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Bethel (Maine) Travel Guide

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Bethel [1] is a town in western Maine. It is near the White Mountain National Forest and home to Sunday River ski resort. Outward bound and Gould Academy are also here.

Contents

Get in

By car

Interstate 95 (Maine Turnpike) to Exit 63 "Gray" Route 26. Take Route 26 North.

Get around

  • The Mountain Explorer - a free shuttle providing shuttle service between Bethel Village and the Sunday River Ski Resort. [2].

See

Do

  • Big Adventure Center, 12 North Road, Phone: +1 207 824-0929, [3]. Laser tag, rock climbing, mini golf, bowling, water slides.

Ski

  • Sunday River, Sunday River Rd. off Rt. 2 east of town, Toll free: +1 800-543-2SKI, [4]. 128 trails and 18 lifts. Large resort with summer alpine activities and always something happening.
  • Mt. Abram, 308 Howe Hill Road, Greenwood, ME, Phone: +1 207 875-5000.

Golf

  • Sunday River Golf Club, Phone: +1 207 824-GOLF, [5]. Robert Trent Jones, Jr. course with 18 holes, par 72, 7,130 yards, CR75.2, slope 146. $95, cart included.
  • Bethel Inn & Country Club, 1 Broad St., Phone: +1 207 824-6276, fax: +1 207 824-2233. Par 72, 6,663 yards, CR71.3 Slope 131.

Buy

Eat

Cafés & Bakeries

  • Café DiCocoa and Dicocoa's Market Bakery, 119 and 125 Main Street, Phone: +1 207-824-5282, email: dicocoa@cafedicocoa.com, [6]. A cozy café-restaurant serving up pastries and a wide selection of coffee and hot drinks throughout the day, and then global cuisine at night. The market, which is next door, is filled with groceries, coffee and wine from across the globe.
  • Mouse & Bean Internet Café, 63 Main Street, Phone: +1 207-824-2366, [7]. Trendy café featuring delicious pastries and beverages, on site Apple computers (free for use with a purchase of a food item) and WI-FI avaible. Local artwork, music, pottery and crafts are also for sale on location.
  • The Good Food Store, 212 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-3754, email: GoodFood@goodfoodbethel.com, [8]. Great selection of natural foods and drinks, along with a made-to-order sandwich service.
  • The Café at Bethel Outdoor Adventure, 121 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-4224, email: info@BethelOutdoorAdventure.com, [9]. Small café located at Bethel Outdoor Adventure that prepares sandwiches, soup, coffee and teas, fresh baked goods and ice cream.

Pizza

  • Bethel's Best Pizza, Subs, & Ice Cream, 160 West Bethel Road, Phone: +1 207-824-3192, email: smills48@verizon.net. Serves breakfast, a wide variety of pizza, subs, panini sandwiches, and all sorts of ice cream treats. Delivery avaible to houses, condos, or hotel rooms anywhere in Bethel and surrounding towns including Sunday River.
  • Finish Line Pizza, Lower Main Street at the intersection of Railroad Street, Phone: +1 207-824-4700. Pizza, subs, tacos, stuffed breadsticks available. Wednesday is the famous $1 Burger Night, and Tuesday is 1/2 price draft night. Delivery and take-out avaible.
  • New York Pizza, 119 Skiway Road (Newry), Phone: +1 207-824-6969, email: frank@eatnypizza.com, [10]. Authentic New York pizza and sub take-out shop on the Sunday River access road.
  • Pat's Pizza Family Restaurant, 37 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-3637. Full-service homemade pizza restaurant, also featuring homemade soup, lasagna, and chicken and eggplant parm. Also has full liquor bar with micro-brew drafts, wine and bottled beers.
  • Suds Pub, 151 Main Street +1 207-824-6558, email: info@sudburyinn.com, [11], Great pizza, take out, 29 beers on tap, live entertainment Thursday through Saturday.

Casual Dining

(to come)

Fine Dining

(to come)

On-Mountain Dining

(to come)

Drink

Sudbury Inn, [12]. Try hoot night on Thursdays.

Sleep

Bed & Breakfasts, Inns and Motels

  • The Briar Lea Inn, 150 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-4717, email: briarleainn@adelphia.net, fax: 207-824-7277, [13]. Open year round. Five miles from Sunday River, features six rooms and an English pub. $79.00 - $149.00.
  • The Victoria Inn, 32 Main Street, Phone: +1 888-774-1235, email: info@thevictoria-inn.com, fax: 207-824-3926, [14]. Redone historic 19th century inn with 14 elegantly decoarted rooms and loft bedroom suites.
  • A Prodigal Inn & Gallery, 162 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-8884, email info@prodigalinn.com, fax: 207-824-8884, [15]. Luxurious historic inn recently renovated in 2003.
  • Austin's Holidae House Bed & Breakfast, 85 Main Street, Phone: +1 207-824-3400, email:holidaehouse@msn.com, fax: 207-824-0672, [16]. Open year round. Seven room Victorian inn located in the heart of Bethel.
  • Black Bear Bed & Breakfast, 829 Sunday River Road (Newry), Phone: +1 207-824-0908, email: blkbear1@megalink.net, fax: 207-824-0161, [17]. Renovated old farmhouse with six rooms, minutes away from Sunday River.
  • Chapman Inn, 1 Mill Hill Road, Phone: +1 207-824-2657, email: info@chapmaninn.com, fax: 207-824-7152, [18]. Quaint inn in Bethel's historic district.
  • Crocker Pond House, 917 North Road, Phone: +1 207-836-2027, email: cphouse@megalink.net, fax: 207-836-3304, [19]. Friendly architect-designed home bed and breakfast “with beauty inside and out”.
  • Gideon Hastings House, 22 Broad Street, Phone: +1 207-824-3496, email: gideon@megalink.net, fax: 207-824-0022, [20]. Four bedroom 1848 Greek Revival home in the historic district.
  • Inn at the Rostay, 186 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-3111, email: info@rostay.com, [21]. Motel/inn located five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
  • L'Auberge Country Inn and Bistro, 15 L'Auberge Lane, Phone: +1 207 824-2774, email: innkeeper@laubergecountryinn.com, [22]. 6 rooms in a casual inn with a great restaurant.
  • Norseman Inn & Motel, 134 Mayville Road, Phone: +1 207-824-2002, email: info@norsemaninn.com, [23]. The motel, which has 22 rooms, and the inn, 8 rooms, is located five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
  • Rivendell House B&B, 16 Park Street, Phone: +1 207-824-0508, email: info@rivendellhouse.com, [24]. Homey renovated farmhouse with two rooms.
  • Sudbury Inn, 151 Main Street, Phone: +1 800-395-7837, email: info@sudburyinn.com, [25]. 18 room inn with an attached fine dining restaurant and the lively "Sud's Pub".
  • Sunday River Inn, 23 Skiway Road (Newry), Phone: +1 207-824-2410, email:info@sundayriverinn.com, [26]. Family-oriented inn with a cross-country skiing center, located a 1/2 mile away from Sunday River.
  • Bethel Spa Motel, 88 Main Street, Phone: +1 800-882-0293, email:ruthiesboutique1975@hotmail.com. Located in the heart of Bethel conveniently located on the Mountain Explorer Shuttle route with direct access to Sunday River.
  • The SnowBoarding House, 646 West Bethel Road, Phone: +1 207-824-4224, email: info@BethelOutdoorAdventure.com, [27]. All-season hostel with 18 total beds. Bed price is from $19.
  • The Bethel Inn Resort, On the Common, Phone: +1 207-824-2175, email: info@bethelinn.com, [28]. 150 room resort situated on 200 acres, featuring an 18-hole golf course, fine and casual dining, fitness center, ski and snowshoe center, tennis court, and more.

Chalets & Rental Homes

  • The Cottage at Sunset Hill, Sunset Hill, Phone: +1 207-824-4039, email: skimane@megalink.net, [29]. Romantic cottage for a couple in a prive location in the foothills of Bethel.
  • Berner Haus, 31 Mammoth Drive (Newry), Phone: +1 207-824-7513, email: berner@megalink.net, [30]. Luxurious 8 bedroom mountain estate.
  • Locke Mountain Cabin, 129 Sunday River Road, Phone: +1, 207-824-7533, email: svs@sunvalleysports.com, [31]. Brand new cabin located just five minutes from Sunday River.
  • Chalet on the Mountain, 18 Walters Way (Newry), Phone: +1 508-943-7162, email: deb_starr5136@yahoo.com, [32]. Cozy mountain house has 4 bedrooms and is situated along the Roadrunner trail in Sunday River.

Slopeside Lodging

  • The Grand Summit Hotel, Sunday River Ski Resort, Phone: +1 800-543-2754, [33]. Upscale 230 room hotel featuring two restaurants, a health club and a heated outdoor pool and a true slopiside location.
  • Jordan Grand Hotel, Sunday River Ski Resort, Phone: +1 800-543-2754, [34]. 195 room hotel located slopeside to the Lollapalooza trail with a health club, heated outdoor pool and hot tub, and two restaurants.
  • Snow Cap Inn, Sunday River Ski Resort, Phone: +1 800-543-2754, [35]. Cozy mountainside lodging featuring a fitness room, outdoor pool and ski lockers and only a short walk away from the slopes.

Note: (In addition to these, Sunday River offers nine condominium complexes spread across the resort. See [36])

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