Step Back in Time: A Walk through Victorian Bar Harbor
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Port
Bar Harbor, Maine, US
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$49.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 2 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
Step back in time to the turn of the 20th century, when Bar Harbor was the world's most exclusive and illustrious resort, and stately Victorian mansions belonged to fabulously wealthy summer residents trying to outdo each other with lavish parties.
Walk with your costumed guide -- perhaps he is the Vanderbilt's carriage driver, or she is a maid from the nearby Rockefeller estate -- offering tales of a magnificent time in America's history. Learn of the society matron who ordered imported crystal champagne glasses by the case so her guests could toss them against the ocean-side boulders of Frenchman Bay after using them once or the insecure couple who thought they could impress others by giving away diamonds and jewels. Find out how the truly wealthy lived -- attending the grandest parties, procuring superbly manicured estates, and occupying mansions that seemed to stretch forever.
See the magnificent Tiffany stained-glass windows of St Saviour's Church before you return to the pier.
Notes:
Tour requires walking approximately two miles at a leisurely pace. Inside church visit(s) may not be possible if religious services are being held or if precluded by time constraints.