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Seven Reasons To Take A Connecticut Vacation
s a New England vacation theme Thomaston hosts the
travel writer I've always Railroad Museum of New England
considered Connecticut an and Naugatuck Railroad.
overlooked state when people
choose destinations and In Bristol you can find The New
attractions for a New England England Carousel Museum and
vacation. As you'll discover here period time pieces at the
a Connecticut vacation offers American Clock and Watch Museum.
excitement... or peace and quiet, Just a little south in Waterbury
depending on your mood. is Time Expo, and a chance to
celebrate the heritage of the
Let's take a quick look at seven Litchfield region at the
reasons why you should consider a Mattatuck Museum. At the
Connecticut vacation for your Connecticut Antique Machinery
next New England trip. Museum in Kent experience
machinery that once drove
THE MUSEUMS OF CONNECTICUT commerce in the area.
With more than 14 diverse theme Windsor Locks is not just home to
museums in Connecticut, there's Bradley International Airport but
bound to be something to suit also to the New England Air
your taste. Here's a quick Museum and south in East Haven
rundown... experience another form of
transportation at the Shore Line
Bridgeport is home to The Barnum Trolley Museum.
Museum and Discovery Museum, and
at Danbury you'll find the And rounding out our must-see
Military Museum of Southern New list is Mystic's Museum of
England and the Danbury Railway America and the Sea, and the
Museum. Keeping with a train fabulous Mashantucket Pequot
Museum in nearby Mashantucket. other destinations and
attractions in Connecticut let
THE CONNECTICUT WINE TRAIL yourself be distracted and enjoy
the jaunt through scenic and
Wineries in Connecticut? Yes, in historic New England towns.
fact there's 16 of them scattered
throughout the state, and they FOXWOODS AND MOHEGAN SUN
make a perfect basis for a
Connecticut Vacation. The climate Combined Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun
in Connecticut is mild compared make the largest casino complex
to the rest of New England and in the world. Foxwoods in owned
wines produced include: and run by Mashantucket Pequot
Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, and Tribe, and Mohegan Sun by Mohegan
Riesling. While Connecticut wines Tribe on lands they own in
have only been produced since Uncasville. These are
1978, many farms where the grapes sophisticated high-style
are grown are hundreds of years experiences with shopping
old. The wine tasting room will complexes, hotels, high profile
usually be open but call ahead entertainment acts, and top-rated
for a tour time. You'll find restaurants. They are both close
these wineries not geared for to each other and located in the
large bus loads, but on the plus eastern region of Connecticut,
much more intimate than wineries and close to museums, scenic
in Northern California. drives, and the Connecticut
vacation attractions in Mystic.
The wine trail is split into two
major regions and it's suggested HISTORIC HOMES OF CONNECTICUT
your tour is split up over three
to four days. But because the Perhaps the most famous home to
trail takes you near so many see on your Connecticut vacation
is Mark Twain's in Hartford, is your kick-off point for a
which is now a museum as well unique vintage Steam Train and
full of many artifacts he Riverboat Cruise along the
accumulated in the 17 years he Connecticut River. This combined
lived there. Also in Hartford is tour takes 2 and 1/2 hours. In
the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe the summer it's cooling, and in
- of Uncle Tom's Cabin fame. the fall stunning with the
Another famous woman's home is turning of the leaves. The
the academy run by Prudence Connecticut River Museum is also
Crandall in Canterbury - it's the in Essex and vividly brings to
site of the first academy for life the river's history as told
black women in New England. Your through paintings, artifacts, and
trip to Connecticut should interactive exhibits.
include the town of Litchfield
where you can view museum quality THE TOWN OF MYSTIC
preserved colonial homes, and the
Litchfield History Museum and Mystic Seaport and the Mystic
Tapping Reeve House and Law Aquarium are magnets for visitors
School. to Connecticut. The seaport is
billed as The Museum of America
Connecticut includes many and the Sea and depicts an
historic homes that played an authentic 19th century seafaring
important role in the Underground village, tall ships to tour, and
Railroad and the African-American a Preservation Yard where master
journey from slavery to freedom. shipbuilding skills are still
practiced. The Mystic Aquarium
ESSEX STEAM TRAIN AND THE includes a delightful array of
CONNECTICUT RIVER indoor and outdoor exhibits,
including Beluga whales, and a
The historic 1892 Essex station stunning model of the Titanic.
"Antiques Capital of Connecticut"
THE ANTIQUE RUNS and has over 45 dealers, but the
fact is you're never too far from
Connecticut is famous for its that special purchase no matter
concentration of antique shops, where you are in the state. Just
and draws thousands of treasure sometimes its nice to take the
hunters each year who take a time to follow your nose along a
Connecticut vacation just to scenic New England road and see
stock up on bargains and where it takes you... you can bet
specimens to collect and decorate if it's in Connecticut, it'll
their homes. The village of take you close to an antique
Woodbury is known as the shop.
About the Author:
For more details on these and other Connecticut vacation attractions and to pick up your free travel reports go to Cliff Calderwood's New England Vacations site at: http://www.new-england-vacations-guide.com/
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