LODGING

Bed & Breakfast, Cabins & Cottages

  • Daniel Rust House Bed & Breakfast (circa 1731)
    2011 Main Street • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-0032
    Situated on two beautifully landscaped acres among established perennial gardens and fruit trees, ten minutes from the University of Connecticut, the historic Daniel Rust House provides several common rooms and four guest rooms that come complete with queen-size canopy beds, private baths and fireplaces. A full country breakfast is served every morning between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The Bird In Hand was licensed as a tavern from 1800 to 1832. The original sign now hangs in the CT Historical Society Museum in Hartford. more...  map

  • Special Joys Bed & Breakfast
    41 North River Road • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-6359
    This bed and breakfast has a special devotion to antique toys reflected throughout its premises with a conservatory and gardens.  map

DINING

American

  • Bidwell Tavern & Cafe, The
    1260 Main Street • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-6978
    Established in 1822, the Bidwell Tavern & Cafe is open for lunch and dinner. Menu selections include buffalo shrimp, stuffed mushroom caps, fried calamari, salads, award-winning wings, seafood lobster alfredo, chicken teriyaki, burgers, specialty sandwiches, quesadillas, baked scallops, top sirloin filet, filet mignon, honey walnut salmon and vegetable primavera. more...

ATTRACTIONS

Historic Homes & Buildings

  • Nathan Hale Homestead (circa 1776)
    2299 South Street • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-6917
    The Georgian-style home of the family of Captain Nathan Hale, famous for his alleged last words, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," the Nathan Hale Homestead is furnished with Hale-family pieces and period antiques, based on the family inventories. Much of the land associated with the Hale farm is now the Nathan Hale State Forest. more...  map

  • Strong-Porter House Museum (circa 1730)
    2382 South Street • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-1419
    This farmhouse was built by Aaron Strong, maternal great-uncle of Nathan Hale.  map

Museums & Galleries

  • Special Joys Doll & Toy Museum
    41 North River Road • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-6359
    View a collection of beautiful antique dolls, toys and Steiff, many combined with unusual toy furniture to illustrate room settings of the period.  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

  • Caprilands Herb Farm
    534 Silver Street • Coventry, CT 06238
    860-742-7244
    "America's herbal farmstead," surrounded by over 30 herb gardens, Caprilands Herb Farm's main farmhouse sections were constructed in 1740. more...  map