Maine: An Explorer's Guide, Tenth Edition (Explorer's Guides)

The Maine "bible" celebrates its 10th edition as the most comprehensive guide to the state. Christina Tree and Elizabeth Roundy Richards have explored every corner of the state to provide discriminating, opinionated recommendations for travelers of all stripes. From rustic sporting lodges, rafting trips, and hiking trails, to artists' colonies, historic homes, and museums, they guide readers beyond the lobster pounds and tourist trails of the heavily traveled coast, into the far reaches of this vast and beautiful state. Features include:

• More than 1,000 dining and lodging reviews
• 34 up-to-date regional and downtown maps
• calendar guides to annual events and celebrations
• an alphabetical "what's where" subject guide for trip planning
• handy icons that point out places that offer best value, cater to families, welcome pets, and provide handicapped access

An independently researched guide; no paid listings. 80 black & white photographs, 34 maps, index.

Christina Tree has been traveling and vacationing in Maine since her childhood and has been writing about its attractions for the Boston Globe for more than 30 years. The coauthor of Best Places to Stay in New England, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Roundy Richards is a Maine native who has lived in many parts of the state, including Bangor, Augusta, Gorham, and now Portland. Her work has appeared in the Maine Times and in publications of the Maine Office of Tourism.