20% off (Sale price $49.63, Reg. Price $62.04) :: Hotel at a Glance: Quality Inn Mystic-GrotonThe Quality Inn Mystic-Groton puts guests within easy reach of local maritime attractions. You can stroll to Olde Mistick Village or the Mystic Aquarium or drive just a few minutes to Mystic Seaport. Place your bets: The hotel is within about a 20-minute drive of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Casinos. Start your day reading a free newspaper while you enjoy a free breakfast of toasts, waffles, and yogurt. Bring your furry friend: Pets up to 50 pounds are welcome for an additional $25 per night per pet. Break a sweat at the onsite fitness room.Mystic, Connecticut: Seaside City with Historic CharmThe small, seaside village of Mystic exudes New England charm. Trisected by the Mystic River, Pequotsepos River, and Quiambaug Cove, the town has been an important seaport for many centuries, which is chronicled and celebrated at Mystic Seaport. Here, you can explore a re-created 19th-century village and the world’s last surviving wooden whaleship, the Charles W. Morgan. The interactive shipyard exhibit gives visitors a chance to see what it was like to work in this industry—performers demonstrate maritime skills and perform old seafaring songs. You can even go sailing for real: captain a rowboat or sailboat, or cruise down the Mystic River aboard Sabino, the seaport’s coal-fired steamboat.Just down the road from the seaport is Olde Mistick Village, which features shops and seafood restaurants designed in the likeness of a colonial New England village circa 1720. Also in the village is Mystic Aquarium, which houses African penguins, New England’s only beluga whales, and Ziggy Star, a rescued northern fur seal. Across the Mystic River is another kind of attraction: the casual pizza shop Mystic Pizza, which served as the setting for the 1988 Julia Roberts film of the same name. Grab a slice before exploring the many surrounding art galleries peppered throughout downtown Mystic.
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