ERAPPA 2009 - Portland

Portland -  By Land and Sea (3 1/2  hours)- Maximize your sightseeing with this great combo tour! This tour includes a trolly tour of Portland and a cruise of Casco Bay.  Enjoy a 90 minute fully narrated trolley tour of Portland as we travel from city streets to rocky coast.  Get an overview of the Portland peninsula´s outstanding architectural and social history .  

We'll even stop for a visit at Portland Head Light, Maine's 1st lighthouse – the most photographed spot east of the Mississippi. Next, no trip to Portland is complete without seeing Casco Bay.  It's where the Maine coast really begins.   Your 90 minute cruise leaves from Portland’s busy harbor.  Rocky shorelines and wooded islands. Graceful sailboats, work boats and pleasure craft. A world of summer cottages, wildflowers, hidden coves and secluded beaches. A place where time seems to stand still. And it's all just a few miles from downtown Portland.  Learn the history of Casco Bay and enjoy your boxed lunch (included) as we cruise past lighthouses, forts and turn-of-the-century summer colonies.  You'll see lobstermen tending to their traps, seals and sea birds.  Departs from Holiday Inn By the Bay at 9:30 AM.