| 2006-12-02 |
| Portland, ME |
So I'm sitting here in Dubai, world-renowned city of international flair, reading about Portland, Maine as a world travel destination.
Seriously.
The editors at Frommer's Travel Guides and Frommers.com picked the twelve surprising, thriving, or emerging travel destinations for 2007, and Portland, Maine is on the list!
Frommer's Top Travel Destinations for 2007
By The Frommer's Staff
November 21, 2006
Krakow, Poland
Tokyo, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Panama
Asheville, North Carolina
Ethiopia
Portland, Oregon
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Island
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Glen Canyon, Utah
Zurich, Switzerland
Portland, Maine
A university town and burgeoning retirement location, Portland has a fantastic mix of culture and education. It also has an impressive amount of first-rate restaurants, with several perennial entries on Gourmet magazine's "America's Top 50 Restaurants" list -- including the excellent Fore Street, which builds its menu around local ingredients. The weather can be extreme, but Portland is an eminently walkable city, with the downtown area compact enough to explore thoroughly, and an excellent indoor farmer's market that is open all year round. For those seeking outdoor adventures along the coast, there is a jogging trail that stretches from Portland to nearby Brunswick. Conveniently, Amtrak has instituted service to Portland from Boston's North Station, making the city much more accessible from the Northeast corridor.
Quite a diverse selection, eh?
But can you really jog from Portland to Brunswick? Isn't that like twenty-five miles away? I mean, I guess you could do it, I personally don't really like jogging on 295 myself, though ...
Anyway, congrats to my people in Portland.
And you never know, maybe this little town of Dubai will some day make the list ... |
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