Hundreds of hotels, motels, inns and B&Bs are available in the towns of Ellsworth, Trenton, Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor.

While there are plenty of rooms in and near Bar Harbor to handle the millions of visitors who com here each year, the challenge is to get the room you want rather than one you're forced to take.

Reservations are advisable in all recommended places, and as these are some of the choicer spots, I'd suggest that you reserve early.

If you arrive without a reservation, make your way to Mount Desert Street, which was a favorite locale of those who built palatial "summer cottages," and which today has an abundance of wonderful old inns.

Several motels are located just outside the entrance to Acadia National Park for the convenience of park visitors.

—by Tom Brosnahan

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