Top Fun Vacation Spots in Connecticut

Connecticut Getaway Ideas

Mystic Seaport Museum

Living maritime history: historic ships, recreated 19th-century village, exhibits on whaling and seafaring life.

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

Vintage steam train through Connecticut River Valley; optional riverboat cruise.

Hammonasset Beach State Park

Longest shoreline beach in CT; swimming, camping, nature trails, Meigs Point Nature Center.

Yale University & Peabody Museum (New Haven)

Iconic campus, architecture, world-class natural history museum (dinosaurs, Native American artifacts).

The Mark Twain House & Museum (Hartford)

Restored Victorian home where Twain wrote Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer; guided tours.

Other notables: Gillette Castle, Litchfield Hills, Kent Falls, Foxwoods/Mohegan Sun, New England Trail.