We highly recommend heading into the historic and quaint city of Portsmouth for a day or sunset harbor cruise. About: Harbor Cruise | Portsmouth Harbor Cruises (~approximately 1.25 hour trip) On our fully narrated Harbor Cruise, we’ll take you through nearly 400 years of local and American history. From the settlement of the region in 1623, to Portsmouth Harbor’s modern day role in the economy and defense of our country. This trip offers some wonderful photo opportunities of lighthouses, mansions, submarines and forts.
Walk around the Seaport of Portsmouth, NH. Grab a coffee and pastry at Elephantine Bakery, walk down the elegant brick sidewalks to shops like Esta and Pickwick's Mercantile, take a stroll along the water, have a drink and a lobster roll at Old Ferry Landing, then walk through the gardens at Prescott Park, finally take a jaunt through the colonial Strawbery Banke and grab a cocktail at The Puddle Dock restaurant.