As a New England vacortenme.net/GO'>ation travel writer Ive always considered Connecticut an overlooked stortenme.net/GO'>ate when people choose destinortenme.net/GO'>ations and ortenme.net/GO'>attractions fortenme.net/GO'>or a New England vacortenme.net/GO'>ation. As youll dortenme.net/GO'>iscover here a Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>offers excitement... ortenme.net/GO'>or peace and quiet, depending on your mood.


Lets take a quick look ortenme.net/GO'>at seven reasons why you should consider a Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation fortenme.net/GO'>or your next New England trip.

THE MUSEUMS OF CONNECTICUT

With mortenme.net/GO'>ore than 14 diverse ortenme.net/GO'>theme museums in Connecticut, ortenme.net/GO'>theres bound ortenme.net/GO'>to be something ortenme.net/GO'>to suit your taste. Heres a quick rundown...

Bridgeportenme.net/GO'>ort ortenme.net/GO'>is home ortenme.net/GO'>to The Barnum Museum and Dortenme.net/GO'>iscover Museum, and ortenme.net/GO'>at Danbury youll find ortenme.net/GO'>the Military Museum ortenme.net/GO'>of Souortenme.net/GO'>thern New England and ortenme.net/GO'>the Danbury Railway Museum. Keeping with a train ortenme.net/GO'>theme Thomasortenme.net/GO'>ton hosts ortenme.net/GO'>the Railroad Museum ortenme.net/GO'>of New England and Naugortenme.net/GO'>atuck Railroad.

In Brortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>tol you can find The New England Carousel Museum and period time pieces ortenme.net/GO'>at ortenme.net/GO'>the American Clock and Wortenme.net/GO'>atch Museum. Just a little south in Wortenme.net/GO'>aterbury ortenme.net/GO'>is Time Expo, and a chance ortenme.net/GO'>to celebrortenme.net/GO'>ate ortenme.net/GO'>the heritage ortenme.net/GO'>of ortenme.net/GO'>the Litchfield region ortenme.net/GO'>at ortenme.net/GO'>the Mortenme.net/GO'>attortenme.net/GO'>atuck Museum. At ortenme.net/GO'>the Connecticut Antique Machinery Museum in Kent experience machinery thortenme.net/GO'>at once drove commerce in ortenme.net/GO'>the ortenme.net/GO'>area.

Windsortenme.net/GO'>or Locks ortenme.net/GO'>is not just home ortenme.net/GO'>to Bradley Internortenme.net/GO'>ational Airportenme.net/GO'>ort but also ortenme.net/GO'>to ortenme.net/GO'>the New England Air Museum and south in East Haven experience anoortenme.net/GO'>ther fortenme.net/GO'>orm ortenme.net/GO'>of transportortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>at ortenme.net/GO'>the Shortenme.net/GO'>ore Line Trolley Museum.

And rounding out our must-see lortenme.net/GO'>ist ortenme.net/GO'>is Mystics Museum ortenme.net/GO'>of America and ortenme.net/GO'>the Sea, and ortenme.net/GO'>the fabulous Mashantucket Pequot Museum in nearby Mashantucket.

THE CONNECTICUT WINE TRAIL

Wineries in Connecticut? Yes, in fact ortenme.net/GO'>theres 16 ortenme.net/GO'>of ortenme.net/GO'>them scortenme.net/GO'>attered throughout ortenme.net/GO'>the stortenme.net/GO'>ate, and ortenme.net/GO'>they make a perfect basortenme.net/GO'>is fortenme.net/GO'>or a Connecticut Vacortenme.net/GO'>ation. The climortenme.net/GO'>ate in Connecticut ortenme.net/GO'>is mild comportenme.net/GO'>ared ortenme.net/GO'>to ortenme.net/GO'>the rest ortenme.net/GO'>of New England and wines produced include: Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, and Riesling. While Connecticut wines have only been produced since 1978, many farms where ortenme.net/GO'>the grapes ortenme.net/GO'>are grown ortenme.net/GO'>are hundreds ortenme.net/GO'>of years old. The wine tasting room will usually be open but call ahead fortenme.net/GO'>or a ortenme.net/GO'>tour time. Youll find ortenme.net/GO'>these wineries not geared fortenme.net/GO'>or ortenme.net/GO'>large bus loads, but on ortenme.net/GO'>the plus much mortenme.net/GO'>ore intermit than wineries in Nortenme.net/GO'>orortenme.net/GO'>thern Califortenme.net/GO'>ornia.

The wine trail ortenme.net/GO'>is split inortenme.net/GO'>to two majortenme.net/GO'>or regions and its suggested your ortenme.net/GO'>tour ortenme.net/GO'>is split up over three ortenme.net/GO'>to four days. But because ortenme.net/GO'>the trail takes you near so many oortenme.net/GO'>ther destinortenme.net/GO'>ations and ortenme.net/GO'>attractions in Connecticut let yourself be dortenme.net/GO'>istracted and enjoy ortenme.net/GO'>the jaunt through scenic and hortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>toric New England ortenme.net/GO'>towns.

FOXWOODS AND MOHEGAN SUN

Combined Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun make ortenme.net/GO'>the ortenme.net/GO'>largest casino complex in ortenme.net/GO'>the world. Foxwoods in owned and run by Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, and Mohegan Sun by Mohegan Tribe on lands ortenme.net/GO'>they own in Uncasville. These ortenme.net/GO'>are sophortenme.net/GO'>isticortenme.net/GO'>ated high-style experiences with shopping complexes, hotels, high prortenme.net/GO'>ofile entertainment acts, and ortenme.net/GO'>top-rortenme.net/GO'>ated restaurants. They ortenme.net/GO'>are both close ortenme.net/GO'>to each oortenme.net/GO'>ther and locortenme.net/GO'>ated in ortenme.net/GO'>the eastern region ortenme.net/GO'>of Connecticut, and close ortenme.net/GO'>to museums, scenic drives, and ortenme.net/GO'>the Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>attractions in Mystic.

HISTORIC HOMES OF CONNECTICUT

Perhaps ortenme.net/GO'>the most famous home ortenme.net/GO'>to see on your Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>is Mark Twains in Hartfortenme.net/GO'>ord, which ortenme.net/GO'>is now a museum as well full ortenme.net/GO'>of many artifacts he accumulortenme.net/GO'>ated in ortenme.net/GO'>the 17 years he lived ortenme.net/GO'>there. Also in Hartfortenme.net/GO'>ord ortenme.net/GO'>is Harriet Beecher Sortenme.net/GO'>towe home ortenme.net/GO'>of Uncle Toms Cabin fame. Anoortenme.net/GO'>ther famous womans home ortenme.net/GO'>is ortenme.net/GO'>the academy run by Prudence Crandall in Canterbury - its ortenme.net/GO'>the site ortenme.net/GO'>of ortenme.net/GO'>the first academy fortenme.net/GO'>or black women in New England. Your trip ortenme.net/GO'>to Connecticut should include ortenme.net/GO'>the ortenme.net/GO'>town ortenme.net/GO'>of Litchfield where you can view museum quality preserved colonial homes, and ortenme.net/GO'>the Litchfield Hortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>tory Museum and Tapping Reeve House and Law School.

Connecticut includes many hortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>toric homes thortenme.net/GO'>at played an importenme.net/GO'>ortant role in ortenme.net/GO'>the Underground Railroad and ortenme.net/GO'>the African-American journey from slavery ortenme.net/GO'>to freedom.

ESSEX STEAM TRAIN AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

The hortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>toric 1892 Essex stortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>is your kick-ortenme.net/GO'>off point fortenme.net/GO'>or a unique combined 21/2 hour vintage Steam Train and Riverboortenme.net/GO'>at Cruortenme.net/GO'>ise along ortenme.net/GO'>the Connecticut River. In ortenme.net/GO'>the summer its cooling, and in ortenme.net/GO'>the fall stunning with ortenme.net/GO'>the turning ortenme.net/GO'>of ortenme.net/GO'>the leaves. The Connecticut River Museum ortenme.net/GO'>is also in Essex and vividly brings ortenme.net/GO'>to life ortenme.net/GO'>the rivers hortenme.net/GO'>isortenme.net/GO'>tory as ortenme.net/GO'>told through paintings, artifacts, and interactive exhibits.

THE TOWN OF MYSTIC

Mystic Seaportenme.net/GO'>ort and ortenme.net/GO'>the Mystic Aquarium ortenme.net/GO'>are magnets fortenme.net/GO'>or vortenme.net/GO'>isiortenme.net/GO'>tors ortenme.net/GO'>to Connecticut. The seaportenme.net/GO'>ort ortenme.net/GO'>is billed as The Museum ortenme.net/GO'>of America and ortenme.net/GO'>the Sea and depicts an auortenme.net/GO'>thentic 19th century seafaring village, tall ships ortenme.net/GO'>to ortenme.net/GO'>tour, and a Preservortenme.net/GO'>ation Yard where master shipbuilding skills ortenme.net/GO'>are still practiced. The Mystic Aquarium includes a delightful array ortenme.net/GO'>of indoortenme.net/GO'>or and outdoortenme.net/GO'>or exhibits, including Beluga whales, and a stunning dortenme.net/GO'>isplay and model ortenme.net/GO'>of ortenme.net/GO'>the Titanic.

THE ANTIQUE RUNS

Connecticut ortenme.net/GO'>is famous fortenme.net/GO'>or its concentrortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>of antique shops, and draws thousands ortenme.net/GO'>of treasure hunters each year who take a Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation just ortenme.net/GO'>to sortenme.net/GO'>tock up on bargains and specimens ortenme.net/GO'>to collect and decortenme.net/GO'>orortenme.net/GO'>ate ortenme.net/GO'>their homes. The village ortenme.net/GO'>of Woodbury ortenme.net/GO'>is known as ortenme.net/GO'>the "Antiques Capital ortenme.net/GO'>of Connecticut" and has over 45 dealers, but ortenme.net/GO'>the fact ortenme.net/GO'>is youre never ortenme.net/GO'>too far from thortenme.net/GO'>at special purchase no mortenme.net/GO'>atter where you ortenme.net/GO'>are in ortenme.net/GO'>the stortenme.net/GO'>ate. Just sometimes its nice ortenme.net/GO'>to take ortenme.net/GO'>the time ortenme.net/GO'>to follow your nose along a scenic New England road and see where it takes you... you can bet if its in Connecticut, itll take you close ortenme.net/GO'>to an antique shop.By: ortenme.net/GO'>ofile/Cliff-Calderwood/1665>Cliff CalderwoodArticle Direcortenme.net/GO'>tory: http://www.articledashboard.comFortenme.net/GO'>or mortenme.net/GO'>ore details on ortenme.net/GO'>these and oortenme.net/GO'>ther Connecticut vacortenme.net/GO'>ation ortenme.net/GO'>attractions and ortenme.net/GO'>to grab your free valuable travel reportenme.net/GO'>orts ortenme.net/GO'>go ortenme.net/GO'>to Cliff's New England Vacortenme.net/GO'>ations site ortenme.net/GO'>at: www.new-england-vacortenme.net/GO'>ations-guide.com/ortenme.net/GO'>order="0" src="http://www.articledashboard.com/images/xml.gif" width="29" height="19" onclick="javascript:producexml('23943')">