By Everett Potter

Coastal Maine has recently seen a spate of older hotels transformed for more sophisticated visitors. Now it’s getting yet another hipster hideaway this summer with the mid-June opening of The Wanderer in Kennebunk. Located near some of Maine’s best beaches, this 17-cottage compound has a lounge pool, a “complimentary breakfast treat bags” and classic cruiser bikes for guests to use. As a signal for the kind of traveler who’s expected to come, there’s a 1965 Land Rover Series ll 88 packing surfboards and parked on the property, an irresistible Instagram backdrop.

This roadside cottage enclave is a far cry from the accommodations your grandparents may have stayed in on a summer vacation in Maine. The Wanderer offers two styles of white clapboard cottages … continue reading