Book a tour ahead of time. Enjoy the architecture and history of one of the most visually appealing college campuses in the country

https://admissions.yale.edu/tours

Visit one of the free Yale museums:

Yale University Art Gallery - ancient Egyptian artifacts to Van Gouh originals.

Yale Peabody Museum - Dinosaurs fossils galore. Recently expanded earlier this year.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - take in an architectural masterpiece housing 2000 years worth of notable documents

https://www.yale.edu/collections/museums-and-libraries

Try for yourself one of the "big three":

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

Sally's Apizza

Modern Apizza

Book a tour of the stunning Mark Twain House and Museum

https://marktwainhouse.org/

Take a walk down Farmington Ave (at the Main Street corner) for your choice of fine dining and casual restaurants

Make the most of Fall with a hike through any of our favorite places

Sleeping Giant State Park - miles of interconnected trails. Take the tower trail for 3 miles of gravel path or go rock scrambling on the white trail

East Rock Park - walk 1.3 miles up a paved street to the monument overlooking downtown New Haven

Bear Mountain - drive 90 minutes to Mt. Riga State park to take on a challenging 6 miles loop up the Appalachian trail to the highest point in CT. There is no better way to take in the fall foliage.

Follow one of the state foliage driving routes. The northwest and northeast corners of the state will be in peak foliage with the southern coast still approaching peak.

https://www.visitconnecticut.com/state/foliage/

Call to book a spot at the small omakase bar at Otaru in downtown New Haven. This is expensive, but half the cost of trying to find the same or worse quality in Manhattan.

https://www.sushiotaruct.com/reservation/

Visit Lyman Orchards for you-pick apples and a very busy hub of events at their farm market. Try the corn maze or go on the weekend for the petting zoo.