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Introduction
115 miles NE of New York; 103 miles SW of Boston Dissidents fleeing the rigid religious dictates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded Hartford in 1636. Three years later, they drafted what were called the "Fundamental Orders," the basis... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There Interstates 84 and 91 intersect in central Hartford, halfway between New York and Boston. Downtown Hartford has plenty of convenient parking. Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, about 12 miles north of the cit... Continue reading »
Popular Hartford Hotels
- Marriott Hartford Downtown
- The Goodwin Hotel
- Hilton Hartford
- Holiday Inn Express and Suites Hartford
- Holiday Inn Express Hartford-Downtown
- Crowne Plaza Hartford-Downtown
- Residence Inn Hartford Downtown
- Days Inn Hartford/Closest Downtown
- Super 8 Motel - Hartford/Windsor
- Homewood Suites by Hilton? Hartford Downtown
Popular Hartford Things to Do
- Mark Twain House, The
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
- Bushnell Park Carousel
- State Capitol & Legislative Office building
- Real Art Ways
- TheaterWorks
- Hartford Wolf Park Hockey Club
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House
- Old State House, The
- Charter Oak Cultural Center





