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Top Connecticut Hotels

Marriott Mystic Hotel and Spa Hyatt Regency Greenwich-Stamford Residence Inn Manchester Marriott Stamford Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale University View All Connecticut Hotels

Sheraton Bradley Airport Hotel Sheraton Hartford Hotel Residence Inn by Marriott Danbury Hilton Hartford Courtyard by Marriott Danbury

Top Connecticut Attractions

Bradley International Airport Bradley International Airport Sikorsky Memorial Airport Tweed New Haven Airport City Hall View All Connecticut Attractions

Sally's Apizza Yale Repertory Theatre Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven Symphony Orchestra New Haven Free Public Library

Top Connecticut Restaurants

Terra Ristorante Italiano That Little Italian Restaurant Restaurant Bricco Butterfly Chinese Restaurant Meera Indian Cuisine View All Connecticut Restaurants

Fio's Pizzaria Crab Shell La Hacienda Il Falco Giovanni'S Steakhouse Inc

Nearby Cities & Towns:

• Berlin, CT
  
• Cromwell, CT
  
• Kensington, CT
  
• Meriden, CT
  
• Middletown, CT
  

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Connecticut Overview Continued…

To a great extent, the state owes its existence to the presence of water. In addition to having Long Island Sound along its entire southern coast, several significant rivers and their tributaries slice through the hills and coastal plain--the Housatonic, Naugatuck, Quinnipiac, Connecticut, and Thames. They provided power for the mills along their courses and the towns and cities that grew around them. Industry still drives most of the economy, despite the bucolic image that mention of the state often conjures, and the pollution that industry has caused in the rivers and the sound is being scoured away.

Development, too, appears to have slowed, helping to preserve for a little longer Connecticut's scores of classic colonial villages, from the Litchfield Hills in the northwest to the Mystic coast in the opposite corner. They are as placid and timeless as they have been for more than 3 centuries, or as polished and sophisticated as transplanted urbanites can make them. And the state's salty maritime heritage is palpable in the old boat-building and fishing villages at the mouths of its rivers, especially those east of New Haven



Connecticut is New England's front porch. Pull up a chair and stay awhile.