What’s there to do??
Here
are just a few ideas of things to do during your stay in Tolland…
-Single-night stays-
For single night stays, we find our
guests most often arrive in the afternoon, get settled and see the inn, help themselves
at the tea cart and look over menus for nearby restaurants. Generally, restaurants from very near to
ones as far as West Hartford are “local” to us, and offer a wide variety of
dining possibilities. Some of our favorites are on our Restaurants page.
Hartford has a few clubs for evening
entertainment, Black-eyed
Sally’s notably. Also in Hartford, the Hartford Stage Company is our
professional theater company. The Bushnell
is Hartford’s concert venue. The University of Connecticut is just seven miles
from us and has excellent theater and concert events, also. (See links.) For
movies, the theater and Buckland
Hills, Manchester, is the nearby multi-plex. The Shops at
Evergreen Walk provide high-end shopping, (or window shopping,) ice cream
parlor and three good restaurants.
Two excellent destination-dining
experiences can be had. Reservations
are a must(!), so plan ahead to fully enjoy these activities. Still
River Café, a cutting-edge restaurant in an antique, rural setting provides
a memorable, fascinating and romantic evening.
Sharpe
Hill Vineyard is a working, picture-perfect winery with tours, tastings,
and a beautifully intimate dining room.
-Two nights, (plus) stays-
MYSTIC
area attractions are about an hour and fifteen minutes from us. Mystic Aquarium, and Mystic Seaport, Nautilus submarine (in Groton,) are the
big attractions. Equally appealing might be the town of Mystic and its two
neighbors Noank and Stonington Borough which offer a great look at coastal
Connecticut with shops, antiquing, art galleries and restaurants.
The CASINOS! Two
of America’s premier casinos are here in Eastern Connecticut. Foxwoods, and Mohegan Sun.
Make a day of touring the scenic CONNECTICUT RIVER TOWNS of Chester, Essex, and the Haddams.
Step aboard the Essex Steam Train
and Riverboat rides. Don’t miss Gillette
Castle State Park, just across the river!
OLD
STURBRIDGE VILLAGE/ BIGELOW HOLLOW STATE PARK, and the antique shops in Putnam, Connecticut are just a
half hour East of here.
MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT, just fifteen minutes from the inn, is the home of one of
the largest shopping districts in the East. Buckland Hills Mall, and the new Shops at Evergreen Walk are
just the start of the retailers located there.