Downtown Hartford

Hartford

Connecticut Science Center showing a garden
Bushnell Park featuring a garden
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts showing interior views and theater scenes
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts featuring street scenes and theater scenes
Bushnell Park showing heritage architecture, chateau or palace and a garden

Popular places to visit

Bushnell Park showing heritage architecture, chateau or palace and a garden

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 Park
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts featuring interior views

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.

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Connecticut Science Center featuring interior views as well as children

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 Science Center
Connecticut State Capital

Connecticut State Capital

After visiting Connecticut State Capital, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices or attend a sporting event.

Connecticut State Capital
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Mark Twain House showing heritage architecture and a house

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.

Mark Twain House & Museum

Things to do

Hartford Bar Hunt: Hartford Party

Hartford Bar Hunt: Hartford Party

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Hartford Bar Hunt: Hartford Party
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Top hotels in Downtown Hartford

The Capitol Hotel
The Capitol Hotel
3 out of 5
440 Asylum St, Hartford, CT
The price is P5,772 per night from Jul 13 to Jul 14
P5,772
P6,638 total
Jul 13 - Jul 14
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 3-star business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and a 24-hour fitness center. Our guests praise the breakfast and the ...
7.4/10 Good! (1,013 reviews)
"It's not luxurious BUT it is upgraded with modern conveniences and is CLEAN. I had a good night's rest on a comfortable bed and a nice hot shower. Parking is a little scary to navigate at first underground, but it was secure and I appreciate that because I returned back to my room after 2a.m."

Reviewed on Jun 26, 2025

The Capitol Hotel
The Goodwin Hotel
The Goodwin Hotel
3.5 out of 5
1 Haynes St, Hartford, CT
The price is P10,608 per night from Aug 3 to Aug 4
P10,608
P12,199 total
Aug 3 - Aug 4
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 3.5-star hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free WiFi, a 24-hour fitness center, and a 24-hour front desk. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean ...
9/10 Wonderful! (1,001 reviews)
"I booked a room weeks in advance for the Capitol Groove Music Festival that was conveniently held 2 blocks away from the hotel at Bushnell Park. I got to the Goodwin hotel at about 11am and I was surprised I was able to get valet parking and leave my bag at the front desk before the 3pm check-in ..."

Reviewed on Jun 30, 2025

The Goodwin Hotel
DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown
DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown
4 out of 5
315 Trumbull St, Hartford, CT
The price is P9,516 per night from Jul 24 to Jul 25
P9,516
P10,943 total
Jul 24 - Jul 25
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 4-star business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and a 24-hour fitness center. Our guests praise the clean rooms ...
7.4/10 Good! (1,000 reviews)
"This area was a bit down trodden didn't feel safe at night."

Reviewed on Jun 9, 2025

DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown
Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown by IHG
Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown by IHG
2.5 out of 5
370 Market Street, Hartford, CT
The price is P7,313 per night from Jul 13 to Jul 14
P7,313
P8,410 total
Jul 13 - Jul 14
includes taxes & fees
Book a stay at this business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free WiFi, free parking, and a fitness center. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean ...
8/10 Very Good! (806 reviews)
"We enjoyed our stay; it was quiet and clean. The price wasn't bad it was easy access to the highway, so location was important to us. I would recommend to friends and family."

Reviewed on Jun 23, 2025

Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown by IHG
Marriott Hartford Downtown
Marriott Hartford Downtown
4 out of 5
200 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT
The price is P16,210 per night from Jul 20 to Jul 21
P16,210
P18,641 total
Jul 20 - Jul 21
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 4-star spa hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and 2 restaurants. Popular attractions Xfinity Theatre and Connecticut Science ...
8.6/10 Excellent! (717 reviews)
"Great for Convention Center visits. Clean rooms, friendly staff, and nice pool."

Reviewed on Jun 6, 2025

Marriott Hartford Downtown
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bradley Airport by IHG
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bradley Airport by IHG
2.5 out of 5
600 Spring St, Windsor Locks, CT
The price is P7,963 per night from Jul 6 to Jul 7
P7,963
P9,157 total
Jul 6 - Jul 7
includes taxes & fees
Book a stay at this business-friendly hotel in Windsor Locks. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. Our guests praise the breakfast and the helpful ...
8.8/10 Excellent! (1,070 reviews)
"close to the airport and some good dining. was perfect for me, just sorry that I couldn't stay longer"

Reviewed on Jun 30, 2025

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bradley Airport by IHG
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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.

Clay-Arsenal
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.

Sheldon-Charter Oak

While visiting Sheldon-Charter Oak, you might make a stop by sights like Connecticut River and Charter Oak Tree Memorial.

Sheldon-Charter Oak
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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.

South Green
Mark Twain House which includes signage

Asylum Hill

You'll enjoy the museums and churches in Asylum Hill. You might want to make time for a stop at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center or Mark Twain House & Museum.

Asylum Hill
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Frog Hollow

While Frog Hollow might not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Connecticut State Capital and Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

Frog Hollow
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Upper Albany

While Upper Albany isn't home to many top sights, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Mark Twain House & Museum are some notable places to visit nearby.

Upper Albany

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