Ultimate Newport Rhode Island Summer Guide: 33 Best Things to Do
A Newport summer day is easy to overfill and surprisingly hard to park. Knowing which stops are worth the traffic, and in what order, helps the day unfold much more smoothly.
Rhode Island is small enough to see in a weekend and good enough to keep you longer. Newport mansions, Providence food, and quiet coastline start here.
A Newport summer day is easy to overfill and surprisingly hard to park. Knowing which stops are worth the traffic, and in what order, helps the day unfold much more smoothly.
Winter is when Newport’s Gilded Age mansions dress up for the holidays and the summer crowds disappear. Some of the town slows down, but the part that draws people in December is at its best.
Decked for the holidays, Newport’s Gilded Age mansions come closest to feeling lived-in: candlelight, towering trees, and rooms staged the way a Vanderbilt Christmas might have looked. It’s the season the grandeur turns warm instead of museum-cold.
The Newport Mansions take on a different character during the holidays. Seasonal decorations add another layer to homes that were already designed to impress.