Bar Harbor Vacations are a Premier Choice for Visting Maine
Set on majestic Mount Desert Island in Maine, Bar Harbor is a beautiful and accommodating tourist destination that has something for everyone.Bar Harbor’s history as a tourist destination goes back to the 19th century when city slickers’ response to paintings of the area by members of the Hudson Valley School was enthusiastic, to say the least. Wanting to see such beauty for themselves, people started traveling up to Mount Desert Island and the first hotel in Bar Harbor was built in 1855 to accommodate them. After a couple decades of booming hotel development, rich people began building cottages, mansions really, a few of which remain today. Many of these cottages now operate as inns, B
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