Portland, Maine Alone: A Solo Travel Guide for Women 50 and Over

Portland, Maine, lobster rolls and islands.

Take the bar seat at Eventide Oyster Co. for a brown-butter lobster roll, ride the ferry to Peaks Island, and walk out to Portland Head Light, keeping to lit Congress Street at night.

Eat alone: Scales for the day's catch, Pai Men Miyake's ramen counter.

See: the Old Port, Munjoy Hill, the Arts District, Kennebunkport and Camden.

Feel safe: a taxi called from your restaurant, the Eastern Promenade by day.

Day plans, hotels by budget and honest safety notes. EPUB ebook.