Downtown Hartford
![Bushnell Park featuring a garden](https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/238000/238249-Bushnell-Park.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
Popular places to visit
Bushnell Park
Relax near the pond or take a ride on the antique carousel at one of America’s oldest publicly funded parks, located in the heart of Hartford.
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
While seeing a play or concert in Hartford’s historic venue, look up to admire one of the largest ceiling murals in the United States.
Connecticut Science Center
Leave your textbooks at home and learn about science by playing, exploring and inventing your way through this interactive science center in Hartford.
Connecticut State Capital
After visiting Connecticut State Capital, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theater scene or attend a sporting event.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
You can browse the exhibits at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a museum with a story of its own, during your travels to Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices and great live music.
Mark Twain House & Museum
Walk in Mark Twain’s footsteps at the author’s beloved Hartford home. The museum next door will complete your Twain education.
Top hotels in Downtown Hartford
![The Capitol Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/10000/6800/6777/fb111a40_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Jun 11, 2024
![The Goodwin Hotel](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/20000/10300/10232/d1c8055c_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Jun 9, 2024
![Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown, an IHG Hotel](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/16000000/15690000/15682300/15682208/30ed0547_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Jun 7, 2024
![DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/10000/1700/1637/a903c26e_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Jun 3, 2024
![Marriott Hartford Downtown](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/2000000/1270000/1260900/1260819/12d584d3_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on Jan 26, 2024
![Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/490000/482400/482380/ba8edd64_y.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=420&h=224&q=medium)
Reviewed on May 23, 2024
Other neighbourhoods around Downtown Hartford
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Clay-Arsenal
While Clay-Arsenal isn't home to many top sights, Dunkin' Donuts Park and Xfinity Theatre are some notable places to visit nearby.
![Underneath that blue dome lies the east armory of a factory once owned by a man who changed American history, the innovator of the revolver, Samuel Colt. Sprawling around the crumbling red brickwork of the old Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, once the largest private armory in the world, are the remnants of Coltsville, the utopian village he built for his workers.
A model of 19th century industrial paternalism, Coltsville included a church, a social hall for dances and lectures, workers’ housing, a giant landscaped park home to deer and peacocks, sculpted botanical gardens, and thousands of feet of greenhouses filled with tropical fruit and flowers. Samuel Colt felt such responsibility for the welfare of his workers outside the factory that he went so far as to build Potsdam Village, to replicate the feel of the German village from which he imported his skilled craftsmen to work in his willow ware factory.
The National Park Service began having on-site presence in 2015, with workshops and tours, including up into the Blue Onion Dome which affords magnificent views of downtown Hartford, the Connecticut River and Colt Park, formerly the back yard of Armsmear, Samuel & Elizabeth Colt’s mansion. By 2016, an NPS ranger had taken up residence in the South Armory and was giving walking tours of Coltsville.
The old South, East and North armories are under renovation and the two 1855 brownstone buildings, the oldest structures on site, will become the National Park Service Visitor Center. The armories themselves have been or are being renovated into apartments, offices and education facilities.](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/2/69cc37147bd6607a51867798efaad477.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=350&h=192&q=medium)
Sheldon-Charter Oak
While visiting Sheldon-Charter Oak, you might make a stop by sights like Connecticut River and Colt Park.
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South Green
Though South Green might not have many top sights, you can venture to the surrounding area to see attractions like Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Hartford City Hall.
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Asylum Hill
You'll enjoy the museums and churches in Asylum Hill. You might want to make time for a stop at Mark Twain House & Museum or Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.
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Frog Hollow
If you're spending some time in Frog Hollow, Pope Park and Connecticut State Library are top sights worth seeing.
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Upper Albany
While Upper Albany isn't home to many top sights, Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Cathedral of St. Joseph are some notable places to visit nearby.