Pick Up / Drop Off

Portland, ME (PWM)

Day 1 – Portland, Ogunquit and Prout’s Neck

Your leaders will meet you at your hotel in Portland for transfer to Ogunquit and The Ogunquit Museum of American Art. We will tour this wonderful small museum and it’s fabulous sculpture gardens. After the tour, we will hop on our bikes and discover Kennebunkport by bike. We end the day enjoying dinner at our inn overlooking the ocean.

• Cycling Options: 10 or 18 miles
• Meals: Lunch and Dinner
• Lodging: The Black Point Inn

Day 2 – Homer’s Studio and Lighthouses

You begin your day with a tour of Prouts Neck and Winslow Homer’s Studio, his home for more than 20 years. After visiting this unique piece of American Art History, it is time for some cycling. Today’s ride will take you along the coast to Two Lights—the setting for Edward Hopper’s famous painting—The stunning Portland Head Light, and Spring Point Ledge where will enjoy a private tour before visiting the Portland Museum of Art for their exhibition “Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art Trail Museum.”

• Cycling: 12 or 20 miles
• Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
• Lodging:One of Portland’s Fine Hotels

Day 3 -Discover the Bowdoin and Bates Museums

We begin the day cycling through Portland’s Old Port District and along a seaside bike path. Leaving Portland you will cycle past stately oceanfront homes and along quiet back roads. Today you will visit the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and its extensive collection of Old Master drawings.

• Cycling Options: 16, or 26 miles
• Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
• Lodging: the The Hilton Garden Inn

Day 4 – The Olson House

A short shuttle up the coast gets you back on your bike. The highlight of today’s ride is a visit to The Olson House, the setting for Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World

• Cycling Options: 30 miles
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Lodging: The Craignair Inn

Day 5 – Monhegan Island

Today you will ride quiet coastal roads to the fishing village of Port Clyde. There will be plenty of time to browse the galleries of local artists and poke around the general store before hopping the ferry to Monhegan Island. An artist colony since the mid-19th century,Monhegan continues to inspire.

• Cycling Options: 11 miles
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Lodging: The Island Inn

Day 6 – Discvoer the Farnsworth and Cycle Along the Coast

Back to the coast! Today’s destination is the town of Rockland the Farnsworth Museum with an extensive collection of sculpture by Louise Nevelson and the art of the Wyeth Family.

• Cycling Options: 21 or 35 miles
• Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
• Lodging: The Blackberry Inn

Day 7 -Enjoy the Ocean

You enjoy a morning sailboat ride on an 85 year classic schooner before a noon transfer back to Portland

• Cycling Options: none
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch