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State CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON (airport) (regional info) > Tourism & Travel Guide: New London HILLTOP INN AND SUITES LIGHTHOUSE INN RADISSON NEW LONDON RED ROOF INN NEW LONDON NEW LONDON , opposite Groton on the west side of the Thames, is the closest thing the region has to a city, although it spreads over only six square miles. Originally settled in 1646, it was a wealthy whaling port in the nineteenth century and today is home to the US Coast Guard Academy , 15 Mohegan Ave off I-95, where visitors can wander around a museum of coast guard history (Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; free) and visit the training tall ship USS Eagle (Fri-Sun 1-5pm; call 860/444-8595 to find out when the ship is in port). Overlooking the academy is the Lyman Allyn Art Museum (Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm; tel 860/443-2545), part of Connecticut College at 625 Williams St and specializing in American Impressionist works and local decorative arts. A self-guided walking tour of downtown passes along prosperous Huntington Street, where four adjacent Greek Revival mansions are known as Whale Oil Row . For swimming and sunbathing, the Ocean Beach Park , on Ocean Avenue, has a sand beach and huge saltwater pool, as well as a wooden boardwalk (summer daily 9am-midnigh). New London was the birthplace of boozy playwright Eugene O'Neill . His childhood home, the Monte Cristo Cottage , 325 Pequot Ave, is open for tours, complete with juicy details of his trauma-ridden early life - though they may already be familiar to you from his Long Day's Journey into Night (June-Aug Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm; tours Tues-Sat 10am, noon, 2pm & 4pm, Sun 1:30pm and 3:30pm). The writer's influence is further felt at the O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Rd (I-95 exit 82) in nearby Waterford , an acclaimed testing ground for playwrights and actors, where audiences can take pot luck and watch new, often experimental, shows in rehearsal (performances held sporadically May-Aug; tel 860/443-5378). OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN CONNECTICUTAll available cities in Connecticut Cromwell Danbury East Hartford Farmington Groton Hartford Manchester Meriden Milford Mystic New Haven New London Niantic Norwalk Norwich Shelton Southington Stamford Torrington Vernon Waterbury Windsor Windsor Locks |
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