Romance in Litchfield Hills

Begin the Getaway with a late-morning hike along the trails of the White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield. This 4,000-acre private preserve offers a network of about 35 miles of trails, including a raised boardwalk that circles a pond and wetlands and crosses the Bantam River.

Afterwards, enjoy a lingering lunch from one of several choices on the Litchfield Green.

One of America’s great nurseries, White Flower Farm, is always ablossom and abloom with something, so anytime but winter is a great time for you to visit, view the 10 acres of grounds and maybe even pick out a plant or two to take home.

Next, it’s off to Washington Depot for a visit to the Hickory Stick Bookshop, one of Connecticut’s finest independent bookstores. Here you'll find a wide selection of books, attentive and knowledgeable service and many autographed books or selections from local authors

The charming community of New Preston, also a part of the town of Washington, is on the shore of picturesque Lake Waramaug, so you can choose to take a walk along the lake if the weather is nice, or shop and browse along the tiny main street - or, of course, do both.

End your day with a fittingly romantic stay the extraordinary Mayflower Inn & Spa, a country inn with an international reputation; in Morris, you can be splurgin’ like a surgeon at Winvian Farm, whose individual cottages run from the amazing to the really, really amazing.