Downtown Hartford Travel Guide

Hartford

Connecticut Science Center which includes a garden
Bushnell Park featuring a park
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts showing interior views and theatre scenes
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts which includes street scenes and theatre scenes
Bushnell Park featuring château or palace, a garden and heritage architecture

Popular places to visit

Connecticut Science Center which includes interior views as well as children

Connecticut Science Center

You can browse the exhibits at Connecticut Science Center, a museum with a story of its own, during your holiday in Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theatre scene and great live music.

Connecticut Science Center
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts featuring interior views

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Enjoy a stop at Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, an entertaining place to visit in Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theatre scene and great live music.

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Bushnell Park featuring château or palace, a garden and heritage architecture

Bushnell Park

4/5(1 review)

After visiting Bushnell Park, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Hartford. Experience the area's entertainment choices and great live music.

Bushnell Park
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum located in Hartford, Connecticut.

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 great live music and acclaimed theatre scene.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
State capital of Hartford skyline, Hartford, Connecticut'

Connecticut State Capital

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

Connecticut State Capital
Mark Twain House which includes heritage architecture and a house

Mark Twain House & Museum

You can browse the exhibits at Mark Twain House & Museum, a museum with a story of its own, during your trip to Hartford. Experience the area's acclaimed theatre scene and entertainment choices.

Mark Twain House & Museum

Top hotels in Downtown Hartford

The Capitol Hotel

The Capitol Hotel

3 out of 5
440 Asylum St Hartford CT
The price is 2.461.680 ₫ per night from 29 Mar to 30 Mar
2.461.680 ₫
2.830.932 ₫ total
29 Mar - 30 Mar
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and a 24-hour fitness centre. Our guests praise the breakfast and the helpful ...
7.6/10 Good! (1,207 reviews)
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Reviewed on 23 Mar 2026

The Capitol Hotel
DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown

DoubleTree by Hilton Hartford Downtown

4 out of 5
315 Trumbull St Hartford CT
The price is 3.860.314 ₫ per night from 5 Apr to 6 Apr
3.860.314 ₫
4.439.361 ₫ total
5 Apr - 6 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, breakfast (surcharge) and a 24-hour fitness centre. Our guests praise the clean rooms in ...
7.6/10 Good! (1,005 reviews)
Not sure what happened to the pool, but when we booked (a few months ago) there was a pool. When we got there, they said they do not have a pool. Absolutely confused as I found the pool but looks like it’s being decommissioned or something.

Reviewed on 22 Mar 2026

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 3.103.400 ₫ per night from 30 Mar to 31 Mar
3.103.400 ₫
3.568.910 ₫ total
30 Mar - 31 Mar
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and a fitness centre. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms ...
8/10 Very Good! (949 reviews)
It’s in a good location.

Reviewed on 23 Mar 2026

Candlewood Suites Hartford Downtown by IHG
Marriott Hartford Downtown

Marriott Hartford Downtown

4 out of 5
200 Columbus Boulevard Hartford CT
The price is 7.863.700 ₫ per night from 4 Apr to 5 Apr
7.863.700 ₫
9.043.255 ₫ total
4 Apr - 5 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this spa hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, a full-service spa and 2 restaurants. Popular attractions Connecticut Science Center and Mortensen Riverfront ...
8.8/10 Excellent! (752 reviews)
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Reviewed on 21 Mar 2026

Marriott Hartford Downtown
Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown

Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown

3.5 out of 5
942 Main St Hartford CT
The price is 5.470.400 ₫ per night from 16 Apr to 17 Apr
5.470.400 ₫
6.290.960 ₫ total
16 Apr - 17 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Hartford. Enjoy free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and room service. Our guests praise the helpful staff in their reviews. Popular ...
8.6/10 Excellent! (472 reviews)
Clean big room. Hotel is well located, walking distance everywhere. Building is historical and beautiful, however hotel outside entrance is a bit scary and run down! But once you walk in to the hotel area is nice. Breakfast is ok, process fresh food.

Reviewed on 22 Mar 2026

Residence Inn by Marriott Hartford Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Southington by IHG

Holiday Inn Express Southington by IHG

2.5 out of 5
120 Laning St Southington CT
The price is 3.077.100 ₫ per night from 5 Apr to 6 Apr
3.077.100 ₫
3.538.665 ₫ total
5 Apr - 6 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Southington. Enjoy free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Our guests praise the breakfast and the helpful staff ...
8.6/10 Excellent! (1,245 reviews)
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Reviewed on 22 Mar 2026

Holiday Inn Express Southington by IHG
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Other neighbourhoods around Downtown Hartford

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Clay-Arsenal

Clay-Arsenal might not have many top sights, but Dunkin' Donuts Park and Xfinity Theatre are two attractions nearby that you can check out.

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
Dramatic cloudscape and autumn landscape over Connecticut State Capital building in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut

South Green

While there might not be top attractions in South Green, you can explore the larger area and discover places like Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and Hartford City Hall.

South Green
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Sigourney Square Historic District

Though Sigourney Square Historic District may not have many top sights, you can venture to the surrounding area to see attractions like Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Mark Twain House & Museum.

Sigourney Square Historic District
Mark Twain's House, Hartford, CT. Apparently, Hartford was his favorite city!

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

If you're looking for some top things to see and do in Frog Hollow and surrounding area, you can visit Connecticut State Capital and Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

Frog Hollow

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