Clyde’s Cider Mill was founded in 1881 and on weekends throughout the fall you can call in for cider-making demonstrations. Clyde’s Cider Millįrom the beginning of September, the oldest steam-powered cider mill in the country stirs into action for a great family day out.Ī National Historic Landmark, B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill Source: probabilistic / Flickr | CC BY B.F. In 2019 a single wine tasting came to $12 and included six wines (three whites, a rosé and two reds). In summer the view of the vines from the patio and deck is a treat, and there’s usually live music on Fridays. The winegrowers here have plated hardy red varetials, Marquette and St. Croix, as well as the late frost white St. Pepin, to cope with Connecticut’s hard winters.Īnd on a snowy winter’s day you could repair to the cosy fireplace at the end of Maugle Sierra’s tasting room, which has an elegant mahogany bar. This relaxed but sophisticated winery is on a 100-acre farm with a history dating back to the 19th century. Maugle Sierra Vineyards Source: Rostislav_Sedlacek / shutterstock Maugle Sierra Vineyards Not to forget gaming, there are more than 5,500 slot machines at Foxwoods more than 250 tables for roulette, craps, blackjack and poker.ĥ. Foxwoods Resort Casino has two hotel towers (2,266 rooms in all), two huge performing arts venues, spas, a video arcade, standalone stores and a whole directory of restaurants, nightclubs and bars.

In the last 15 years Foxwoods has expanded at dizzying rate, and in 2015 an entire Tanger outlet mall opened here (more later). The first casino arrived in 1986 and was joined by a hotel tower in the early 90s. Towering over the treeline on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation is a Vegas-style megaresort. Foxwoods Resort Casino Source: littlenySTOCK / shutterstock Foxwoods Resort Casino

In between, Ledyard boasts pastoral orchards, a historic house museum and the last working 19th-century sawmill in the state. There’s seafaring heritage of an older kind at Mystic, which has one of the top maritime museums in the United States, a world-beating aquarium and a main street made for pottering around. In the opposite direction at Groton is the region’s primary submarine base, with a real nuclear sub you can board. Right in the town is the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, commanded by the immense Foxwoods Resort Casino, with its monolithic hotel towers and endless gaming, dining, entertainment and shopping. Around Ledyard in New London County are the kind of attractions that draw people from near and far.

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