Newport

AFFORDABLE HOTELS:

  1. The Wayfinder Hotel (this is where we stayed)
  2. Viking Hotel
  3. Gilded Hotel
  4. Mill Street Inn

LUXURY HOTELS:

  1. Castle Hill Inn
  2. The Chanler at Cliff Walk
  3. Gurney’s Newport (plus: hang at The Lounge & Firepit reserved for guests only)
  4. Ocean House RI
  5. Vanderbilt Grace – room like a Vanderbilt!

QUICK COFFEE:

  1. Nitro Bar
  2. Meg’s Aussie Milk Bar
  3. Empire Tea & Coffee
  4. Mokka Coffeehouse
  5. Custom House Coffee

BRUNCH or LUNCH:

  1. The Café at The Chanler At Cliff Walk
  2. The Verandah Raw Bar at Ocean House RI
  3. Sunday Jazz Brunch at Ocean House RI

DAY DRINKING:

  1. The Lawn at The Castle Hill Inn (Adirondack Chair Service)
  2. The Wine Garden at Cliff Walk Lawn
  3. Surf Club Newport

DINNER:

  1. The Dining Room at Castle Hill Inn (upscale)
  2. Clarke Cooke House (laid back & fun)
  3. Black Pearl Newport
  4. Showfish Newport

EXPLORE/ACTIVITIES:

  1. Newport Mansion Tours (prices available on site, we purchased the 3 mansion package for $42)
  2. Sight Seeing (Cliff Walk, Newport’s 40 Steps, Beavertail Lighthouse)
  3. Scooterworld
  4. Newport Polo
  5. Golf Lessons at Ocean House RI (tons of other experiences are offered, see HERE)

BOAT:

  1. Private Charter with Antique Yacht Collection (my favorite option. ask for Alana! also you can BYOB!)
  2. Charter The Madeleine or Rum Runner II
  3. Gansett Cruise – cash bar & history lesson

BEACHES:

  1. Easton Beach (also known as First Beach) – right under Cliff Walk
  2. Sachuest Beach (also known as Second Beach) – large beach with concessions & bathrooms but can get crowded
  3. Third Beach – calmer atmosphere
  4. Gooseberry Beach – hidden beach on Ocean Drive

DANCE CLUBS:

  1. Dockside
  2. One Pelham East
  3. Newport Blues Café
  4. Boom Boom Room at Clarke Cooke House

BARS:

  1. Midtown Oyster Bar
  2. Sky Bar at Clarke Cooke House
  3. Pour Judgement
  4. Celtica Public House (Karoke Bar)

SHOPPING:

  1. Bite Me Bait (we got cute Newport sweatshirts here)
  2. CK Bradley
  3. Island Outfitters
  4. Club Calais
  5. Monelle
  6. Anchored In Pink
  7. Pink Pineapple
  8. Long Wharf Mall
  9. Royal Male (for men)

Enjoy Newport!