Accommodations

The conference will take place at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), which is located on Route 3, about 5 miles (8 km) from the resort town of Bar Harbor and 7 miles (11 km) from Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB). Tourist busses provide free transportation between these and many other locations on Mount Desert Island.

Mike McKernan at MDIBL has provided the following list of accommodations for the Martin Morad Symposium. He has negotiated discount prices for rooms at some of them for arrival on the 27th of June and departure on the 1st of July. Unreserved rooms at these places will be released 30 days before the conference.

Downtown Bar Harbor (~ 15 min)

Bar Harbor Regency
123 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Phone:  207- 288-8983
Toll Free:  1-800-234-6835
10 rooms $159/night. Located on Route 3 shortly before the downtown Bar Harbor area. Please check website.

Harborside Hotel & Marina
55 West Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone:  207-288-5033
Toll Free:  1-800-328-5033
10 rooms reserved at $175/night. Located in the center of Bar Harbor within easy walking from restaurants. Please check website.

Short drive from MDIBL (< 5 min)

Best Western Inn
452 State Highway 3
Bar Harbor Maine 04609
Phone:  207-288-5823
Toll Free:  1-800-937-8376 to Best Western Reservations
Best Western has confirmed a block (20 rooms arriving June 27, departing July 1) at $72/night. This is your basic motel, without view of the water, but only 5 minutes walk from MDIBL.

Emery's Cottages on the Shore
181 Sand Point Road
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone:  207-288-3432
Toll Free (8 AM - 8 PM):  1-888-240-3432

Within walking distance of MDIBL

Edgewater Motel & Cottages
Old Bar Harbor Road
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Phone:  207-288-3491
Toll Free:  1-888-310-9920

Bay Meadow Cottages
126 Old Bar Harbor Road
Salisbury Cove, Maine 04672
Phone:  207-288-5451
Toll Free:  1-800-972-5451

Please let me know if you encounter any problems that need to be straightened out.
(202-687-7793, cleemanl@georgetown.edu)

Good luck,
Lars Cleemann