During the Gilded Age, America’s wealthiest families flocked to the City by the Sea and its surrounding areas; making the area their summertime playground. Experience life of high society in turn-of-the-century America inside the meticulously maintained former summer "cottages" of America’s wealthiest. From a 70-room Italian-renaissance style palazzo to the first home run on electricity without a back-up, the Newport Mansions are like nothing you’ve ever seen.
Craving serenity? Newport's enchanting 3.5-mile Cliff Walk is the perfect place for your moment of peace. Panoramic ocean views, crashing waves and the perfect amount of sea breeze on one side and stunning, century-old, Gilded Age mansions on the other; heaven is a place on earth.
Newport is home to several public beaches, with breathtaking views.