City: Old Mystic, CT

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (860) 572-9422

Address: 52 Main St.

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Description: In this old house and carriage house, you’ll find 8 rooms named for New England authors, including Connecticut’s Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. That’s appropriate, because at one time this was a large bookstore. All the rooms have baths and queen-size beds, and a few have working fireplaces and whirlpools. There’s also a package deal with a local spa. Have your breakfast in a lamp-lit dining room and stroll the gardens. Or you might want to fall asleep in the hammock in the backyard. If the bugs aren’t too bad, why not stay there all night? However, make sure you wake up for the gourmet breakfast made by owner and Culinary Institute of America graduate Michael Cardillo.