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The Breakers Newport
8 Reviews If you have time to visit one single mansion, everybody will definitely raccomend this one. The entrance fee is quite expensive (28 USD for one adult in summer 2011) but the mansion is really visit...
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Cliff Walk Newport
6 Reviews The Forty Steps are part of the Cliff Walk and are a dramtic stone staircase that drops about 2/3rd off the cliff with an amazing stone like "balcony" The steps down to the balcony aford you an...
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Rosecliff Newport
4 Reviews Rosecliff is one of the most recognizable mansions in Newport. It was used in the movie the Great Gatsby with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Tue Lies with Arnold Swarzeneger also was filmed here....
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The Elms Newport
4 Reviews The Elms boasts one of the most beautiful grounds of all the mansions. The gardens are quite beautiful with large trees, statues, fountains and formal gardens where the owners must have spent much of...
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Marble House Newport
4 Reviews Wonderful mansion that quickly moved into my tops list here. Again its a mansion I've toured more than once in both winter and summer. The house reportedly cost 11 million dollars to build in 1892!...
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Astors' Beechweed Mansion Newport
1 Review The Astors' Beechwood Mansion is one of the many famous Newport Mansions that were built for high society by the 1880's as summer retreats. We visited this one during the week between Christmas 2008 &...
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Ocean Drive Newport
2 Reviews Today, Newport's Ten Mile Drive combines the history of a wealthy summer community with a fabulous Newport recreational treasure of public parks and miles of public access shoreline to rank as one of...
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Bowen's Wharf Newport
3 Reviews Bowen's Wharf is a cenetr of activity. This is a main tourist draw with the shopping, restaurants and attractions near by. During events and in the nicer weather, Bowen's Wharf is teeming with people....
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M.T. Perrotti Park Newport
2 Reviews Located here on America's Cup Avennue and next to the Marriott Hotel is the small park by the name of M.T. Perrotti. It overlooks the Newport Harbour and contains a few statues, benches and a gazebo...
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Salve Regina-Ochre Court Newport
2 Reviews One of Newport's "first summer cottages, this structure was designed by Richard Morris Hunt who also designed many of the famous mansions in Newport. The structure was completed around 1892 and is the...
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International Tennis Hall of Fame Newport
3 Reviews The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in the former Newport Casino. The museum is dedicated to the game of tennis including those who were instrumental in contributing to the game. The...
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Old Town Ghost Walk Newport
1 Review The Old Town Ghost Walk was a delightful stroll through some of the historic areas of Newport. The premise, of course, was to talk about some of the scary sightings and weird happenings that occurred...
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Fort Adams Newport
3 Reviews Fort Adams is located in the Fort Adams State Park. It lies along the waterfront near the mouth of the Newport Harbor. The Fort was used during the Revolutionary War to keep the British from entering...
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Kingscote Newport
3 Reviews Kingscote is a beautiful Gothic Revival home built in 1839 and is one of the first summer “cottages” to be built in Newport. It is considered a rare survivor of a Gothic Revival style home which...
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Newport Mansion Tours Newport
1 Review One of the biggest attractions in Newport is getting a look at the mansions built there by the wealthy families throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's. These families, with names like Vanderbilt,...
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The Mansions Newport
2 Reviews Christmas is my favorite holiday season (along with Thanksgiving that is) and finding myself in Newport on Christmas day was a very nice treat. The Mansions are decorated in all their holiday splendor...
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Old Stone Mill Newport
2 Reviews The Old Stone Mill is considered to be one of history's mysteries. There is quite a lot of speculation as to who built it and why. One of the most popular theories is that it was built by Norseman,...
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Isaac Bell House Newport
1 Review The Isaac Bell House wa built by Isaac Bell, a wealthy cotton broker and investor. The house looks like an ordinary shingled house and doesn't particularly stand out amongst the many grand mansions of...
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Washington Square Historic District Newport
1 Review The Washington Square Historic District is comprised of historic houses and landmarks surrounding Washington Square. Some of the attractions are: The Colony House, Touro Synagogue, Brick Market,...
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Touro Park Newport
2 Reviews Every time I visit Newport I walk through Touro Park. It's a nice park right on Bellevue and has some nice trees, statues and the Old Stone Mill. Every season brings it own district flavor to the...
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Newport Dinner Train Newport
1 Review The Newport Diner Train is a dinner experience in a luxury train. The dinner train is a 2 1/2 hour ride along Narragansett Bay. Trains leave from the Depot at 19 America's Cup Avenue, across from the...
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First Church of Christ Newport
2 Reviews Trinity Church, located on Queen Anne Square in Newport, is the oldest Episcopal church in Rhode Island. The congregation was founded in 1698, and the current building was constructed from 1725 to...
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Brenton Point State Park Newport
2 Reviews While you are driving along Ocean Drive you will find Brenton Point State Park. This park is quite beautiful with it's expansive open grounds and views of the ocean. Ferni and I make it a point to...
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The Colony House Newport
2 Reviews The Newport Colony House was designed after an English Town Hall. It contains an open marketplace which can be found on the first floor of the house with the civic offices on the second floor. The...
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Bowen's Wharf Food Festival Newport
1 Review The Newport Seafood Festival was October 18th and 19th 2008. We were looking foward to it because we both love seafood. It was a sad dissapointment. The lines were long , the prices high and the food...
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This was a cold November day -- it's nicer in the summer when it is warm, but then there are more people! While there are a lot of private beaches, you can walk along the waterline and the view down the beach is free:)UPDATE: A sunny June day at the beach
Chateau sur Mer is one of the smaller mansions held "in public trust" by The Preservation Society of Newport County and a nice one to visit if you don't want to be overwhelmed by gaudy opulence. Available only by guided tours [no reservation needed].For me the 4 things that stand out are the atrium architecture, the stairway post statues holding lights, the beautiful wood paneling and details and the immense collection of china, especially a substantial collection of old Wedgwood Jasper ware.
The Roger Williams Park Zoo is one of the finest zoos I have seen. The park is geared toward families but really any age would enjoying walking through this rather large zoo and enjoying its fine collection of animals. The surrounding area of the zoo is also very interesting with the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, as well as boating, a green house, and a carousel park. A person could easily be kept entertained in the area for quite some time. One thing I noticed was the general upkeep of the park was incredible. If you enjoy animals I would highly reccomend visiting the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
The Slater Mill Historic Site is located in the Providence suburb of Pawtucket. The mill was built in 1793 by Samuel Slater, a manufacturer's apprentice from Derbyshire, England. He used water-powered machines to produce the first cotton yarn in the 13 colonies.Because of England's fears that secrets about milling machinery would leave the country, Samuel Slater had to disguise himself as an agricultural laborer in order to obtain passage to Rhode Island. He carried the plans for the machinery in his head, and built it upon his arrival.The Slater Mill now houses a replica of Slater's original carding machine and drawings of other machines. The originals are in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The museum also has a series of textile machines dating from 1838 to 1960.It is widely believed that the Slater Mill Historic Site is haunted. There have been numerous sightings of...
Kingscote, built in 1841, was one of the first summer homes constructed in Newport. The Gothic Revival house was designed by Richard Upjohn for George Noble Jones, a plantation owner from Savannah, Georgia, as a place to escape the heat of the summers in the South. It has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Built between 1824 and 1857, Fort Adams is the largest coastal fortification in the United States. It was designed to mount 468 cannons and to house 2,400 troops. The granite fort commands the entrance to strategic Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay. An earlier fort was begun on the site during the American Revolutionary War, but it was destroyed by the British before it could be completed. In 1799, a second fort was rededicated and named after President John Adams. Afterward, the fort fell into disrepair until the War of 1812. Seeing the need for coastal fortifications, work began in 1824 to build a fort that could withstand attack from land and sea. Fort Adams in its present form was designed by French military engineer, Simon Bernard, Napoleon's aide-de-camp.During the American Civil War, Fort Adams served for a time as the home of the United States Naval Academy when Annapolis was...
Belcourt Castle was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, and built in 1891 for Oliver Hazard Perry Belcourt. It is a medieval-style castle based on plans for a King Louis XIII hunting lodge.Its 60 rooms are each done in a different French, Italian, or English style. It contains Belcourt's collection of art treasures from 32 countries, and has one of the largest collections of stained glass in the United States.It is widely believed that Belcourt Castle is haunted. There have been numerous sightings of apparitions and reports of unexplained voices and sounds. This prompted the popular television program Ghost Hunters to film an episode here, making Balcourt Castle a must-see destination for those interested in the paranormal.
The Sylvanus Brown House is located on the grounds of the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket.Sylvanus Brown was a millwright and carpenter who worked at Slater's Mill. His house, which dates from 1758, is furnished with his early nineteenth-century belongings, and offers an insight into daily life in the early 1800s.
A section of Benefit Street, called the "Mile of History," and the surrounding neighborhood, has one of the most impressive collections of colonial houses in the United States. Visitors can see many fine examples of early Federal and nineteenth-century architecture in the area, and many of the private homes are open to the public during the Festival of Historic Homes.
Waterplace Park is a four-acre (1.6-hectare) park set around a tidal basin fed by the Woonasquatucket River. The park features landscaped terraces, an amphitheater for outdoor performances, boat landings for water taxis which carry visitors to dining and shopping areas in the South Main Street part of Providence, and a terraced restaurant which overlooks the basin.The most popular attraction of Waterplace Park is the Water Fire Spectacle. Forty-one fires are lit at night in midstream, while eerie music wafts across the water. Gondoliers offer visitors rides in Venetian-style gondolas among the fires.
Hotel Viking Newport
7 Reviews and 541 Opinions The Hotel Viking opened in May 1926, and the two wings of rooms were added in the 1960s and 1970s....
Renaissance Providence Hotel Providence
2 Reviews and 352 Opinions The Renaissance Providence Hotel is part of the Marriott family of hotels. The hotel was built...
Haddie Pierce House Wickford
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Q: Where can we go after work to hear some live music (guitar/piano) while having a couple of cocktails ? Preference is Providence...
A: Although I am not a big fan of Aspire (on Westminster Street at Mathewson Street), it does feature live music and generally draws a crowd. Tazza (just down Westminster...
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