Bar Harbor's only true resort-scale hotel, 280 rooms on Eden Street with the marina, the tiki bar, and the 200-person ballroom under a single IHG roof.
“Bar Harbor's only true resort-scale hotel, 280 rooms on Eden Street with the marina, the tiki bar, and the 200-person ballroom under a single IHG roof.”
The Holiday Inn Bar Harbor Regency, now operating under the IHG flag as Holiday Inn Resort Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, occupies the largest single hotel parcel on Eden Street, eight acres of Frenchman Bay frontage at 123 Eden Street roughly one mile north of the central village. The 280-room inventory is the largest single-property room count in Bar Harbor by a meaningful margin (the next-largest Bar Harbor hotel runs at 211 rooms), and the property holds the only credible large-meeting and large-wedding capacity in the village.
The room product runs across multiple connected lodge buildings staged across the hillside, with the bay-view categories holding the elevated Frenchman Bay panorama and the marina-view categories looking out over the property's own dock and slip inventory. Bedding runs to king or two-queen across the standard rooms, and the suite categories add the additional sitting room and the work-desk configuration. WiFi is property-wide, parking is free, and the elevator service runs every lodge building.
Amenities run to the resort scale: two restaurants on the property (the principal Bay View dining room and the casual all-day option), the seasonal Tiki Bar on the marina deck, the marina with its own slip inventory and the kayak rental from the dock, indoor and outdoor pools, the fitness center, the children's playground, and the 200-person ballroom plus the breakout meeting rooms that handle weddings, conference programmes, and corporate off-sites at a scale unavailable elsewhere on Mount Desert Island.
Location places the Regency one mile from the central Bar Harbor village (the property runs a complimentary seasonal shuttle to the village and to the Acadia Hulls Cove gate) and three miles from the Acadia gate itself. The eight-acre footprint keeps the on-property programme self-contained; for the resort-style stay that does not require leaving the gate for the entire visit, the Regency holds the only true Bar Harbor resort proposition. For families, conference travellers, and groups prioritising scale, on-site amenity coverage, and a single-property hub for the Mount Desert Island visit, the Regency is the village's largest address.
Indoor and outdoor pools, children's playground, marina with kayak rental, two on-site restaurants, the seasonal Tiki Bar for the family programme, and the 280-room scale that absorbs multi-family group bookings together make this the only true resort-style family programme in Bar Harbor. The eight-acre footprint keeps the kids visible and on-property.
The 200-person ballroom plus the breakout meeting rooms are the only conference-scale capacity in Bar Harbor. The on-property dining handles every meal without leaving the gate, the property-wide WiFi covers the meeting programme, and the 280-room block makes large delegate groups workable. The seasonal shuttle to the village handles the off-meeting evenings.
The seasonal Tiki Bar on the marina deck plus the 280-room scale that absorbs a multi-room group booking together build the only resort-style group programme in Bar Harbor. The kayak rentals from the dock handle the daytime group activity; the in-town shuttle handles the evening Main Street pub run. The eight-acre footprint absorbs the group volume without disturbing other guests.
123 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
United States
Eden Street · Frenchman Bay Resort
280 rooms across the multi-level resort
From $159 / night low season
Up to $419 / night peak season
Holiday Inn Resort Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park (IHG)
Marina, two restaurants, tiki bar, ballroom up to 200
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Holiday Inn Resort Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park
Operated under the IHG group
280 rooms across multiple lodge buildings
Eight-acre Frenchman Bay property
Two on-site restaurants (Bay View + casual)
Seasonal Tiki Bar on marina deck
Indoor and outdoor swimming pools
Marina with kayak rental
Children's playground
200-person ballroom + meeting rooms
Fitness center
Free on-site parking
Seasonal shuttle to village & Acadia
Complimentary WiFi
From $159 per night low season, up to $419 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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