Top Things to do in
Top Hotels in Seacoast Region
- 1. Hampton Inn & Suites Portsmouth Downtown
- 2. Port Inn And Suites Portsmouth, Ascend Hotel Collection
- 3. Hampton Inn Portsmouth Central
- 4. Lamies Inn and The Old Salt Tavern
- 5. Best Western Plus The Inn At Hampton
- 6. Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth Downtown
- 7. Best Western Plus Portsmouth Hotel And Suites
- 8. The Sailmaker's House
- 9. Howard Johnson by Wyndham Portsmouth
- 10. Holiday Inn Portsmouth, an IHG Hotel
10 Things to do Good for Kids in That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in , United States including Gundalow Company, Atlantic Whale Watch, Seacoast Helicopters, PortCity Bike Tours, Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium, Portsmouth Historical Society, Monkey Mind Escape Rooms, USS Albacore Museum, Portsmouth Harbor Cruises, Odiorne Point State Park.
Restaurants in Seacoast Region
1. Gundalow Company
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 191 reviews
Sail aboard the Piscataqua, a traditional reproduction of the flat-bottom gundalow barges that were once prevalent along local waterways. Educational, informative and fun, a sail is a great way to explore the sights and sounds of the Piscataqua River. Morning, afternoon, and sunset sails run Memorial Day through Columbus Day, and we offer weekly specialty sails featuring music, guest speakers, local tastings, and more. Private charters are also available.
2. Atlantic Whale Watch
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 46 reviews
Join us for a fun, educational day on the water! We offer whale watches and fishing trips daily from mid-May through mid-October, departing from scenic Rye Harbor, NH. Our whale watches are guided by expert naturalists from Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, and feature activities for kids and the chance of seeing several different species.
3. Seacoast Helicopters
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 101 reviews
Seacoast Helicopters offers aerial scenic tours of historic Portsmouth, surrounding Seacoast, White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, or customize your tour. Air Taxi Service to Logan Airport, New York, Cape Cod. Ask about our "Dream Flight" where you take over the controls! Offering both Helicopter and Fixed Wing instruction.
4. PortCity Bike Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 160 reviews
CDC protocols in place. All guides are vaccinated. Bikes are sanitized before and after use. We all ave a passion and a love of the area & the rich history. Our small team of tour guides live in the area and are experienced riders with a deep love of NH history & historic preservation. I'm sure when you take one of our tours, you'll experience the enthusiasm & excitement as we turn each corner on one of our tours. The beauty in what we do is constantly changing, from the gardens of Prescott Park to the repainted historic homes, to the rapid tides of the Piscataqua River...we fall in love all over again. Call us geeks, call us whatever, but, you can tell we all love the Seacoast! At PortCity Bike Tours, we want all of our customers to rave about their time with us and in Portsmouth. All of our bike tours are created from our experiences in traveling around the world trying different tours. We want to share the entire PortCity Bike Tour experience with you. We hope you will join us.
5. Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 38 reviews
The Oceanarium is a small, unique hands-on natural history museum with a touch tank and deep water tank. Admission includes a personal tour with a biologist including handling the deep-water crabs, stars and other live sea animals and a short talk on whales, sharks and lobstering. There is unlimited time at the touch tank and to explore the exhibits on your own. The biologist is available for questions during your entire visit. Everything in the museum is brought in by local commercial fishermen and can be found in the Gulf of Maine.
Reviewed By 743heidil
We discovered this place by accident on our walk down the boulevard one day While on vacation last week. Ellen was great. She followed Covid guidelines so we felt safe while in the building. She was great with all the kids and let them touch so many different ocean animals. She had a great variety of sea creatures like Blue lobsters, horseshoe crabs, starfish etc that the kids got to handle. We learned all about whales before we went on our whale watch trip scheduled for a few days later! She was so willing to answer all our questions. Would highly recommend this!!!
6. Portsmouth Historical Society
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 28 reviews
Founded in 1917, the Portsmouth Historical Society is a nonprofit devoted to the history, arts, and culture of the Portsmouth region, through acquisitions, preservation, museum exhibitions, programs, and publications. It operates the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center and the 1758 John Paul Jones Historic House Museum and Garden, a national historic landmark. The Society also serves as the home of the Portsmouth Advocates for Historic Preservation, and the Portsmouth Marine Society Press.
Reviewed By Maurene_K - Dover, United States
After visiting the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center, I went into the attached Portsmouth Historical Society building to see the 2021 art exhibits. The one on the first floor was titled: Twilight of American Impressionism. The featured artists were Alice Ruggles Sohier and Frederick A. Bosley. Alice Ruggles Sohier was born in Massachusetts. She had an extensive education in art. Among her instructors for advanced studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston were Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson. I liked most of her work shown in the exhibit. The oil painting titled Dahlias was my favorite. The yellow dahlias looked so delicate. I also liked the painting titled Yellow Day Lilies. Frederick A. Bosley was from Lebanon, New Hampshire. He also studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson. Works in this exhibit included portraits and landscapes. Most of his palette was in subdued darker shades, except for the portrait of a woman in a red kimono titled “Elizabeth in Red” which I liked. Bosley's palette was on display in a case. The exhibit upstairs was titled: Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts. He is a contemporary artist. He does woodcuts and then makes colorized prints from them. The waterfronts were mostly Portsmouth and Ogunquit. There was also a video in which Don Gorvett demonstrated how he does the woodcuts and made his prints. He combines the traditional process with a few procedures he created. I found both exhibits worthwhile. I really liked the Impressionist exhibit. I always find every exhibit that the Portsmouth Historical Society displays to be first-rate. I rate the Portsmouth Historical Society, its John Paul Jones House, its tours, its publications, and these exhibits at 5.0. I highly recommend anything the Society does. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below.
7. Monkey Mind Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 29 reviews
Monkey Mind Escape Room located in downtown Portsmouth NH. We are Portsmouth’s premier escape room and team building center. Our themed rooms require critical thinking, strong team work, and the ability to work quickly in order solve the puzzles and escape the room. Great for team building, birthday parties, and gatherings. Located in downtown Portsmouth New Hampshire. Come visit us.
Reviewed By kelleycoull - Norwich, United States
Monkey Mind was a lot of fun. My husband I have done 15-20 escape rooms over the last few years. I was impressed by the knowledge of the staff here on the evolution of escape rooms. We did both the Antidote and Mummy rooms because we were offered a discount for doing a second room and it was a blast. The two rooms were quite different, but totally enjoyable. The special effects were cool- in both rooms, there were moments where I jumped because of something happening that gave a little spook but nothing serious. Regarding COVID, they had plenty of protocols in place to ensure cleanliness and safety. Highly recommend!
8. USS Albacore Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 594 reviews
The USS Albacore is a research submarine, designed by the U.S. Navy to test experimental features used in modern submarines. The Navy tested top-secret features that led to the high-speed silent operation used on modern U.S. submarines. Today, Albacore has been preserved and is opened to the public Every visitor can go inside and explore this remarkable submarine. You will be able to look through the periscope, explore the control room, engineering spaces, and bunkrooms, and hear crew members tell of things that happened when they were at sea. Tours through Albacore are self-guided. As you walk through the ship, a series of audio stations highlight Albacore's unique features. Recordings by former crew members tell about daily life and some hair-raising incidents aboard the sub. The Visitor Center is your starting point for the tour. The Gift Shop offers souvenirs of your visit. The Memorial Garden preserves the memory of those who have served on Albacore and other U.S. submarines.
Reviewed By PartyTheNightAway - New Jersey, United States
Excellent trip! We arrived at approximately 1 pm and made our way inside to buy our tickets. There were several docents positioned outside that provided useful information about the submarine and its history. There were also several informational plaques located throughout the outside museum and inside the submarine that contained buttons with the actual voices of crew members that worked on the submarine. These voices gave us detailed information about what we were seeing and how life was like on the submarine. We actually got to go inside of the submarine, and we saw the bunks that the crew members slept on, the kitchen, the dining area, the bathrooms and showers, the control room and the engineering aspect. I gained a lot of knowledge doing this tour and thought it was pretty neat that we got to step inside of an actual submarine. The self guided tour was very detailed and I left without having any additional questions. TIP: I recommend spending 1 hour here if you truly want to see everything.
9. Portsmouth Harbor Cruises
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 276 reviews
Discover the Piscataqua's Heritage on Portsmouth's Original Harbor Cruise. Join us aboard the Heritage for an intimate cruise through the Seacoast's most picturesque waterways. Operating May through October.
10. Odiorne Point State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 181 reviews
A 330-acre park on the coastline.
Reviewed By 393-On-The-Road - Venice, United States
Happened upon this place while exploring the area. Crashing waves on the windy day we were there. Great photography location of the Portsmouth Harbor and Kittery Point, Me. across the river. Science Museum with hand on exhibits and bathroom facilities during the summer season Plenty of ample parking with level paved walkways for easy accessibility. Since we were off season there was no fee to park.
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