Contact Us
General Inquiries 24/7
stay@greatislandinn.com
Phone (8am-10pm EST daily)
(603) 436-2778
Address
3 Walbach Street
New Castle, NH 03854
Travel Times by Car
Portland, ME: 45 minutes
Manchester, NH: 45 minutes
Boston, MA: 1 hour
Bar Harbor, ME: 4 hours
Brooklyn, NY: 5 hours
YOUR HOST
Doug Palardy, Proprietor
A Vermont native, Doug Palardy is a graduate of The Putney School and Bennington College where he studied Theatrical Design. Doug formerly operated several retail shops in Boston’s South End under the name Motley. His first foray into hospitality came in 2008 with the opening of the Ale House Inn in downtown Portsmouth where he brought the first boutique hotel to NH’s Seacoast. The Hotel Portsmouth, The Inn Downtown Portsmouth and Rye Motor Inn soon followed prior to their sales in ‘13, ‘15 and ‘25. Outside of hosting guests on New Castle Island, Doug enjoys traveling, ceramics and beach days on the coast!