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!