Things To Do
La Mulita Coffee
Max is the best! You might see our fav barista, Heather, too! After getting coffee, you could drive the Seacoast or stop by the Seacoast Science Center.
Annabelle's Natural Ice Cream
Walking distance from the hotel and named after The Bride!
State Street Saloon
Home of the $9.99 lobster roll! Bit of a dive bar. We love it!
Surf Portsmouth
Can't go wrong with the lobster sushi here! Great view of the water too!
Seacoast Science Center
Home of the rare split blue lobstah and a blue lobstah, the SSC has parking and trails around it - perfect for kiddos! Touch tanks too!
Wallis Sands Beach
One of Anna, Emma, and Izzy's many summer job of the past! Great for a walk or beach day!
Roundabout Diner and Lounge
Breakfast or a burger (and there's parking!) We love the pancakes and the veggie omelet with bacon.
Kittery
The Kittery Outlets are good for shopping! Some deals and steals there!
Prescott Park
This park is walking distance from the hotel. There are often concerts and shows. It's a gorgeous garden!
Kaffee Vonsolln
This coffee shop is walking distance from your hotel - you could then walk Prescott Park! It has a solid breakfast sandwich too. Ask Grampie the story of when Anna took him here in 2017 :)
Ore Nell's Barbecue
Solid BBQ! Welcome to eat it on our dock too at 9 Badgers Island! :)
Mount Major
This mountain is less than an hour away from Portsmouth. If you're staying in NH for a couple of days, I'd add this to your list of activities! It's an easy 4 mile hike. No water is provided on the Mt. so bring some water! Gorgeous views of various lakes and mountains!
The Mount Washington Cog Railway
I'd only recommend considering this if you're staying for a couple of days because it's two hours away from Portsmouth. This locomotive chugs up Mt. Washington (the "peak of the east," sometimes it's snowing on top even in the summer!) It's about a 3 hour round trip. Really cool experience and chance to see some bigger mountains!
Granite State Whale Watch
The boat leaves from Rye, NH (there's parking), and will take you to Jeffreys Ledge (maybe ~25 miles out to sea). There's this unique stretch of about 30 miles of underwater glacier remains that created massive shifts in the sea floor. The sea will go from 50 feet to 300 feet deep. This area is nutrient rich and biodiverse. BIG sea creatures flock there: whales, sharks, tuna, dolphins, sun fish. It's an awesome excursion but a multi-hour affair! Definitely worth it if you're in NH for a couple of days. There are other tours that go to the Isle of Shoals too! Portsmouth Harbor Cruise (no parking) or the Gundalow might be a nice boat option too if that's too hefty an excursion! Portsmouth Harbor Cruise has a booze cruise as well :)
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
There are a bunch of nearby lighthouse that are worth the excursion! I'd go to Maine and see Nubble Light and get some saltwater taffy!
