Getting there: Downtown New Haven is Exit 47 of I-95.

General information: New Haven Convention and Visitors Bureau, 800-332-STAY or www.newhavencvb.org

Yale University: Visit www.yale.edu or call 203-432-4771. Skull and Bones is on High Street. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is at 121 Wall St. Art and Architecture is at 180 York St. Yale Repertory Theater is at 1120 Chapel St., 203-432-1234, showing "The Black Dahlia," Oct. 17 through Nov. 8. Yale Center for British Art is at 1080 Chapel St. Yale University Art Gallery is at 1111 Chapel St.

Architecture and parks:

Center Church on the Green: 311 Temple St.

West Rock Ridge State Park, Wintergreen Ave.

Grove Street Cemetery, 223 Grove St.

U.S. District Court, 141 Church St.

Armstrong Rubber Co. building, Sargent Dr.

Veterans Memorial Coliseum, George St.

Oriental Gardens, Wintergreen Ave.

Off-campus museums and theaters:

Long Wharf Theater, 222 Sargent Dr., 203-787-4282

Shubert Performing Arts Center, 247 College St., 203-624-1825

Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., 203-432-5050

Knights of Columbus Museum: One Columbus Place, 203-772-2130

New Haven Colony Historical Society: 114 Whitney Ave., 203-562-4183

Places to eat and drink:

Bentara, 76 Orange St.

Roomba, 1044 Chapel St. at Sherman's Alley

Caffe Adulis, 228 Crown St.

Istanbul Cafe, 245 Crown St.

Louis Lunch, 263 Crown St.

Neat Lounge, 124 Temple St.

Sci-Fi Cafe, 201 Crown St.

Sally's, 237 Wooster St.

Pepe's, 157 Wooster St.

Libby's, 139 Wooster St.

Union League Cafe, 1032 Chapel St.