This list represents the most popular Connecticut getaways and travel destinations. Use this list to plan your next Connecticut vacation. Select a state and/or an activity from the pull-down lists below to find even more top getaway ideas.
1.Cuddling in Connecticut Romantic Getaway
Amazing as it may seem, less than three hours from the teeming streets of Manhattan lies one of the most beautiful parts of New England. ...
New Preston, CT - Romantic Days and Nights in New York City
2.Connecticut Coast Scenic Drive Scenic Drive
A 71-mile scenic route along southeastern Connecticut’s historic coastline. This scenic route traverses 71 miles of southeastern Connecticut’s ...
Westbrook, CT - Scenic Driving New England
3.Connecticut Shore: Mystic Romantic Getaway
Here are the best places to spend your time while visiting Mystic and Old Mystic for a romantic weekend getaway. The Connecticut ...
Mystic, CT - Romantic Weekends: New England
5.Mystic and Stonington, CT Weekend Getaway
Mystic is one of the oldest shipbuilding and whaling ports in New England. Mystic was settled in 1654; its name derived from the Pequot ...
Mystic, CT - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
6.New Haven, East Haven, Branford & Thimble Islands, CT Weekend Getaway
This itinerary spends a lot of time in New Haven home of Yale University and several great parks, which are worth a visit. You can ...
New Haven, CT - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
7.Branford, CT Weekend Getaway
The largest in population of the shoreline towns that lie between New Haven and New London, Branford is a thriving municipality with ...
Branford, CT - Guide to the Connecticut Shore
8.Connecticut Shore: Connecticut River Basin Romantic Getaway
As you follow this itinerary, you'll visit the towns of Westbrook, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Essex and Chester at the mouth of the Connecticut ...
Westbrook, CT - Romantic Weekends: New England
9.Greenwich, CT Weekend Getaway
Plush with green lawns and magnificent hardwood shade trees in the summertime, Greenwich presents one of the state’s prettiest pictures ...
Greenwich, CT - Guide to the Connecticut Shore
10.Connecticut Travel Guide by Fodor's Weekend Getaway
This travel guide is a chapter on Connecticut excerpted from the book "Fodor's USA." It covers the entire state of Connecticut region ...
Hartford, CT - Fodor's USA
11.Mystic Coast and Country Family Vacation
This section covers Mystic and the surrounding towns of Stonington, North Stonington, Noank, Groton, New London, Ledyard, Niantic, ...
Mystic, CT - Great Family Vacations: Northeast
12.Litchfield Hills, Northwest Connecticut Scenic Drive
Having traveled most of Connecticut, I’m convinced that the two most scenic sections are the northern corners of the state. The northwest ...
Litchfield, CT - Autumn Rambles of New England
14.Clinton, CT Weekend Getaway
Any traveler approaching Clinton along the Boston Post Road at its western boundary with Madison will get an instant sense of the ...
Clinton, CT - Guide to the Connecticut Shore
15.Hartford, Connecticut Weekend Getaway
In this itinerary you will visit the best attractions that historic and prosperous Hartford has to offer. Early settlers made good ...
Hartford, CT - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
16.Northeast Corner: A Quiet Getaway Weekend Getaway
The nickname for the northeastern corner of Connecticut is “The Quiet Corner.” Indeed it is quiet. It’s also one of the Northeast’s ...
Coventry, CT - Quick Escapes: New York City
17.Old Saybrook, Essex, East Haddam & Old Lyme, CT Weekend Getaway
The area along the Connecticut River is a yachtsman’s paradise, with beautiful harbors in Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, and Hamburg Cove. ...
Old Saybrook, CT - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
18.East Haven, CT Weekend Getaway
Even though East Haven was first settled in the mid-1600s in connection with an ironworks that had been established at the southern ...
East Haven, CT - Guide to the Connecticut Shore
19.The Quiet Corner, Northeast Connecticut Scenic Drive
Route 169 is as scenic a back road as you will find in southern New England and it is an easy drive from the New York City area or ...
Canterbury, CT - Autumn Rambles of New England