Embark Maine Tours

09/02/2024

Our neighborhood tour is “Homes of Sea Captains & Shipbuilders” but also homes of real life kind and generous people like John of who stop to chat for a bit about what it’s like to live in an architectural gem and the secret room he’s discovered … in between weekend chores and the work he’s doing to make Bath even more fun for kids and families through his organization. 😎 We tour all fall - join us! Learn about history in the places where it happened, meet locals who will make it come to life.

08/30/2024

Tour #3 of 4 last Saturday was a Boat/Walking Tour Combo - I call my half the vegetables 🥦🥕and the boat ride w .experience the dessert 🍰🍨! Learn more on our website site (“combo tour”) Thank you Darcy and family for the photos and touring with us!

08/26/2024

Honestly my fave photo op too. Join us tomorrow or Friday at 4pm for our downtown tour. Link to book in bio.

08/25/2024

Back to school this week BUT we are still touring! Weekdays at 4 or weekend mornings. Check our website for the full schedule and to book.

08/21/2024

This morning’s walking tour group got a chance to meet Bath’s today at Waterfront Park! This local group of amazing Bath women meets to gab every Wed am and moved it outside after Covid (even in the winter!) Visitors *love* meeting and hearing from locals (e.g. How cold does it get here??!!”) and I am proud to show off our charming, friendly city.

08/19/2024

“What a great way to introduce visiting friends to the area!” WE AGREE! Our combo boat/walking tour is the perfect way to spend a couple hours and IMPRESS your small group. Show them “the best of Bath” in one morning or afternoon. And our launch promo (very very limited supply) still includes a $25 gift certificate to provision up - reach out to book now - weather looks 👍🏼 😎! .experience

08/19/2024

Maine history right down the road from Bath. Please sign and share!

SIGN THE PETITION! The Frances Perkins Center, named in honor of the first woman to serve in a U.S. Presidential cabinet and founded in 2009, has launched a major campaign with a simple goal: secure designation of the Frances Perkins National Historic Landmark in Newcastle, ME, as the country’s newest national monument.

SIGN YOUR NAME: https://francesperkinscenter.org/national-monument-campaign/

“We have an opportunity to create a new national monument honoring one of the most influential women in US history, right here in Maine. Frances Perkins was ... a major force in the creation and implementation of significant elements of the New Deal, including Social Security, the 40-hour work week and the minimum wage. With a national monument designation, not only will she receive the recognition she deserves, more people will be able to learn about her work and future generations will be inspired by her incredible legacy.” — Giovanna Gray Lockhart, executive director of the Frances Perkins Center

Maine Preservation has long championed the preservation of the Homestead and the celebration of Perkins' legacy. Just this Spring, we honored the significant restoration of the property with a 2024 Honor Award. An incredible success story since being called out on our list of Most Endangered Historic Places in Maine, just six short years earlier!

08/19/2024

Friday Friday Friday! Be at Library Park or be ▪️

Our Movie Vendor will not be available for the posted raindate of Monday the 26th so we are going to have our showing for "Labyrinth" on Friday, August 23rd at 8:00pm, just after the Volunteer's Jazz Band plays their amazing concert at the gazebo. Please spread the word! Share with your friends and family so no one misses out! The Chocolate Church will be showcasing their Monster Puppets from this summer's workshop, just in theme with the movie. We love these partnerships! Popcorn will be available from MSB Volunteers and Thayer Treats will be on hand with their sweet treats! Come for the concert, stay for the movie! What a Friday it will be!

08/17/2024

The former Winter Street Church anchors the residential neighborhood at the heart of our Homes of Sea Captains and Shipbuilders. It’s getting “a fresh coat” this summer. 🥰🎨👩‍🎨Join us Sunday at 1130 to learn more and see it up close yourself!

08/13/2024

**10am tomorrow (Wednesday, 8/14)** - a special time for our Homes of Shipbuilders and Sea Captains Tour - swipe left to see the stars! Link to book in bio!

08/11/2024

Don’t skip Bath! Amirite?

These thriving local businesses in New England offer fantastic souvenirs and great food. This includes Burano’s Wood-fired Pizzeria in Maine and many more.

08/11/2024

So fun to take a hot but *not* rainy tour around downtown Bath yesterday - including Georgetown resident Jeff and his group who “won” their tour tickets through fundraiser. We had a great chat afterward. Bath is truly a place powered by the passions of citizens and nonprofits like KELT. #

08/08/2024

Women’s History tour Sunday at noon! Learn more and book online.

08/07/2024

Walking & Boat Tour Combo! This wonderful family from Boston jumped on the chance to get the “full Bath history experience” with our latest tour - one hour by boat, one hour walking (ok one of us was carried most of the way 🤣). Link in bio to learn more & for a limited time your booking comes with $25 gift card to provision up before or after. Join (swipe left) and .experience this season for a beautiful, memorable adventure!

08/06/2024

Mainers love their gardens - my tour participants often note.

08/05/2024

Downtown tour tomorrow - Tuesday, 8/6 at 4pm. More info and reserve your spot at embarkmainetours.com

08/02/2024

The Tatum family celebrated all their new Maine history knowledge after a 🫠 H O T tour today. We always seek out shade and places to sit on our tours. And like 🍺🍻are all around !

07/29/2024

A chance to dig in more behind the scenes of the Popham Colony…

Join us Wednesday for our latest lecture, this one from a Volunteer Docent & MFS Board Member. Retired attorney, amateur historian, and confirmed landlubber, John Joseph will examine the contributions made by piracy and privateering that, coupled with royal collusion and local admiralty courts, contributed to the venture we call the Popham Colony. Learn more about this lecture and other summer programming at mfship.org/events. Join us for

07/29/2024

Tours this week! Not quite the 🏅but an epic journey through time in Bath, Maine the City of Ships! Book online for any of our scheduled tours or contact us for a private custom tour, including a “car tour” where you drive, I narrate - perfect for mobility impaired. Also 🚤👟- contact us or visit our website to learn more. https://www.embarkmainetours.com/

07/27/2024

Many of my tour participants ask: What is involved in a ship christening? This report from BIW this morning gives at least a partial answer. Important to know - there were protesters for peace there as well.

07/27/2024

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07/26/2024

Beautiful weather for … a walking tour! Friday at 4; Sat at 10 and Sunday at 11:30. Link to book in bio!

07/25/2024

Past and present!

07/23/2024

We love all our reviews - especially on Google, FB or TripAdvisor because that allows others to SEE and TRUST. But some people send them to me directly, through our website and I just wanted to share this one. Truly this is what I hope to do - infuse history with fun and make a connection. That’s what it is all about. If you have toured with us and posted a review - THANK YOU!!! If you have toured with us and never posted a review, it’s never too late (how to link below), thank you for considering! The algorithm loves it and helps make Embark more visible or more people. ❤️🙌😎 https://www.embarkmainetours.com/testimonials-ready

07/22/2024

Local friends…anyone know Wendy and Laurie (pictured back row)? - two visitors from the cruise ship want to thank them for the life saving shuttle service yesterday!

07/21/2024

Be like Gia and Jake and come out on our combo Walking & Boat tour! (Happy birthday !) First Course: One hour walking tour - how did Bath become “The City of Ships”? Second Course - one hour on the river by boat to see it all from the Captain’s perspective…$300 - one price for up to 6 people. Limited time $25 dollar gift card to provision up at Now You’re Cooking! .experience

07/19/2024

I’ve had a bevy of private custom tours this week. All so special! A group of history buffs on a midcoast history tour on Wed; descendants of a Bath shipbuilder on Thursday; and a quartet from Michigan today - but get this: WE RAN INTO ANOTHER COUPLE THEY KNEW (who live in Kentucky) who joined our group and we traipsed all over as a group of six + ME. Here they are in front of City Hall documenting the historic meet up. If you would like a private or custom tour for any time, day or topic, just contact me - rates start at just $125 and go up a bit depending on the size of the group or length of the tour.

07/18/2024

Ok - we’ve got those average temps right where we *prefer* them for at least the next several days. Join us for some dappled shade and coastal breezes on a memorable walk through history in the City of Ships. Choose from 4 different tours including our NEW Walking & Boat tour combo. And-to celebrate the moderate temps-sign up for our newsletter and get a promo code for $5 off your tour ticket. Don’t delay - who knows what the thermometer has in store for us? 😎

07/17/2024

Loved touring with this morning. These history buffs take great history-focused tours all over the world led by Marty Gane, who lives here in the midcoast for part of the year. (Love my new tour dress too! 😎) I dropped the group and then they are off to and - a perfect day in the Bath area for and

07/14/2024

Our Women’s History tour is within Bath’s residential historic district but gets us off Washington Street so we meet women from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds - some of whom broke conventions, stood up to the most powerful men in Bath, and defied unjust laws. Join us in a scheduled tour or book a private tour at a time and date of your choice.