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The Eastland Park Hotel Portland Maine

The Eastland Park Hotel celebrates 82 years of history in 2009. Rich in tradition, yet charming and delightfully understated, this Downtown Portland Maine Hotel is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Portland's acclaimed arts and shopping district. The hotel is surrounded by quaint galleries, outstanding restaurants, upscale shops, and museums, including the Portland Museum of Art.

The Eastland Park Hotel, a Portland Hotel, is adjacent to Congress Square, an outdoor city-center plaza reminiscent of its European predecessors, and is only moments away from Portland's famed Old Port waterfront, and the downtown financial district. Visit the Top of the East, Portland's only rooftop lounge, at the Eastland Park Hotel, for a breathtaking panoramic view of all that Portland and Maine have to offer.

Things to Do in Portland Maine

We're located in the historic Arts & Shopping District in downtown Portland with easy access to all area attractions and shoppingLocated at The Eastland Park Hotel:
-157 High Cafe & Bar at The Eastland Park Hotel
-Top of the East at The Eastland Park HotelPortland's only rooftop lounge
-Harmon's & Barton's Flowers
-Massage Medicine :

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Address:

157 High Street,

Portland, Maine (ME) 04101

Phone : 207.775.5411

Fax : 207.775.2872

Toll Free : 888.671.8008

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Hotel Modera - New boutique hotel in downtown Portland

Downtown Portland Oregon hotel
Portland, Oregon has graced many top 10 lists over the past few years, in categories ranging from architecture, to green living, to places to buy a home. One thing that has consistently secured our great city a spot on those lists is our abundance of urban activities. No matter what part of town we happen to be in at the moment, we Portlanders have no trouble seeking out, or stumbling upon an interesting activity within the city.
Portland International Beer Festival A definite must for the beer lover’s itinerary, the Portland International Beer Festival is among the most anticipated annual events within the city. Held in the North Park blocks, the Portland International Beer Festival features over 130 rare and exotic beers from all over the world during the warm summer month of July.
The Waterfront Blues FestivalEvery year in early July, the streets of downtown Portland are lost to rapture as the Waterfront Blues Festival consumes Waterfront Park. Thousands of visitors enjoy great food, a great atmosphere, and performances by some of the biggest names in blues such as Jimmie Rogers, Keb’ Mo’, Kevin Gordon, Luther Johnson, Johnny Winter, and many more.
The Bite of Oregon In recent years the city of Portland has become synonymous with great food, and there is no better way to take advantage of all the delectable and sometimes, contemptible culinary goodness that our city has to offer, than to attend the Bite of Oregon culinary festival. Each year waterfront village is transformed into a veritable epicurean spectacle, showcasing fine foods, wines, and craft beers from every corner of Oregon.
The Portland Art Museum Constructed in 1933, the Portland Art Museum is the oldest art museum on the west coast, and the 7th oldest in the United States. This spectacular collection displays more than 42,000 works of art, listing works by Vincent van Gogh and M.C. Escher as some of their more notable acquisitions.
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall The centerpiece of Portland’s cultural district, the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall hosts over 900 events each year, and features local productions as well as touring artists and broadway shows. The Arlene Schnitzer concert hall has played host to some of the biggest names in entertainment, from Jerry Seinfeld to Andrea Bocelli, if they’re coming to Portland the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall is where you’ll find them.

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Urban gardens go up the wallOregonLive.comOne that's recently grown up in downtown Portland is a commercial installation by Lango Hansen Landscape Architects of Portland in the courtyard at Hotel Modera; it has been turning heads for more than a year now.read more
Just opened: Portland's newest restaurants OregonLive.comNel Centro: David Machado, one of the best minds in the restaurant biz, just opened his third Portland restaurant, this one at Hotel Modera, a boutique hotel near Portland State University. read more
OUTTRAVELER G.P.STransformed from the dowdy old Portland Inn City Center to an irresistibly hip haven, courtesy of a multi-million dollar renovation and a transfusion of mid-century retro-modern style, Portland’s Modera opened in June 2008 at the quieter end of downtown near Portland State University.read more
Quirky and classic Portland hotels have something for everyoneFortunately, Portland has a terrific selection of downtown lodgings, from quirky to classic in a variety of price ranges. Some feature impressive collections of local and national art; as well as memorable cuisine and proximity to theaters, museums and river recreation. read more

Crowne Plaza Hotel, PORTLAND-DOWNTOWN CONV CTR

Portland hotel is close to Oregon Convention Center
Located just off I-5, in the heart of downtown Portland, the recently renovated Crowne Plaza Portland - Downtown - Convention Center is a great place to base your next trip to Portland. With a convenient location near Portland International Airport (PDX) and Fareless Square, you will find that getting around the city is a breeze.

Crowne Plaza® is The Place to Meet. Whether you’re holding a sales convention, board meeting or informal get-together with associates, your comfort and success are paramount. Crowne Plaza provides meeting services that include a 2-Hour Response Guarantee, Crowne Meetings Director and Daily Meeting Debrief.We understand that you work better when you are more relaxed, so here are some of the amenities we offer to enhance your stay:
Comfortably appointed guest room with dataport & voicemail
Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage® Program, which includes:
Comfortable New Beds - available for purchase at the Crowne Plaza Online Store
Quiet Zones
Sleep Amenities
Guaranteed Wake-Up Call
24-hour business center
Wireless high-speed Internet access in lobby
Well-equipped fitness center
Swimming pool
Fine dining
Priority Club® Rewards hotel loyalty program
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The Governor Hotel, Portland Oregon

Welcome to The Governor Hotel ®The Landmark Choice for Downtown Portland Hotels,Celebrating 100 years!
The Governor Hotel ®, a downtown Portland, Oregon luxury hotel boasts 100 years of superb hospitality and service. The newly remodeled Governor is one of the true historic landmarks of the Pacific Northwest — perfectly combining historical ambiance and modern convenience.
The Governor Hotel ® is conveniently located within easy walking distance to downtown Portland's theaters, restaurants and shopping center, including Portland’s Pioneer Place, with over 90 shops and eateries! At The Governor, you'll enjoy complimentary wireless Internet access, a Starbucks Coffee Shop right in our lobby and Jake's Grill, one of Portland, Oregon's most popular restaurants, on-site too. This downtown treasure is ideally placed to take advantage of all the city has to offer...
Catch the Downtown Streetcar just outside The Governor Hotel entrance, providing direct service to the Pearl district, NW 23rd Avenue shopping district, PSU, Riverplace and the South Waterfront. Max Light Rail is just one block from The Governor, providing direct service to and from the Portland International Airport, Portland Zoo, Rose Garden Arena, The Oregon Convention Center, Lloyd Center and more. Make the most of your visit, see our concierge pages for more information...
For luxury, location and some of the best all non-smoking rooms and suites in the heart of the city, it's got to be The Governor Hotel in downtown Portland, since 1909!
Governor Hotel Open House
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 - 12 noon - 4:00pm
Join us at the Historic Governor Hotel for a public open house. This extraordinary event will offer guided tours of the spectacular ballrooms, guestrooms, and lobby areas.
The Governor Hotel & Jake's Catering offer you this limited opportunity to step back in time and celebrate our 100 year anniversary with stories of the past, present, and future.

Stay for the night at a special rate of only $99.00
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About The Governor
The Governor Hotel ® is located in the heart of downtown Portland with an easy walk to Portland's sights, shopping, arts, and night life. The Governor is ideally located for public transportation, walking distance from shops, clubs and restaurants and a short distance from most downtown conference and event venues.
Originally called the Seward Hotel, the Governor opened in 1909 as one of America’s last “handmade” buildings, with an Arts and Crafts–inspired exterior detailing and interior furnishings. The hotel was restored to its original grandeur in the early 1990s, reopening as the Governor Hotel ® in 1992.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a member of Historic Hotels of America, today, The Governor Hotel ® offers some of the regions most unique and sought-after meeting and event spaces, beautifully remodeled rooms and suites, 24-hour room service, complimentary wireless Internet in-room and throughout the hotel and more.
Have you met The Governor lately? Find out more by clicking on the links at right, or take a video tour of our fabulous meeting and event spaces and luxurious accommodations.

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The Benson Hotel in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon, provides travelers a truly unique experience among even the most distinct Portland hotels. The Benson Hotel is an upscale boutique style Portland hotel convenient to sightseeing, shopping, the Pearl District, performing arts and museums.
Benson hotel accommodations feature the ultimate in rest and comfort with Tempur-Pedic sleep system beds in our guestrooms. Check here for more Hotel Information & Amenities.
Looking for the perfect location for a Portland wedding? The Benson Hotel features two of the most beautiful ballrooms for weddings, receptions, ceremonies and rehearsal dinners in Portland. We also offer wedding room blocks and fabulous Honeymoon packages.
Coming to Portland for a convention? Portland's recently expanded Convention Center is within easy reach via the city's sophisticated light rail system, MAX, and it's free. The Benson Hotel has 13 beautiful meeting rooms and banquet facilities with a full catering service serving up to 600 people.

ACCOMODATION

The Benson Hotel, Portland's Grand Hotel, is awarded the AAA Four Diamond rating and is recommended by Conde Nast. The Benson Hotel provides modern luxury in a classic setting. Whether you select a Grand Suite with baby grand piano, fireplace and Jacuzzi, one of our panoramic-view penthouses, a specially appointed Benson Junior Suite or an elegant guest room, you will appreciate the comfort and restful ambience of your environment.
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Luxurious Bamboo Bath Robes & Slippers
Experience the latest in luxury and sustainability - The Benson now features new Bath Robes and Slippers made from Bamboo!These organic, breathable and biodegradable robes are made from nature's most renewable resource – Bamboo. Bamboo regulates to your body temperature because it breathes better, dries faster and is cling and odor free.Book your next stay with us and experience these luxurious robes for yourself!

MEETINGS

If you are planning a conference, meeting or event, The Benson Hotel offers an experienced and professional Sales, Convention Services and Catering staff who will exceed your highest expectations. We can accommodate groups from 10 people to 400 people and will work closely with you to make sure your event is a success!
Please let us know how we may help you:Sales Inquiries: 503-295-4100 or sales@bensonhotel.comCatering Inquiries: 503-295-4140 or sales@bensonhotel.com

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WEDDINGS

For the past 90 years, The Benson Hotel has been the heart of social events in Portland. From engagements to vows, bridal lunches to rehearsal dinners and receptions to farewell brunches, we can help you plan each of them to perfection. Whether you prefer traditional or trendy, intimate or grand, we will help make your special day everything you have dreamed. Start the evening with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres by the fireplace, then move into the Crystal Ballroom or Mayfair Ballroom to celebrate the first dance under the sparkling chandeliers where style and elegance are sure to add to the romantic evening. The staff's attention to detail and the beauty of the hotel make wedding celebrations truly memorable. The Benson is a place where you can always revisit and celebrate the memories year after year! Please contact us for available dates and an appointment. We look forward to hearing from you.Your Wedding Specialists503-295-4140mailto:Specialists503-295-4140sales@bensonhotel.com

DINING

Dining in the landmark London Grill Portland restaurant is a “must do” when visiting The Benson Hotel. Now under the direction of Serge Selbe, executive chef, the culinary staff has set the standard in Portland for quality and service. The new and improved London Grill features a fresh new decor and menu, the tradition continues with an enriched experience at every meal period.
Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch that many believe is Portland’s Best Sunday Brunch.
Breakfast: 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Monday - SaturdayLunch: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Monday - SaturdayDinner: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sunday - Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Friday & SaturdayBrunch: 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sunday only. Last seating is 1:00 p.m.
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Elegant décor and soft lighting create an intimate dining ambience at the London Grill, located in The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland. This award-winning restaurant has been a well-known fixture in the Northwest's restaurant scene. Using only the finest ingredients, the menu features both traditional favorites and bold, innovative creations.
The London Grill Awards
The London Grill also boasts one of the most extensive wine lists in the Northwest, with more than 6,000 bottles and awarded Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence year after year.
For the past 50 years, the London Grill has built a world-class reputation for exciting dining and numerous specialty dishes, including: Sweet Smoked Paprika Garlic Soup with Spinach, Dungeness crab, shrimp and poached free range egg; Pan Seared Duck Foie Gras served with fingerling potatoes and garlic butter; Grilled Lamb Chops with Ratatouille crépinette, polenta, Chinese eggplant and hazlenut emulsion; or, Rib Eye Prime served with thyme scalloped potatoes, wild mushroom fricassée and the ever popular local breakfast favorite, Eggs Benedict.
The London Grill's new executive chef has dedicated decades to creating award-winning cuisine. His impressive list of culinary awards continues in the tradition of Chef Emeritus, Xavier Bauser, who has personally prepared elegant meals for famous celebrities and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. The Benson culinary team has collected Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in international culinary Olympic competitions.

Meet London Grill Executive Chef Serge SelbeThe London Grill restaurant, located on the lower level of The Benson Hotel, is now under the direction of Serge Selbe, Executive Chef and Director of Culinary Operations.
Chef Selbe was born in Laos and spent his formative years in Southeast Asia, later moving to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France and finalized his formal hotel culinary training at the prestigious “Centre International de Gilon” in Montreux Switzerland.
The London Grill features fresh seafood, prime steaks and locally grown products. This Portland restaurant offers a memorable culinary experience for breakfast, lunch, dinner or Portland’s finest Sunday Brunch.

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Portland, Maine: A Stalwart Seafaring City By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor

Portland, Maine, is scruffy, in the most desirable way; no wonder Outside Magazine places it on the 2005 list of the best places to live. That fits with its motto Resurgam (I shall rise again). Just past the affluent Kennebunkport and south of LL. Beanville (Freeport) lies one of America’s fastest growing revival cities. The downtown area is filled with shops, pubs and fishermen. Greek revival mansions sit side by side with brick bastions that once served the seafaring Mainer.

The town is gruff; brick architecture exemplifies the hard-working heart of this seafaring town. Portland may have a nightlife riddled with top restaurants and top names of every venue the entertainment world has to offer, but its exterior is the glossy coating of a 19th century stalwart fishing village gone metro.
When the name Portland comes up, nine times out of ten people think of this breezy city’s west coast Oregon twin. Hidden away in plain sight, however, is cultural restoration at its finest.
The largest city in Maine, population 230,000, Portland is its best-kept secret. While most tourists scour the coast for hot spots like Bar Harbor and Old Orchard Beach, Portland stands as a bastion for this country’s past embracing its future. Spread out in view from the harbor is Casco Bay with multiple islands.
Old TownThe several square-block section of the city is visitor-perfect yet it is obvious that it was redone for the inhabitants. The old Victorian-style buildings blend with eateries and usable shops.
The waterfront sits nearby and it is clear that the sea is king. The Harbor Fish Market at 9 Custom House wharf is testament to that. At night the locals head to pubs such as Gritty McDuff’s and Dewey’s to gab and throw a cold one back -- Portland was spot on with the brewpub! The Portland Public Market keeps step, with its vendors selling the best food that Maine produces. It also houses restaurants and coffee shops. The Portland Museum of Art is on Congress Square and boards some Homer, Hopper, and Wyeth. A great surprise was the Renoir, Degas, Matise and Picasso works. In a five-story building sits the Maine College of Art (MECA) which anchors the Arts District.
Longfellow Square nearby is a mix of art galleries and antique shops. Lodgings range from simple to grand and the ability to walk the city a big plus. End a city crawl with a visit to the Allagash or Casco Bay Breweries, you’ve earned it!
Dining in the city can be as plain or as fancy as you choose, and all is quality. Bad restaurants do not last here. In fact, Portland has the highest number of restaurants per capita of any city in the US. Some of my favorites were very low-cost in comparison to quality, rare in a US city.
Gilbert’s Chowder House with a dive look offered fantastic clam chowder and, in season, tables on the wharf. The nearby Porthole was dive divine and had seafood specials that were simply great.
If veggies are your thing try Bella Cucina or Flatbread Pizza. The big gun in downtown is Fore Street; it put Portland dining on the national map. The former brick warehouse serves local, organic and seasonal. Portland is a “pick your own after dinner” activity place.
Shipping OutIt would be a crime not to take advantage of Portland’s waterfront location. Fortunately that is easily done several ways. My favorite was aboard some of the Casco Bay Line ferries.
This company was the longest continually-running ferry company when it went bankrupt in 1984. Like the rest of the city it is back bigger than ever. It provides year-round support to six of the many islands off the city. Off-season it is possible to take the mail ferry. Peak season includes trips to Bailey’s Island, Peaks Island and a moonlight cruise at 9:15 PM.
A different option is to book with the Lucky Catch, a lobster boat. Captain Tom will take you out to haul the traps, hopefully filled with delicious lobsters. It certainly gives you an appetite for them. The trips run five times daily and last 90 minutes.
The Passing of the Portland Head Lighthouse is a bonus. Whale watching and fishing boats also fill the harbor in season.LandlubberYou need not put on a pair of water wings to enjoy exercising in Portland. Portland Trails is an organization dedicated to organizing and maintaining both hiking and biking trails in the city. Two dozen trails criss cross the area and encompass several parks. One of the best is the Eastern Promenade that passes through a bluff with good views of the bay and leads to Fort Allen Park. It connects with Baxter Park and its path around the tidal flats.
If beaches and dramatic ocean vistas are more to your liking, Portland has some great options. In nearby Cape Elizabeth is Two Light State Park, no swimming but 40 acres of stunning views complete with two lighthouses. Past that on route 77 are several beaches that make a dip in the cold waters possible. Crescent Beach State Park is 8 miles from Portland and is over a mile long. My favorite was Higgins Beach in Scarborough.
It has good views and bigger surf. If shopping is your thing then the outlets in nearby Freeport can satisfy and its anchor is the world-renown L.L. Bean store. Any back road will lead to great discoveries.

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Portland, ME Information by Rough Guides
The largest city in Maine, PORTLAND was founded in 1632 in a superb position on the Casco Bay Peninsula, and quickly prospered, building ships and exporting the great inland pines for use as masts. A long line of wooden wharves stretched along the seafront, with the merchants' houses on the hillside above. From the earliest days it was a cosmopolitan city, with a large free black population who traditionally worked as longshoremen; great bitterness arose when Irish immigrants began to muscle in on the scene in the 1830s. When the railroads came, the Canada Trunk Line had its terminus right on Portland's quayside, bringing the produce of Canada and the Great Plains one hundred miles closer to Europe than it would have been at any other major US port. Some of the wharves are now taken up by new condo developments, though Custom House Wharf remains much as it must have looked when Anthony Trollope passed through in 1861 and said, "I doubt whether I ever saw a town with more evident signs of prosperity." Most of what he saw of the town was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1866 (Indians in 1675, and the British in 1775, had previously burned Portland deliberately).

Grand Trunk Station was torn down in 1966, and downtown Portland appeared to be in terminal decline until a group of committed residents undertook the energetic redevelopment of the area now known as Old Port Exchange. Their success has revitalized the city, keeping it at the heart of Maine life – but you shouldn't expect a hive of energy. Portland is simply a pleasant, sophisticated, and in places very attractive town, not a major urban center.

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