Click on the map on the right to explore the travel and tourism opportunities each Connecticut County has available to you. Information you find is arranged by geography and by topic. Among other things you will also find real estate agencies, local "Help Wanted" sites and even Online Shopping opportunities, as well as our Connecticut Search Engine to help explore the state.

CONNECTICUT was named Quinnehtukqut by the Native Americans for the "great tidal river" that splits it in two before spilling out into the Long Island Sound and washing the old whaling ports of the coast. This small and densely populated state is a sort of conservative, high-rent suburb of New York City, enabling commuters to earn Big Apple salaries while avoiding New York state and city taxes. After the war, the original charter of Connecticut's first colonists was used as a model for the American Constitution and gave rise to another nickname: "the Constitution state ." The Mystic Coast, especially Mystic Seaport, Connecticut and Housatonic River Valleys, Historic Ship Nautilus and Submarine Museum in Groton, Thimble Islands, and the numerous resorts and communities of the Berkshires in the northwest make Connecticut a great place to explore.