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The
Edward
Denison House is a historic colonial farm. Your stay in our
historic bed and
breakfast
inn provides a romantic escape for a weekend or a
week
and the perfect New England vacation. Our 1710 colonial New
England
home offers friendly, romantic and spacious accommodations for the
B&B
visitor. Only three miles from Mystic, historic Stonington Borough,
Westerly, Mystic Aquarium, and Mystic Seaport our bed and breakfast inn
is
located on five acres of gardens, fields and forest. This
historic
farm provides excellent opportunities for quiet, romantic walks,
secluded
hideaways for reading, birding and bird watching and rousing games of
badminton
and croquet. When the nightlife beckons, gambling at Foxwoods
Casino
and Mohegan Sun and theater at the Garde Arts Center are 15 minutes
away.
Ocean and river water, the beach, hiking, biking, antiques
and shopping await you.
Business travelers’ note: we accept the
federal
government per diem weekdays. Pets and children are welcome (see
policies.) Whether for romantic getaways, family visits, vacation
rental or business meetings experience fine country lodging at its best
at Another Second Penny Inn.
When
we first opened Another Second Penny Inn, the most common question was
"What is there to do in the area?" We usually listed the things
that
we enjoyed doing, which included:Mystic
Seaport, Mystic
Aquarium, Clyde's
Cider Mill,
Mashantucket
Pequot Museum,
Nautilus
Submarine Museum, U.S.
Coast Guard Academy,
Denison
Pequotsepos Nature Center, and the Denison
Homestead Museum.
Soon,
however,
we began to investigate the great number of things there are to do in
the area, and present the following list. We have attempted to
sort
the list by category.
Although
there are a number of historic things to do in the area, we have chosen
these as some of our favorites:Hempsted
Houses,
Dr. William
Beaumont House, Huntington
Homestead Museum,
Jonathan Trumbull,
Jr House,
Leffingwell
House
Historic Museum, Nathan
Hale
Homestead, Nathan
Hale Schoolhouse
and Revolutionary
War Office,
Shaw-Perkins
Mansion,
Fort
Griswold,
and Mystic
Seaport.
Along with the "sites", we host three excellent museums devoted to the
history of travel:Essex
Steam Train,
Connecticut
Eastern Railroad Museum, and Mystic
Seaport,
The
number of fine art galleries and art museums is amazing and includes The Mystic
Art Association, Alexey
von Schlippe Gallery, Alva Gallery, Cooley Gallery, Cutwater Gallery, Florence
Griswold Museum,
Hygienic Galleries, Lyman Allyn Art
Museum , Lyme
Academy
College
of Fine Arts, and the Lyme Art
Association.
Although
the museums are all "child friendly", there are a couple which
specialize in family experience. Some of these are: Blue Slope Country
Museum, River
Bend Mining,
Gemstone
Panning and Wildlife Exhibit, Children's
Museum of
Southeastern Connecticut, Science
EpiCenter and DNA
Learning Center, Duck
Land & Water Tours, Nature's Art, and
theDinosaur Crossing.
A number
of folks come to the area simply to enjoy our tennis, golf, skating and
professional sports teams:Pequot
Golf Club, Elmridge
Golf Course, Cedar
Ridge Golf
Course, Lake of Isles Golf
Course, Norwich
Golf Course, River Ridge Golf
Course, Norwich
Ice Rink, Mystic Cycle
Center
(Rentals), Eastern Ct
Balloon Services, Simmons
Aviation Services
(Sightseeing), Connecticut
State Parks, Ocean Beach Park, Connecticut Audubon
Center, Connecticut
College Arboretum, Mystic Indoor
Tennis, Connecticut
Sun WNBA, Connecticut
Defenders (AA
Baseball), and the Waterford
Speedbowl
(NASCAR).
One of
the most common "things to do" in this area is shop, and there are a
plethora of places to engage:The Book Barn,
Olde
Mistick Village (themed shopping centre), Crystal Mall, Holly Hock
Farm Antiques, Putnam
Antiques Marketplace, Quester Gallery, Tanger Outlets
(Westbrook Factory
Outlets), and the Clinton
Crossing
Premium Outlets
When you
are done with your day of sightseeing, the rich nightlife
beckons: Eugene
O'Neill Theatre Center, Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods Resort
Casino, Eastern Connecticut
Symphony, Garde
Arts Center, Onstage at
Connecticut College, Shakespeare
by the Sea, Spirit of
Broadway Theatre, and even the U.
S. Coast Guard Band.
And the
food, check out these sites and start planning your menu now: Illiano's
Real Italian Pizzeria & Ristorante, Abbott's
Lobster in the Rough, Captain
Daniel Packer Inn, Costello's
Clam Shack,Mystic
Pizza,Steak
Loft, Anthony
J's Bistro,Seamen's
Inne Restaurant and Pub, Noah's
Restaurant, Floodtide
Restaurant,Jamms
Restaurant,S
& P
Oyster
Company,Sea
Swirl
Seafood and Ice
Cream,and others.
While
contemplating your evening meal, you might want to spend the
day visiting some of our excellent local wineries or breweries:
Stonington
Vineyards,Jonathan
Edwards Winery,Cottrell
Brewing
Co, Haight
Wine
Education Center, H eritage
Trail
Vineyards, Priam
Vineyards, Sharpe
Hill Vineyard, Taylor
Brooke
Winery, and the Willimantic
Brewing
Company.
Or, you
might want to snack upon some fresh picked produce or fruit from one of
the "pick-it-yourself" farms that dot the area:
Cedar
Knoll Farm, McCulloch
Farm, Sankow's
Beaver
Brook Farm, Holmberg
Orchards, Maple
Lane Farm, Scott's
Yankee Farmer.
Possibly
one of the best ways to "work up an appetite" is to spend the day on
the water, either cruising or fishing. This area abounds with day
trip
cruises as well as with sportfishing charters: Captain
John's
Nature Cruises, Downeast
Lighthouse Cruises, Project
Oceanology, Mystic
Whaler
Cruises, Argia,
Voyager
Cruises, Brilliant, Mystic
Jitney, Avery
Point
Lighthouse,Valiant
Yacht Charters, Benmar
Custom
Charters, SeaPony, Lorna
Anne, Adventurous
Charters, First
Light Charters, Kingfisher
Charters, Magic
Charters, Mataura
Sport Fishing, Otter, After
You Too, Brothers
Too, Carolyn
Ann, The
Fever
Sportfishing, Good
Company II, M
& M
Sportfishing, Reelin' Sportfishing
Charters, Fish
Connection, Capt.
James, Amazing Grace, Atlantic
Flyway, Dot-E-Dee, Fishpot, Osprey, Hel-Cat II, and Black
Hawk II.
The
Mystic/Stonington area is easy to reach by any number of modes of
transportation, for your information on the transportation services of
the area, we provide the following:Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, Shoreline
East Commuter Rail,
Amtrak, Groton/New
London Airport, T.
F. Green Airport
(Providence),
Bradley Airport (Hartford), Greyhound
Bus Lines, Block
Island Ferry
Services, Cross
Sound
Ferry, Viking
Passenger
Ferry (Seasonal), and the Fisher's
Island Ferry.
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Another
Second Penny Inn
870 Pequot Trail
Stonington, CT 06378
(860) 535-1710
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