Things To Do

Sea Love | A Candle Bar and Boutique

Sea Love Portsmouth is the candle-making experience in Portsmouth. We had so much fun creating our own custom candle with over 100 different fragrances to choose from! BYOB!

Strawbery Banke Museum

Strawbery Banke brings more than 350 years of history alive, from Indigenous history to the present day, in a historic waterfront neighborhood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Museum interprets a changing neighborhood and tells the stories of everyday life throughout the ages. You are invited to tour historic houses on original sites, meet engaging costumed roleplayers, watch traditional crafts demonstrations, and explore heirloom gardens and historical landscapes.

Prescott Park

Prescott Park is a ten-plus acre waterfront park in Portsmouth. The land was purchased in the 1930s by two sisters, Josie and Mary Prescott. The sisters, public school teachers, had used an inheritance to systematically purchase and clear properties along the Piscataqua River. The sisters' goal was to create a public waterfront park, free and accessible to all, replacing what had become a run-down and seedy industrial area. In 1949 the Prescott sisters' trust was established with $500,000. The park was willed to the city of Portsmouth in 1954 for public enjoyment.

USS Albacore (AGSS-569)

Albacore Park is a National Historic Landmark site located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The USS Albacore was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and launched in 1953 by the U.S. Navy as a research submarine. Decommissioned in 1972, the USS Albacore was later brought to what is now known as Albacore Park, where it was landlocked and opened to the public in 1986.

Gundalow Company

Enjoy a sail aboard a traditional reproduction of the flat-bottom gundalow barges that were once prevalent along local waterways.

New England Curiosities

Tis’ the season for ghost tours! We had fun walking around Portsmouth during this time of year 🎃👻 Explore the darker past of Portsmouth on this haunted history tour that steps back into a hidden and almost forgotten past.

The Wilder

Great spot for craft cocktails and delicious food! https://www.instagram.com/wilderportsmouth?igsh=MXhxcTI0ZWdsM3kxYg==

The Friendly Toast

A delicious breakfast and awesome mimosa flight! The Friendly Toast is a lively restaurant known for its retro decor, quirky ambiance, and all-day breakfast menu. 🍳🥓🍞

Buoy Shack

Buoy Shack is a lobster shack and seafood restaurant in Kittery, Maine- across the bridge from Portsmouth! Enjoy fresh fish caught by boats that sail from our working waterfront and fresh — never frozen — lobster from York, Maine. Savor Gundalow oysters from Durham, New Hampshire, raised in the Piscataqua River. For meat lovers, our ground beef is all locally sourced from Maine Family Farms.

Cheese Louise Portsmouth

Wild Valentine

Wild Valentine is the most charming little coffee and flower shop! Tucked just outside of downtown, it’s absolutely worth the short and scenic drive.