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Good morning everybody, and welcome to mine and Joe's newest blog post. In this post, we will be taking you back to Portsmouth, NH. This awesome little city has so much to offer its community and tourists, from great sea food restaurants, shopping, beaches in the area, and festivals happening all the time. The parking is simple, easy to find, and plenty of it available. So, come on everyone, lets get to going.
When you first get to Portsmouth, find your parking spot, make sure to get there early in the morning around 9am, this allows you to find a great location to park. You can either park on one of the roads or park in one of the public parking lots. Each form of parking, there are meters located every few feet, now these are not the normal, put a quarter in the meter every couple of hours, these meters will take you credit card or debit card, and you can select how long you wish to park on the road. The public parking lots, do the same, except for these parking machines, you take you ticket, and can park all day, then pay for your time when you leave. Even though most parking lots are $1 per hour, the one right across the street from the Residence Inn charges only $0.75 cents per hour. This past weekend we parked here, and for the whole day from, 10am - 5pm we only paid $3.75. If you are staying the weekend or for a few days, Joe and I recommend the Residence Inn. This newly renovated hotel is a great place to stay and located right in the Downtown area. It offers spectacular views of Portsmouth and water ways, and is within walking distance to all of the shops and restaurants that Portsmouth has to offer.
From this point, you are free to walk any where you wish to view the town and do some shopping. Joe and I recommend, for those who love music, to stop into the Bull Moose Music store located on Congress Street. This awesome little music store, has so much to offer to those you love cd's and music. You can find anything from metal and goth to classical and new age. From the mainstream groups to the underground. The People here are very knowledgeable of music, and are always willing to help you in your search.
Now once in the downtown area, you have a wide range of shops that you can visit, there literally is a store for everyone. From the little Banzai store called Little Timbers, to Bull Moose Music and a fabulous little book store and a couple of Celtic stores, you wont be disappointed at all. The roads are mainly one ways, to drive on, but once you park your car, you simply just start walking. Plenty of things to see and do, Portsmouth is a great little historic town, they even offer trolley tours during the day for visitors. As well, in this town, each street just about has absolutely no vacant store fronts, so even with such a bad economy right now, this small city is doing just fine. The people are friendly and every where you turn someone is always willing to help. You can even hear live music being played from the local restaurants to on the side walks by people as well.
During the summer, when you come to visit Portsmouth, there are a ton of festivities just about every weekend there is something going on in the center of town. Towards the end of June, Portsmouth, puts on the largest street fair Joe and I have ever seen. ALL downtown roads are just closed off, and the street fair is in the entire center square and one a few of the other roads. With over a couple hundred vendors, each store in the downtown area also has their side walk sales. In the beginning of July, Portsmouth has another street fair, not as big, but one whole road which follows the water is closed off for this event. This past weekend when Joe and I went, Portsmouth was hosting the 2nd annual Stiletto 500. This is a small 500 foot race, that men and women can participate in. The object is you must be wearing stilettos to enter, from the start line, you run to the finish line. First person in stilettos through the finish line wins. There are 5 races, and one man and one woman are chosen as the festival winners. There is also a best costume award as well. All proceeds for this small event, go to help the Big Brothers and Big Sisters foundation, and a real fun time for people to be involved with.
Now, while this event was happening, Portsmouth, was also having a small art festival in the towns park, which is right on the ocean. Now even though Joe and I did not get a chance to visit that, Portsmouth has always been a huge supporter for all of its local artists, selling their items in the stores, festivals, etc. No matter which store you walk into, you will most likely see a lot of things that are made from local artists. From Poetry to Clothing, Portsmouth loves its local artists.
Now if its the Sea you are wanting to visit, along Route 1a, you can take a nice drive north or south along the coastline, park at any of the beaches or parking lots on the side of the road and just take in the beautiful ocean and all of its million dollar homes. Take a few pictures, sit on the rocks, or just driving, the New Hampshire Coastline, although rocky, is still a very beautiful sight to see while here in Portsmouth. Well folks, we have come to the end of this journey in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Joe and I hope you enjoyed the visit, as much as we did and hope you will go visit. Our score for this small ocean side city is a 10+, with so much to offer the people and visitors, you will not be disappointed. Until next time all, have a great trip no matter where you go, and as always be safe, be happy, love one another, and most importantly, have a blast.
Blessings and Peace to all
Shawn and Joe
When you first get to Portsmouth, find your parking spot, make sure to get there early in the morning around 9am, this allows you to find a great location to park. You can either park on one of the roads or park in one of the public parking lots. Each form of parking, there are meters located every few feet, now these are not the normal, put a quarter in the meter every couple of hours, these meters will take you credit card or debit card, and you can select how long you wish to park on the road. The public parking lots, do the same, except for these parking machines, you take you ticket, and can park all day, then pay for your time when you leave. Even though most parking lots are $1 per hour, the one right across the street from the Residence Inn charges only $0.75 cents per hour. This past weekend we parked here, and for the whole day from, 10am - 5pm we only paid $3.75. If you are staying the weekend or for a few days, Joe and I recommend the Residence Inn. This newly renovated hotel is a great place to stay and located right in the Downtown area. It offers spectacular views of Portsmouth and water ways, and is within walking distance to all of the shops and restaurants that Portsmouth has to offer.
From this point, you are free to walk any where you wish to view the town and do some shopping. Joe and I recommend, for those who love music, to stop into the Bull Moose Music store located on Congress Street. This awesome little music store, has so much to offer to those you love cd's and music. You can find anything from metal and goth to classical and new age. From the mainstream groups to the underground. The People here are very knowledgeable of music, and are always willing to help you in your search.
Now once in the downtown area, you have a wide range of shops that you can visit, there literally is a store for everyone. From the little Banzai store called Little Timbers, to Bull Moose Music and a fabulous little book store and a couple of Celtic stores, you wont be disappointed at all. The roads are mainly one ways, to drive on, but once you park your car, you simply just start walking. Plenty of things to see and do, Portsmouth is a great little historic town, they even offer trolley tours during the day for visitors. As well, in this town, each street just about has absolutely no vacant store fronts, so even with such a bad economy right now, this small city is doing just fine. The people are friendly and every where you turn someone is always willing to help. You can even hear live music being played from the local restaurants to on the side walks by people as well.
During the summer, when you come to visit Portsmouth, there are a ton of festivities just about every weekend there is something going on in the center of town. Towards the end of June, Portsmouth, puts on the largest street fair Joe and I have ever seen. ALL downtown roads are just closed off, and the street fair is in the entire center square and one a few of the other roads. With over a couple hundred vendors, each store in the downtown area also has their side walk sales. In the beginning of July, Portsmouth has another street fair, not as big, but one whole road which follows the water is closed off for this event. This past weekend when Joe and I went, Portsmouth was hosting the 2nd annual Stiletto 500. This is a small 500 foot race, that men and women can participate in. The object is you must be wearing stilettos to enter, from the start line, you run to the finish line. First person in stilettos through the finish line wins. There are 5 races, and one man and one woman are chosen as the festival winners. There is also a best costume award as well. All proceeds for this small event, go to help the Big Brothers and Big Sisters foundation, and a real fun time for people to be involved with.
Now, while this event was happening, Portsmouth, was also having a small art festival in the towns park, which is right on the ocean. Now even though Joe and I did not get a chance to visit that, Portsmouth has always been a huge supporter for all of its local artists, selling their items in the stores, festivals, etc. No matter which store you walk into, you will most likely see a lot of things that are made from local artists. From Poetry to Clothing, Portsmouth loves its local artists.
Now if its the Sea you are wanting to visit, along Route 1a, you can take a nice drive north or south along the coastline, park at any of the beaches or parking lots on the side of the road and just take in the beautiful ocean and all of its million dollar homes. Take a few pictures, sit on the rocks, or just driving, the New Hampshire Coastline, although rocky, is still a very beautiful sight to see while here in Portsmouth. Well folks, we have come to the end of this journey in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Joe and I hope you enjoyed the visit, as much as we did and hope you will go visit. Our score for this small ocean side city is a 10+, with so much to offer the people and visitors, you will not be disappointed. Until next time all, have a great trip no matter where you go, and as always be safe, be happy, love one another, and most importantly, have a blast.
Blessings and Peace to all
Shawn and Joe
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