Holiday Inn Norwich LOCAL AREA

Holiday Inn Norwich is only 3 miles from Mohegan Sun and daily shuttle service available (restrictions may apply). Mohegan Sun offers more than 300,000 sq ft of gaming, 30 restaurants, retail shops, 3 entertainment venues, Elemis Spa, KidsQuest & more.

Foxwoods comprises six casinos that offer more than 6,200 slot machines and an incredible 380 tables for 17 different types of table games, including 100 for poker. There's a luxurious, high-tech Race Book, as well as the world's largest Bingo Hall.

The nation's leading maritime museum. Explore American maritime history first-hand as you climb aboard historic tall ships, stroll through a re-created 19th-century coastal village or watch a working preservation shipyard in action. www.mysticseaport.org

Touch a shark, feed a ray, cradle a crab, come nose-to-nose with a beluga whale and listen an African penguin's heartbeat. Engaging sea lion shows, state-of-the-art technology touch displays and stimulating Nautilus Live Theater and 4-D Theater shows make your experience complete.

Enjoy a 2 1/2 hour narrated journey through the scenic CT River Valley aboard the only Steam Train & Riverboat connection in the USA! Make any occasion special aboard the Essex Clipper Dinner Train, May through October. www.essexsteamtrain.com

Located at the foot of Ocean Avenue in Mystic Country, New London’s premier recreational facility provides excellent public ocean access, complimented by an Olympic-size freshwater pool. The 50-acre Park also has 18-hole miniature golf course, triple water slide, our spray park, the carousel and rides, our Game Room, Nature Walk with Bird Watching observation Deck, Gift Shop, Work out World Health Club, and new play ground areas. Park open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.

The Niantic Children’s Museum (formerly Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut), about a 25-minute drive from Holiday Inn Norwich, is a vibrant hands-on destination for families with kids up to 9 years old. Explore interactive science exhibits, live animals, creative role-play areas like a firetruck and market, plus an outdoor playspace with a treehouse, zipline, musical garden, and dinosaur dig zone.

Home of the Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel and the first ship to go to the North Pole, The Submarine Force Museum traces the development of the “Silent Service” from the 1700s to more recent Ohio and Virginia class submarines. www.ussnautilus.org

Journey back 18,000 years to discover the native and natural history of southeastern Connecticut. Award-winning museum includes interactive exhibits, dioramas, historic artifacts,movies, observation tower, restaurant, gift shop. Open year round. www.pequotmuseum.org