|
|
Looking for flights to Arizona? We will help you book your holiday in Arizona or business trip dates. While traveling to Arizona with Travour, you can find the best hotels in Arizona. We will make your tours to Arizona a memorable experience.
Arizona also known as 'The Grand Canyon State' is located towards the eastern side of California and northern side of Mexican Border in southwestern USA. Spread over an area of about 113, 000 square miles, Arizona has a population of more than 5, 939, 000 people. Housing one of the existing Seven Wonders of the World, The Grand Canyon that lies near the northern border of Arizona, Arizona is traveler's delight. |
|
|
Arizona Tourism lets you know about the great history of Arizona, which was explored by Marcos de Niza in 1539 and established by the Spanish Conquistadors.
The "Constitution State", Connecticut, the southernmost of the six New England states is the wealthiest state in United States of America. Its capital, Hartford, is about 100 miles from either New York City or Boston. The state is home to numerous museums, legendary Yale University, the US Coast Guard Academy, world-class golf courses, quaint shoreline villages and hundreds of historic attractions. The gem of New England, Connecticut is truly a dream destination as it offers the pleasure of unspoiled beauty of the Litchfield to upscale mansions of Fairfield County that can be experienced through the tours to Connecticut. |
|
Northwestern
The Northwestern part of the state has numerous attractions for tourists from the state's biggest water park and boulder dash at Lake Compounce Theme Park, Bristol to Timexpo Museum, where Timex history is explored minute by minute. The Theme park has been voted the world's best wooden coaster. The Glebe House Museum is the site of America's only Gertrude Jekyll garden. The Carousel Museum of New England has one of the largest collections of antique carousel pieces in America. The Brookfield Craft Centre, another major attraction of the region is popular for producing and selling top-notch contemporary crafts, and is set in a restored red Colonial mill. The Woodbury is known as the state's antique capital. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art is famous colonial manse with cutting-edge art inside and a sculpture garden outsidein the region. The Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol, Golden Age of Trucking Museum In Middlebury, Institute of American Indian Studies in Washington, The Lime Rock Park in Lakeville and Mattituck Museum in Waterbury are some interesting place in the region that can be seen on the Tours to Connecticut. The Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury and the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston are other places worth visiting.
|
|
Central & Eastern
These both regions of the state have also a lot to offer to the tourists. The New Britain Museum of American Art houses the 300 years of American art in 5000 choice pieces. Likewise the New England Air Museum contains more than 80 aircraft displayed in two massive hangars in Windsor Locks. One can also see the rare French wallpapers and early neoclassical architecture of the 18th century at the Hatheway House in Suffield. In Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford there are more than 50, 000 works spanning 5, 000 years, on display. The Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration in Mystic offers the tourists to view over 3, 500 aquatic creatures. In the eastern region is also the world's first nuclear-powered sub at the USS Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum in Groton. The world's largest gaming facility, Foxwoods Resort Casino, is too situated here. Connecticut's first Colonial prison, Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine, was also established here in 1707 in East Granby. The Stafford Motor Speedway here also organizes weekly auto racing. The Dinosaur State Park, Mark Twain House & Museum, Harrier Beecher Stowe Center, Old State House, Essex Stream Train & Riverboat, Mystic Seaport and Nathan Hale Homestead are some interesting places of these two regions. The Florence Griswold Museum and Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center are places of historical importance in these regions. The tourists can also go on a relaxing drive on Route 169, one of America's National Scenic Byways.
South Western
This part of the state is known for the New England Farm Yard at Beardsley Zoo and the carousel in Bridgeport. The Bruce Museum is another major attraction of the region, which focuses on the arts and natural sciences. It is said to be a Connecticut gem. The Weir Farm National Historic Site here is America's only National Park devoted to the fine arts. Tourists can take enjoyment by seeing the harbor seals, river otters, sea turtles and as Imax Theater at the Maritime Aquarium. The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Sheffield Island, the historic lighthouse and nature preserve, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum and Greenwich Avenue are the places worth visiting here on the tour to Connecticut.
South Central
Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum in Cheshire is one of the main attractions of this region of the state. It has a collection of 60, 000 pieces of fun as well as a cartoon theater. The state's longest shoreline beach, Hammonasset Beach State Park, also attracts many tourists, who enjoy taking a splash in the ocean. The Connecticut Audubon Coaster Center is popular for housing birds-herons, ospreys, egrets and piping plovers.
One of the great seats of learning since 1701, the famous Yale University is also situated in this region. One can see the works of Gogh, Manet and Picasso at the Yale University Art Gallery and also the country's largest collection of British art at the Yale Center for British Art. The Peabody Museum of Natural History, known for 67-foot brontosaurus and Thimble Islands, a beautiful and storied archipelago off the southern Connecticut coast are other attractions of the region.
Tours to USA offer tour packages, tour itineraries and tours to Connecticut, USA.
|
