Overlooking picturesque Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island, the Inn is a grand old hotel, filled with charm and tradition. The best of yesterday is blended with the amenities of today. Built in 1883, the Inn has catered to some of the most influential and famous people of the past century and of current times. The Inn is surrounded on both sides by public gardens, the Asticou Azalea Gardens and the Asticou Terrace Gardens. The grounds of the Inn have included cutting gardens and a special Begonia Garden. Upon entering the Inn guests feel as though they have stepped back in time to a place more congenial and pristine. The Inn and its out buildings provide 48 guest rooms and suites. Its public rooms are filled with fireplaces and original antiques.
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Check in: 3:00 PM Check out: 11:00 AM Rooms: 46 Total Rooms Currency: U.S. Dollar
The once-grand Asticou Inn, which dates to 1883, occupies a still-prime location at the head of Northeast Harbor. Its weathered gray shingles and layered eaves give it a slightly stern demeanor, but it also has elements of mild eccentricity. The Asticou's exterior is more elegant than its interior, though it has been spruced up a bit. Despite some incipient shabbiness, a wonderful old-world gentility seems to seep from the creaking floorboards and through the thin walls, especially at mealtime. The rooms are simply furnished in a pleasing summer-home style, as if a more opulent decor were somehow too ostentatious. The dinner dance and elaborate "grand buffet" on Thursday nights in summer remain hallowed island traditions and worth checking out. (Expect smoked seafood, lobster Newburg, salads and relishes, a dessert tray, and more.)