their website for schedules and more information. The bus will stop in front of the Asticou's main entrance.
Stroll our property and you'll discover our own beautiful cutting gardens, providing the Inn with fresh flowers and herbs all season long. Across the road from the Inn's main entrance lies the Asticou Azalea Garden, and just up the road are the splendid Thuya Gardens and adjacent Thuya Lodge. These beautiful and special spots are owned and maintained by Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve and are not to be missed! For more information, visit the Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve web site.
The Asticou Azalea Garden
Modeled after a classic Japanese garden, the Asticou Azalea Garden explodes each Spring in every imaginable shade of pink, coral, crimson and peach. Stroll its paths and discover quaint stone bridges over a bubbling stream that leads to a placid pool and take in this serene scene.
Thuya Gardens & Thuya Lodge
Named for the site's abundant white cedars (Thuja occidentalis), Thuya Gardens is part of what is known as Asticou Terraces, created by Boston landscape architect Joseph Henry Curtis. An English-style, semi-formal perennial garden, it was adapted for Coastal Maine by Charles Savage. The result is a marvelous surprise of gorgeous, formal flower beds against a backdrop of craggy granite outcrops and alpine woods.
Thuya Photo © John M. Hall
Asticou Inn - a Bar Harbor Area Hotel & Resort
(800) 258-3373 • (207) 276-3344 • asticou@asticou.com
15 Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662
