The ferry and the shuttle are two efficient and fun ways to get around New London. Ferries are a thoughtful alternative to driving in the highway. Cross Sound Ferry takes passengers and their vehicles from New London to Orient Point, Long Island in one hour and twenty minutes compared to a roughly three-hour drive West along Connecticut coast to New York State. The New London Terminal is in the City’s Multi-Modal Terminal which gives direct access to Amtrak and Acela Rail Service, the commuter Rail, Greyhound, South Esat Area Transit bus service and taxis. There is also shuttle bus servicing the casino. Continue Reading »

Good news, if you are thoughtful and appreciate the time to do some planning, it will make your summer vacation easy and one of those “family events” that you will cherish forever. The most frequent mistake people experience is first choosing a “destination.” The best vacations begin when you first choose “what you want to do”! Do you want to go camping, surfing on a beach, playing and relaxing at a pool, or touring cultural or historical locations? By deciding “what you want to do” to start with, you are off to the best start of selecting that perfect family tourism destination!
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If your only experience visiting Connecticut has been driving on Rt. 84 from Danbury to Stockbridge, or along I95 from New York to Providence, then you haven’t experienced the true beauty of the Litchfield Hills in Northwestern Connecticut. Driving through the scenic and sometimes mountainous areas of the area, you are surrounded by lakes, rivers and beautiful farm country. You won’t see strip malls, or even grocery stores in most of the towns here. It is a quiet and peaceful region, where people come to get away from it all.
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ON a cold Saturday morning in February, Shawn Pelak and David Parent were at the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University, in New Haven, Conn., soon after the doors opened. But the couple, from Ann Arbor, Mich., wasn’t there to hit the books. Ms. Pelak and Mr. Parent were spending the weekend in Hartford, 45 minutes north, and after downloading a walking tour of the Yale campus from the school’s Web site, they had gotten in their car for a first-hand look. Continue Reading »