Car Rental Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America.

Car Rental Greenwich

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Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County in the state of Connecticut. It is located 27 miles north-east of New York, New York and is bordered to the west and north by Westchester County, to the east by the city of Stamford, and to the south by Long Island Sound. The town is located in the Stamford - Norwalk metropolitan area and is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut.

Europeans first settled in Greenwich in 1640 when residents of New Haven bought land from the Native Indians inhabiting the area. They named the settlement after a borough of the same name in London , United Kingdom, and the town officially became incorporated in 1655.

Today Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. There is a community sailing center and rental area located in the park where cyclists and rollerbladers frequent on the well maintained trails and paths in the summertime. There are eight country clubs in town with golf courses and the Dorothy Hamill Rink is also in town. The town has four beaches on the Long Island Sound which are Greenwich Point, Byram Beach, Island Beach (Little Captain's Island), and Great Captain Island.

Calf Island is a 29-acre island about 3,000 feet from the Byram shore in Greenwich. More than half of the island on the west side is a bird sanctuary. The east side is open to visitors from dawn till dusk. Great Captain Island is also off the coast of Greenwich, and is the southernmost point in Connecticut. There is a Coast Guard lighthouse on this island, as well as a designed area as a bird sanctuary.

The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra begun in 1958 as the Greenwich Philharmonia and became fully professional by 1967. David Gilbert, the director of the Bergen Philharmonic and the Senior Concert Orchestra of New York, has been the music director and conductor here since 1975. About 90 members perform at the Dickerman Hollister Auditorium.

Places of interest:

• Town of Greenwich
• The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
• Calf Island

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