This CT Place Among 'Best Places To Go In U.S.', Travel Magazine Says

LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT — A Connecticut locale has been named one of the "Best Places to Go in the U.S. in 2025" by Condé Nast Traveler. Litchfield County landed on the list for its "design renaissance that's powering a boutique hotel boom."

Places on the international travel magazine's list stretch from Alaska to Puerto Rico and include everything "from nature explorations, to food and wine trails and cultural immersions."

Condé Nast Traveler notes that Litchfield has a modernist design legacy.

"Drive through the postcard-perfect New England county and you’ll see, amid its Federal and Colonial homes, a smattering of midcentury modern gems that bear the mark of famed architect Marcel Breuer," Arati Menon writes. "He isn’t the only one; there are also homes and buildings by Richard Neutra and John Johansen, and in nearby Roxbury lived sculptor Alexander Calder."

Now the county is in the "gentle(r) throes of a renaissance underscored by a slew of new design-led stays." Condé Nast Traveler highlights the old courthouse in Litchfield which is now the contemporary-art-filled boutique hotel The Abner.

They also highlight the rustic-modern Lost Fox Inn, which opened in a 1740s tavern, along with shops and cafes in Bantam, New Preston, and other towns around the county.

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Earlier this year, Condé Nast Traveler named the best towns in Connecticut. Washington, in Litchfield County, was one of the six on the list. The town is famed for being the real-life inspiration for the hit show "Gilmore Girls."

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