Five Gables Inn

Have you ever heard your parents or grandparents reminisce about vacations at a rambling old hotel somewhere on the coast of New England? Have you ever gazed at a fading postcard of elegantly dressed ladies strolling by the sea beneath white parasols and wondered what it was like back in those days?

At the Five Gables Inn...that golden time doesn't seem so long ago!

"Recapture some of the peace and graciousness of the past!"

For more than a century, the Five Gables Inn has perched on a garden-framed hillside just down the lane from the East Boothbay General Store. It still has a broad verandah with a hammock and plenty of comfortable chairs overlooking a quiet cove where lobsterboats tug at their moorings. And guests still linger in welcoming wing chairs in front of a big fireplace in the common room.

If guests from the past were to return today, however, they would certainly be struck by all of the inn's modern luxuries. For at the Five Gables Inn, while the best of yesteryear has been lovingly preserved, it has been complemented by all the amenities today's discriminating traveler expects to find in three-star lodging.

Completely and beautifully renovated and restored to its original Victorian charm and reopened in 1989, the inn offers fifteen rooms, all with private baths and period-reproduction furnishings including queen-size, king-size, or four-poster beds. All of the rooms afford spectacular views of Linekin Bay, its islands, and the sea beyond. Five of the rooms also have working fireplaces.

Guests of the inn choose from a variety of activities, including whalewatching excursions, trips to Monhegan Island , windjammer sailing and scenic boat cruises, walks to lighthouses along rocky shores, visiting local villages (bustling Boothbay Harbor is just 3 1/2 miles away, while Bath, Wicasset, and New Harbor are all nearby) - and eating plenty of lobster! Sports enthusiasts enjoy swimming, jogging, biking, kayaking, and golf.

Lodging includes a sumptuous, multi-course breakfast prepared by Culinary Institute-trained innkeeper, Mike Kennedy, plus afternoon refreshments with homemade treats.

With today's life in the fast lane, the simple pleasures that abound at Five Gables Inn are a very welcome change of pace!

Reviews

An Explorer's Guide Maine
Karen Brown's New England
Boston Sunday Globe - Explore New England
Down East
Country Home
The Maine Thing
Getaway for Gourmets
Gourmet - The Restaurant Issue
Christophorus - The Porsche Magazine
The Yankee Traveler
Follow the Reader
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Coasting in Maine
Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England
The Boston Globe Calendar - Favorite Places in New England
The Boston Globe Calendar - Maine Point
St. Petersburg Times

Here in Maine's famed Boothbays, there were once a dozen or more rambling 19th century summer hotels. Today there is just one. As the keepers of this very special landmark, one of the most peaceful and now unique beds and breakfasts in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, we are dedicated to perpetuating an atmosphere in which today's guests can recapture some of the peace and graciousness of the grand days gone by. While the best of yesteryear has been lovingly preserved, it has been complemented by all the modern amenities today's discriminating traveler expects to find in a three-star lodging on the coast of Maine.

15 of our 16 rooms offer spectacular views of Linekin Bay. Each has been tastefully decorated with antiques, period reproductions, and beautiful fabrics.  Five have working fireplaces. All rooms have private en suite baths.  Each room provides a light, airy atmosphere.  Wi Fi IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE INN.

Each morning indulge yourself in our famous multi-course breakfast in the sunlit breakfast room, or wander to the always inviting porch overlooking the water. This is not to be missed! As decadent as can be, our breakfast is one of the best of all the B&B's in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Breakfast is prepared each morning by your Culinary Institute of America trained innkeeper, Mike Kennedy, a man of many surprises! Find some of Mike's sensational breakfast recipes later in this site. The Hostess of our coast of Maine accommodations, De Kennedy, would like to invite you to her special afternoon tea, where you will be welcomed by her southern grace and hospitality, along with freshly baked homemade treats, tea or lemonade and if you like, pleasant conversation.

"Quite frankly, this place is perfect." An Explorers Guide, Maine

"..... even your Martha's Vineyard breakfast fantasy pales by comparison."

The Porsche Magazine

"Highly Recommended." Frommers