Activities/Restaurants
Activities
Newport has many fun and exciting things to do: Cliff Walk - Great views of the city's most spectacular Gilded Age mansions -http://www.cliffwalk.com/ Newport Mansions - Explore the Inside of some of the Mansions - https://www.newportmansions.org/ Downtown Newport - Great views, shopping and food right on the water - https://www.discovernewport.org/ Touro Synagogue - Visit the oldest synagogue in the USA - https://tourosynagogue.org/ International Tennis Hall of Fame - Play tennis on a grass court - http://tennisfame.com Rail Explorers - Take a bike tour along the rails - https://www.railexplorers.net/tours/rhode-island Newport Vineyards - Enjoy a glass of wine - https://www.newportvineyards.com/
Restaurants
Enjoy some delicious seafood at these fun and historic restaurants with great waterfront views: Newport Lobster Shack - Fresh from the sea right on the wharf - https://newportlobstershack.com/ Clarke Cooke House and Candy Store - Perennial Top 10 Finalist Best Yachting Bars In The World/Best Sailor’s Bar! - https://www.clarkecooke.com/ Whitehorse Tavern - America's oldest Tavern est. 1673 - https://whitehorsenewport.com/ 22 Bowens - Fine dining right downtown - https://www.22bowens.com/ The Lobster Bar - Good times with a side of Lobster - https://www.lobsterbarri.com/ Scales & Shells - Try the fra diavolo - https://www.scalesandshells.com/ The Mooring - 35 years of ‘top-of-the catch’ seafood - https://www.mooringrestaurant.com/
Day Trips
If you are staying longer and want to explore more of RI and MA, we suggest a day trip out to Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket or Cape Cod. Block Island: Take the Block Island Ferry from Point Judith or Newport. See details here: https://www.blockislandferry.com/ Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: Take a high speed ferry from New Bedford, MA. See details here: https://www.steamshipauthority.com/ Cape Cod: There are many great towns in the Cape to drive to including Falmouth, Chatham and Hyannis
Beaches
Right in town, at the beginning of the Cliff Walk, is Easton Beach, a three-quarter-mile stretch of sand with rolling waves. Follow along the shore to find Second Beach, the longest in Rhode Island, with 1.5 miles of soft white sand with calm waves and warm, clear water. Continue on, crossing the narrow neck to Third Beach, in a cove with very little wave action. Between the two, at the end of the point, the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, has miles of nature trails and more than 200 species of birds at various times of year. At the other end of Bellevue Avenue, Ocean Drive continues on around the coast, passing a cove with Gooseberry Beach. Like Third Beach, it has calm water protected by offshore boulders and a point of land. Although it's a private club, the beach itself is open to the public. A small beach at Fort Adams State Park, at the other end of Ocean Drive, overlooks Newport Harbor.