Stay In Portland or Freeport?

We%26#39;re flying into Portland on June 18th and have a couple of nights before we check into our timeshare in Ogunquit. We will fly in from Wisconsin late on Friday evening, have all day Saturday to visit the area, and will leave for Ogunquit sometime on Sunday. We definitely want to spend some time at LL Bean in Freeport. We are trying to decide whether we should spend Friday and Saturday nights in Portland (maybe the Regency or Morrill Mansion), or Freeport. We are a family of four (2 adults and 2 teens), so we would need a bigger room.

Stay In Portland or Freeport?

Freeport has the L.L Bean flagship store, many other discount outlets, the Desert of Maine (yup, a desert in Maine), a great seafood-in-the-rough on the water place in South Freeport, and Wolf%26#39;s Neck State Park.

Portland has an L.L. Bean satellite store, lots of botique-type shopping and great restaurants in the Old Port area, Portland Head Light lighthouse (the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States), the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow house, a chance to take a ride to a Maine island (or several) on the Casco Bay Ferry lines (reasonable fee depending on time and distance traveled)...and some super restaurants around town (at one time Portland had the highest number of restaurants per capita in the United States).

Might also consider staying in Portland and taking a ride up to Freeport for Bean%26#39;s or other destinations of interest -- not really all that far...

Enjoy your visit!

Stay In Portland or Freeport?

MainerOnTheGo has the right idea: Stay in Portland. Freeport is close enough for a side trip.