Arts, Energy, Cuisine
This region is an inspiration with its world-class arts at Yale and lively city scene.  Coastal towns -- Branford, Guilford, Madison and Clinton -- share the personality of the area with intimate bookstores, colorful boutiques and fine dining.  Hammonasset State Park in Madison, has three distinct beach areas and a nature preserve.

Representing: Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Clinton, Durham, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Killingworth, Madison, Middlefield, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge

MUST SEE!

The collection of 80,000 pieces of fun as well as a cartoon theater, at the  Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum. Cheshire

The Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, it's for the birds-herons, ospreys, egrets and piping plovers, that is. Milford

Take a splash in the Atlantic Ocean, on Long Island Sound, at Connecticut's longest shoreline beach  Hammonasset Beach State Park. Madison

The 67-foot brontosaurus at the   Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven

The legendary Shubert Theatre, where South Pacific and My Fair Lady had their premieres. New Haven

Yale University, one of the great seats of learning-since 1701. New Haven

Works by van Gogh, Manet and Picasso at the  Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven

The country's largest collection of British art at   Yale Center for British Art. New Haven

A peaceful cruise around the Thimble Islands, a beautiful and storied archipelago off the southern Connecticut coast. Branford

You have seen the movie, now all aboard the  Amistad, the Freedom Schooner. New Haven

Guilford and its historic Town Green, boutiques, marinas and shoreline dining.

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For additional information on this region:

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