West Street · Frenchman Bay · Four-Star · #3 in Bar Harbor
Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina
The Opal Collection's 211-room waterfront on West Street, the marina hotel that puts the dock, the spa, and the Bar Harbor village under one address.
The Opal Collection's 211-room waterfront on West Street, the marina hotel that puts the dock, the spa, and the Bar Harbor village under one address.
“The Opal Collection's 211-room waterfront on West Street, the marina hotel that puts the dock, the spa, and the Bar Harbor village under one address.”
Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina occupies the 55 West Street headland at the foot of central Bar Harbor, the only working marina hotel in the village and the closest hotel of meaningful scale to both the town pier and the Acadia National Park gate. The property runs under the Opal Collection, the New Jersey-based independent group that also operates the West Street Hotel two blocks east, and the two addresses together form the dominant Opal footprint on Bar Harbor's downtown waterfront.
The 211-room inventory spans the original four-story waterfront building plus the adjacent annexes, with the higher-grade categories holding either a private balcony, a full kitchen, a gas fireplace, or a jetted tub, and the flagship corner suites delivering two of the four. Most of the bay-view rooms face northeast over the marina basin and Frenchman Bay; the West Street rooms face south over the village commercial district. Room sizing runs from compact 280-square-foot entry categories up to 700-square-foot two-room suites in the renovated waterfront wing.
The amenity stack is the heaviest in Bar Harbor. Two outdoor heated pools sit on the harborfront deck (one is the only true oceanfront pool inventory in the central village), the full-service spa runs five treatment rooms with a sauna and steam suite, the marina holds 60 slips for guest and transient yachts up to 130 feet, and the on-site dining splits between La Bella Vita (the harborfront Italian) and the Reading Room-style Looking Glass lounge over the marina. The fitness center, business center, and seasonal tennis courts complete the resort programme.
Location is the lever for groups, families, and conference travellers who do not want to compromise central Bar Harbor walkability. The hotel sits less than three minutes on foot from the Bar Harbor town green, the entire West Street restaurant row, and the Bar Harbor Whale Watch dock, and the four-mile drive to the Acadia National Park Hulls Cove Visitor Center makes the Park Loop programme a same-morning departure. For travellers prioritising marina access, full amenity coverage, and central Bar Harbor adjacency in a single 211-room product, Harborside is the village's most operationally complete address.
The waterfront balcony categories on the upper marina-facing floors handle anniversary stays with the Frenchman Bay panorama, the spa's couples-suite programme runs daily, and La Bella Vita on the harborfront delivers the milestone-dinner reservation without leaving the property. The marina deck at sunset is the most photographed setting in central Bar Harbor.
Two outdoor pools, the only true oceanfront pool inventory in central Bar Harbor, plus connecting-room and full-kitchen suite categories that handle multi-generation families through July and August peak. The seasonal tennis courts and the on-site marina excursions (lobster boat charters from the slip) cover the kid-acceptable programme without leaving the property.
211 rooms plus the on-property business center and meeting space make this the only Bar Harbor address that can absorb a 100-plus-person off-site or wedding block. WiFi is property-wide and the Looking Glass lounge handles informal client breakfasts. Three-minute walk to every village restaurant, four-mile drive to Acadia for the after-meetings programme.
55 West Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
United States
West Street · Frenchman Bay
211 rooms and suites
From $256 / night low season
Up to $663 / night peak season
Opal Collection waterfront property
Many balcony rooms with Frenchman Bay views
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opal Collection (independent)
Sister property: West Street Hotel
211 rooms across the waterfront wings
Marina with 60 transient slips
Two outdoor heated pools (one oceanfront)
La Bella Vita Italian dining
Looking Glass marina lounge
Full-service spa (5 treatment rooms)
60-slip marina (yachts to 130 ft)
Fitness center, business center
Seasonal tennis courts
3-minute walk to village; 4-mile drive to Acadia
Complimentary WiFi
From $256 per night low season, up to $663 peak. July and August require 4 to 6 month lead time; shoulder seasons (May-June, September-October) deliver the best rates and quietest village.
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