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At The Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, we pride ourselves on delivering extraordinary experiences in one of the most beautiful places in New England. For the ‘21 holiday season, we’ve created a list of VIP gift experiences inspired by our guests’ appreciation for creativity, uniqueness, luxury, and elegance.

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True design hotels have historically been hard to come by in Down East Maine, a rugged region between the state’s Midcoast and the Canadian border. But that’s not to say the delectably scenic, sparsely populated region (well, most of the year anyway) doesn’t deserve one. Down East receives more than its fair share of seasonal out-of-town revelers, drawn by unspoiled nature and stuck-in-time fishing settlements studding the rocky coastline—and they’ve been long craving a new home base to savor the down-to-earth delights of authentic Maine. At last, the reimagined Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor is set to appease design-lovers venturing to Acadia, fusing local heritage and sensibility with a microdose of glamor reminiscent of Europe’s finest grand dame resorts.

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A road trip up to Mount Desert Island (M.D.I.) is an essential part of any summer visit to Maine, as the massive island is home to a range of quintessential must-see’s: Acadia National Park, the only national park in the northeast; the charming town of Bar Harbor; Cadillac Mountain, the tallest seaside mountain on the eastern seaboard north of Rio de Janeiro; Somes Sound, the only fjord on the east coast; as well as all the usual Maine attractions, namely, lobster, ice cream, and whoopie pies. When you’re here, it’s easy to understand why this has been a popular summer destination since the 1870s…

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