Connecticut Travel Guide
Historic ships at Mystic Seaport. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Connecticut's coast is old New England: Mystic Seaport's 19th-century whaling village and the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship. New Haven's Yale campus and its pizza rivalry (Frank Pepe's vs. Sally's) are the cultural anchors.
The Litchfield Hills' small towns, Gillette Castle's stone eccentricity, and the casinos of the southeast (Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun) round out the state.
Destinations in Connecticut
Mystic Seaport MuseumThe 19th-century seaport village and the Charles W. Morgan.- Mark Twain House, HartfordThe 1874 house where Huckleberry Finn was written.
- New Haven and YaleThe campus, the art galleries (both free), the pizza.
- Mystic AquariumBelugas and the Arctic Coast exhibit.
- Gillette CastleThe Sherlock Holmes actor's stone castle above the Connecticut River.
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Top Cities & towns in Connecticut
Regional food
- New Haven apizza (coal-fired, oblong, the clam pie at Pepe's)
- Lobster roll (Connecticut style: warm with butter)
- Steamed cheeseburger (the Meriden specialty)
Getting there
Bradley (BDL) near Hartford is the gateway; New York is 2 hours by Metro-North. The coast is a Shore Line East train ride; Mystic is 2.5 hours from New York.