Portland Maine Hotels
Hotels in Portland Maine are often required by people who need accommodation in the city. Some may want go on vacation to the city. Other may want to go to the city for a sports, entertainment, cultural, work, study or other causes. Some may want to go on vacation to see the historic areas of the city.
Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England. Its easternmost approach is Cape Small.
Sites of interest
Downtown Arts District, centered around Congress Street, is home to the Portland Museum of Art, Portland Stage Company, Maine College of Art, Children's Museum of Maine, SPACE Gallery, Merrill Auditorium, the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, and Portland Symphony Orchestra, as well as many smaller art galleries and studios.
Baxter Boulevard around Back Cove, Deering Oaks Park, the Eastern Promenade, Lincoln Park, Riverton Park and the Western Promenade are all historical parks within the city. Other parks and natural spaces include Payson Park, Post Office Park, Baxter Woods, Evergreen Cemetery and the Fore River Sanctuary. The non-profit organization Portland Trails also maintains an expansive network of walking and hiking trails throughout the city and neighboring communities.
Other sites of interest that are or have been in the city include:
Casco Bay Islands, including the Casco Bay Lines, Cumberland County Civic Center, home of the Portland Pirates, East End Beach, Exchange Street (the "Old Port" area), Hadlock Field, home to the Portland Sea Dogs, Longfellow Arboretum, Neal S. Dow House, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Martin's Point, Old Port Exchange, The Portland Club, Portland Conservatory of Music, Portland Financial District, Portland Head Light Lighthouse, Portland Observatory, Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue, University of Southern Maine (USM), Victoria Mansion, Wadsworth-Longfellow House
Native
Americans called it Machigonne. The first European settler was Christopher Levett,
an English naval captain granted 6,000 acres from the King in 1623 to found a
settlement in Casco Bay. A member of the Council for New England and agent for
Ferdinando Gorges, he returned to England and wrote a book about his voyage to
drum up support for the settlement. It didn't, and he never returned to Maine.
Fort Levett in the harbor is named for him. The peninsula was first permanently
settled in 1633 as a fishing and trading village named Casco. When the Massachusetts
took over Casco Bay in 1658, the town's name changed again to Falmouth. In 1676,
the village was destroyed by the Abenakis during King Philip's War. It was rebuilt,
then destroyed again in 1690. On October 18, 1775, Falmouth was bombarded in the
Revolution by the Royal Navy under command of Captain Henry Mowat.
Following the war, a section of Falmouth called The Neck developed as a commercial port and began to grow rapidly as a shipping center. In 1786, the citizens of Falmouth formed a separate town in Falmouth Neck and named it Portland. Portland's economy was greatly stressed by the Embargo Act of 1807 (prohibition of trade with the British), which ended in 1809, and the War of 1812, which ended in 1815.
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