2016 Visitor's Guide

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE With unwavering attention to landmark preservation, Portland has maintained an historic urban landscape with a modern sensibility. Contemporary buildings mix carefully with an array of 19th century structures built in fireproof red brick after the devastating fire of 1866 once again leveled the city. History is also kept alive with museum homes and maritime museums chronicling the emergence of the area from a trading and fishing settlement into one of the nation’s most active seaports. On a stroll through the Old Port, one of the country’s most successful warehouse revitalization efforts, you’ll hear the squall of gulls and the low moan of bell buoys while you smell the salt brine that wafts off the bay. CUISINE Visitors are now coming to Maine from around the world for its great food and fantastic restaurant scene, as much as for the unspoiled landscape and beautiful scenery that have long been the mainstay of the region’s appeal. Portland, which Bon Appétit magazine once dubbed “America’s Foodiest Small Town” and The Food Network named one of the top five “Most Delicious Destinations”,

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