Maine has the most effective small city in America, based on U.S. Information & World Report

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Guests really feel like they “stepped out of actual life and walked into the pages of a storybook.”

For vacationers craving a small city over a giant metropolis, it doesn’t get any higher than a Maine vacation spot alongside Frenchman Bay, based on U.S. Information & World Report.

The publication lately named Bar Harbor the most effective small city in America throughout its 2023-2024 Greatest Holidays Rankings. The Mount Desert Island city topped the record for the previous two years.

The 25 cities on the record have a inhabitants lower than 50,000, loads of eating places, sights, and “picture-perfect pure magnificence,” based on U.S. Information & World Report.

U.S. Information & World Report wrote the next about Bar Harbor:

“Famously generally known as the gateway to Acadia Nationwide Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, has loved a centuries-long repute as a scenic respite that mixes all the most effective qualities of the state. Its placement alongside Frenchman Bay implies that vacationers are spoiled with soothing water views left and proper, in addition to craggy coastlines that look straight out of a panorama portray. Plus, it’s the right leaping off level for among the greatest whale watching excursions in Maine. Not solely that, however the city fosters a particular sort of appeal that makes it really feel as for those who’ve stepped out of actual life and walked into the pages of a storybook. Although, the abundance of finger-licking native lobster will definitely snap you again into actuality in the easiest way potential. That is the sort of place you go to to reset and get again to marveling within the fundamentals: taking a pleasant lengthy stroll, watching the water sway because the day fades and having fun with tasty native grub. Bar Harbor is ideal for all of that.”  

— U.S. Information & World Report

4 different New England cities made the record:

• Nantucket ranked No. 4
• Martha’s Winery ranked No. 18
• Stowe, Vermont, ranked No. 19
• Kennebunkport, Maine, ranked No. 21

Bar Harbor additionally ranked No. 6 on the publication’s record of greatest low-cost holidays within the U.S.; No. 7 for greatest summer time holidays within the U.S.; No. 18 for greatest place to go to within the U.S.; and No. 20 for greatest household trip within the U.S.

Earlier this 12 months, Bar Harbor was named among the many greatest small cities in New England by USA At present readers and the most effective small cities for a summer time trip by TripsToDiscover.com.

Try the record of the most effective small cities in America.