The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Connecticut

Delamar Mystic

Perfect for Your First Time in Connecticut

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

Located at 105 Greenmanville Avenue, Delamar Mystic has great rooms from $545 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a bar. It has a terrific 9.20 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 42 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love child care, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, free parking, and horse riding at this relaxing hotel. You'll enjoy relaxing while having room service delivered.

Saybrook Point Resort & Marina

Perfect for First-Timers

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is Saybrook Point Resort & Marina which has nice rooms starting at $354. Offering room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and hiking, it also has a great guest rating of 9.20 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 2 Bridge Street. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers child care, laundry services, golf, pet-friendly rooms, and city views which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 31.1 miles from the city center. Having a hot tub at this hotel is also a nice splurge.

Norwalk Inn & Conference Center

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Connecticut

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.

We found Norwalk Inn & Conference Center to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $153. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.20 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 99 East Avenue. You'll also find rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, golf, and free parking which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 54 miles from the center of town. Make sure to set aside some time for swimming in the pool, too. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Hampton Inn & Suites Stamford

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• Family-Friendly

With terrific rooms from $221, Hampton Inn & Suites Stamford, at 26 Mill River Street provides room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and rooms with kitchenettes. Its terrific guest rating is 8.60 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, free parking, laundry facilities, and bicycle rental. It's located just 62.3 miles from the city center, too. Having the delicious restaurant in the hotel is an added bonus.

Delamar Westport

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

Delamar Westport has a great guest rating of 9.50 out of 10, and offers room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and rooms with kitchens. The great rooms here start at $276 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 1595 Post Road East. Furthermore, it also offers laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, city views, an indoor pool, and free parking, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 49.4 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. We love an indoor pool because you can enjoy it any time of the year.

Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport

Perfect for Your First Visit to Connecticut

The great guest rating of Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport is 8.50 out of 10. This place has room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and parking. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $270, and it's located at 1 Bradley International Airport. We also love the laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, and air-conditioning which are great for visitors. And since it's just 18.2 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too.

The Farmington Inn & Suites

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

A cool place is The Farmington Inn & Suites because it has great rooms that start at $125. It has room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and laundry services, it also earned a great guest rating of 8.50 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 827 Farmington Avenue. Only 9.2 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love pet-friendly rooms, a spa, free parking, a tour desk, and air-conditioning at this convenient hotel. It's also less than the average price for first time trip hotels, so it's a great value.

Delamar Greenwich Harbor

Perfect for Your First Time in Connecticut

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Family-Friendly

Delamar Greenwich Harbor offers room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and hiking which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $430 (before taxes). It's located at 500 Steamboat Road and has earned a guest rating of 9.40/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, a spa, free parking, and bicycle rental which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 66.9 miles from the city center.

The Whaler's Inn

Perfect for First-Timers

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Family-Friendly

Located at 20 East Main Street, The Whaler's Inn has great rooms from $430 (before taxes). It offers a restaurant, a bar, free parking, bicycle rental, and family rooms. It has a terrific 9.10 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, a refrigerator, an EV charging station, and private parking which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 42.1 miles from the center of town.

The Surfside Hotel

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Connecticut

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is The Surfside Hotel which has nice rooms starting at $275. Offering room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and hiking, it also has a great guest rating of 9.00 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 10 Washington Parkway. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers golf, free parking, evening entertainment, bicycle rental, and family rooms. It's located just 43.2 miles from the city center, too.