transportation to ll bean

we will be docking in portland but don%26#39;t want to do a 4 hour land excusrsion offered by our cruise line. Is there alternate transportation that can get me to and from the shopping center, I%26#39;m assuming from what I have heard, it is too far to walk?

transportation to ll bean

There is no public transportation serving Freeport that I know of.

Freeport%26#39;s web site www.freeportusa.com/FreeportGettingHere.html

suggests a couple of taxi services and also says that Mermaid Transportation offers non-excursion transportation for cruise ship passengers... they might be worth calling.

I suspect a taxi would be rather expensive as Freeport is about 20 miles from Portland.

transportation to ll bean

Just to add a slight clarification which may or may not be helpful...

Freeport is not a shopping center in the traditional sense of the word. It was once a small-ish Maine village where L L Bean happened to open his new venture into selling sporting equipment -- including the famous hiking boot he designed and made from scratch.

Today is has become home to outlet stores for many, many national and international retail chains. But for the most part, each is in its own building....which has its plusses and minues. If the weather is bad, you can%26#39;t generally get from one store to another without going outside. But if the weather is good, you can stroll down the sidewalk and enjoy the village feel between shopping destinations. The village area includes several good places to eat....everything from white linen tablecloths at the Haraseeket Inn to faster food chains (Friendly%26#39;s Ice Cream and McDonalds, where, by the way, you won%26#39;t find any of their trademark internaly lit golden arches -- the local planning board would only approve their taking over a older house in the village if they agreed not to erect the signs and to maintain the existing external appearance of the building.

The L L Bean company now has several buildings on its campus in the heart of the village...including their main building with an attached wing for hunting and fishing supplies. Another building houses their discount/outlet store with sizeable price reductions on selected merchandise. In the past they also have had a separate store for bicycling/canoe/kayak activities but I%26#39;m not sure if that%26#39;s still true.

If you get to their main store, two things to notice:

1) a large tank of Maine sporting fish just inside the front door, and 2) the fact there are no locks on any of the doors to the store -- they%26#39;re open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Sorry I can%26#39;t help with transportaiton information, but I thought that knowing a bit more about Freeport might help youo determine that it%26#39;s worth the extra effort to get there -- or signing up for the longer tour.

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