Our Newport

• Newport Tree Walks –history & nature can’t be beat, www.newporttreeconservancy.org
• Newport Historical Society – great walking tour 127 Thames, 841-8770, 
  www.NewportHistoryTours.org
• Ghost Tours of Newport – scary history is fun, 841-8600, 
  www.ghostsofnewport.com
• Viking Trolley Tours – take a trolley! Visitors’ Center, 847-6921, 
  www.vikingtoursnewport.com
• International Yacht Restoration School IYRS – boats! 449 Thames St, 848-5777, 
  www.iyrs.edu
• Old Colony & Newport Railway – 19 America’s Cup, 624-6951, www.ocnrr.com
• Newport Pedi Cab – transport by bike!  Bannister’s Wharf, 432-5498, 
  www.newportpedicab.com
• The Elms – Rooftop & Behind the Scenes Tour is interesting, 847-1000, 
  www.newportmansions.org
• Astor’s Beechwood Mansion – recreates 1890s life, 580 Bellevue, 846-3772
• Breaker’s – Stable & Carriage House has coaches & carriages, Bateman & Coggeshall, 847-1000
• Amazing Grace Harbor Tour – Oldport Marine (Mooring Rest), 847-9109, 
  www.oldportmarine.com
• Jamestown & Newport Ferry – 423-9900, www.jamestownnewportferry.com

Get outside…

• Newport Public Library – daily story hour, 300 Spring, 847-8720, www.newportlibraryri.org
• Save the Bay Exploration Center – Easton Beach Rotunda, 324-6020, www.savebay.org
• Redwood Library – 50 Bellevue Ave, 847-0292, www.redwoodlibrary.org
• Ryan Family Amusement Center – 266 Thames St, 846-5774, www.ryanfamily.com
• Accidental Artist – create painted pottery – 516 Thames, 848-2501, www.theaccidentalartist.org
• Ben’s Chili Dogs – 158 Broadway, 846-8206
• Nikolas Pizza – 38 Memorial, 849-6611, www.nikolaspizza.com
• Anthony’s Seafood – 963 Aquidneck, 846-9620, www.anthonysseafood.net
• Becky’s Barbecue – 82 E Main, 841-9909, http://beckysbbq.com
• Gary’s Handy Lunch – 462 Thames, 847-9480
• China Star III – 110 William St, 841-5556, www.chinastar3.com – Crab Rangoon a must!
• A1 Pizza – 306 Broadway, 849-2213, www.a1pizzanewportri.com
• Newport Creamery – 181 Bellevue or 280 W Main Rd, 846-2767, www.newportcreamery.com

• Ryan Family Amusements
  268 Thames
  www.ryanfamily.com/locations/newport
• Carousel 
  Easton’s Beach
  www.cityofnewport.com/visiting-newport/eastons-beach/carousel-beach-bounce

• Beaches! 1st, 2nd & 3rd
• Gooseberry Beach, 130 Ocean Drive
• Scuba Made Easy, www.scubamadeeasy.org/is-scuba-diving-easy
• Rhody Surf, www.rhodysurf.com
• Water Brothers – Surf & Skate, 39 1/2 Memorial Blvd,
  www.originalwaterbrothers.com

• International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS)
  449 Thames St
  www.iyrs.com
• Classic Cruises of Newport
  RumRunner – Schooner Madeleine
  Bannister’s Wharf
  www.CruiseNewport.com
• Gansett Cruises
  Bowen’s Landing
  www.GansettCruises.com
• Amazing Grace Harbor Tours
  Old Port Marine (next to Mooring Restaurant)
  www.oldportmarine.com/amazing-grace-harbor-tours.html
• Sightsailing of Newport
  Aquidneck – Sightsailer – Starlight
  Bannister’s Wharf
  www.SightSailing.com
• Aurora
  Lobster Boil & Sunset Sail on Wednesdays!
  5 Marina Plaza
  http://www.newportexperience.com/#!schooner-aurora/csa2
• Adirondack II
  Bowen’s Wharf
  www.sail-newport.com/our-boats/schooner-adirondack-ii
• Ferries are awesome!!!
  Perotti Park
  – Jamestown & Newport Ferry
  http://jamestownnewportferry.com
  – Newport to Block Island Ferry
  www.blockislandferry.com/schedules-fares
  – Newport Harbor Shuttle
  http://www.oldportmarine.com/newport-harbor-shuttle.html
• SailNewport
  60 Fort Adams Dr
  www.SailNewport.org
• Antique Yacht Collection
  Bowen’s Wharf
  www.AntiqueYachtCollection.com
• 12 Meter America’s Cup Sailing
  – America’s Cup Charters
  www.AmericasСupСharters.com
  – Twelve Meter Charters
  http://12metercharters.com
• Seal Watch & Nature Cruise by Save the Bay
  Nov-Apr
  Bowen’s Landing
  www.SaveBay.org/seals

• Bike Newport
  For biking routes
  437 Broadway
  www.BikeNewportRI.org
• Newport Bicycle
  Sales, Service, Rentals
  130 Broadway
  www.NewportBicycleRI.com
• East Bay Bike Path
  Bristol to Providence
  www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationEastBay.htm
• Ten Speed Spokes
  Sales, Service, Rentals
  18 Elm St
  www.TenSpeedSpokes.com
• Mansion Scoot Coupe, Scooter, and Bike Rentals
  8 Fair St, unit 1
  www.MansionRentalsRI.com
• Scooter World
  Kayaks, Jet Skis, Minis, Scooters, Bikes
  12 Christie’s Landing & 142 Long Wharf
  www.ScooterWorldRI.com

• Newport Gulls
  Cardines Field
  http://newportgulls.pointstreaksites.com/view/newportgulls/news-from-the-nest

• We hope you have the privilege to see birds while in Newport
  www.RIBird.org
  www.ASRI.org
• Norman Bird Sanctuary & Natural History Museum
  583 Third Beach Rd
  www.NormanBirdSanctuary.org
• Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
  Past 2nd beach
  www.fws.gov/refuge/sachuest_point
• More great birding spots:
  – Miantonomi Park
  – Brenton Point State Park (fields, woods, seashore)
  – Albro Woods, Middletown
  – Hazard Rd in Nepowrt (Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove saltmarshes)
• Save the Bay Winter Birding Cruises
  Jan & Feb
  www.savebay.org/birding

• Aquidneck Growers’ Market
  Wednesdays 2-6pm
  Memorial Blvd
  Saturdays 9-1pm
  Newport Vineyards & Winery
  909 East Main Rd
  www.AquidneckGrowersMarket.org
• Simmons Organic Farm & Petting Zoo
  est by John Coggeshall, one of Newport’s original founders
  1942 West Main Rd
  http://simmonsorganicfarmri.com
• Sweet Berry Farm
  915 Mitchell’s Ln, Middletown
  www.sweetberryfarmri.com
• Escobar’s Highland Farm
  famous for 8-acre corn maze
  133 Middle Rd, Portsmouth
  www.escobarshighlandfarm.com
• Grange Farmers’ Market
  Thursdays 2-6pm
  499 East Main Rd
• Pier 9 Farmers Market
  Fridays 2-6pm
  State Pier 9, Long Wharf
  http://nfmd.org/ri/newport/1002031

• Cast out a line
  Beavertail State Park, Jamestown
  Brenton Point State Park
  Fort Adams State Park
  King Park
  Causeway to Goat Island
  2nd & 3rd Beaches
• Charter a trip:
  – Fish ‘n Tales Adventures
  http://fishntalesadventures.com
  – Flaherty Charters
  www.flahertycharters.com
  – Reel Addiction
  www.newportfishing.com
  – Saltwater Edge
  http://saltwateredge.com
  – Sara Star Charters
  www.sarastarcharters.com
  – Skinny Waters Charters
  www.skinnywaterchartersri.com

• Elevate Fitness
  60 Hammarlund Way
  www.elevatefitnpt.com
• RI Hot Yoga
  36 Gooding Ave, Bristol
  www.rhodeislandhotyoga.com/
• Newport Power Yoga
  112 William St
  http://newportpoweryoga.com/
• YMCA
  792 Valley Rd
  www.NewportYMCA.org
• Newport Athletic Club
  66 Valley Rd
  www.NewportAthleticClub.com

• Ghost Tours of Newport
  Lantern-led evening stroll!
  www.GhostsOfNewport.com
• Common Burying Ground & Island Cemetary
  Farewell St
• Burying Ground at Trinity Church
  Some of the earliest graves in RI are located at West & North side of church – older than the church even
• Arnold Burying Ground
  Benedict Arnold family burial ground est 1677 (no, not THAT Benedict Arnold)
  Pelham St
  www.newportmansions.org/learn/landscape/arnold-burying-ground
• Pirates
  Newport was a pirate haven…raiding ships from here, returning treasure back here, retiring and growing old here and dying here at the end of a rope!
  www.newportri.com/newportdailynews/news/local_state/buried-history/article_c34a1c7c-ba2f-511d-8370-429c987c3da3.html
• Dead Men’s Tales
  Perrotti Park
  www.deadmenstalesri.com/index.html

• Newport National Golf Club
  324 Mitchells Ln, Middletown
  www.newportnational.com
• Jamestown Golf Course
  24 Conanicus Ave, Jamestown
  http://jamestowngolf.com
• Green Valley Country Club
  371 Union St, Portsmouth
  www.gvccri.com

• Cliff Walk
  3.5mile path – began as footpath in 1700s
  http://cliffwalk.com/
• Norman Bird Sanctuary
  7 miles of trails
  www.NormanBirdSanctuary.org
• Sachuest Point Wildlife Refuge
  242 acres, visitor center, 2.5 miles nature trails
  www.fws.gov/refuge/sachuest_point
• Fort Adams Bay Walk
  2.2 miles
  www.fortadams.org/bVisitbFortAdams/BayWalkMaps.aspx
• Sakonnet Greenway Trail
  Mitchell’s Lane, Middletown
  http://ailt.org/2011/09/trail-maps
• Weetamoo Woods
  Tiverton
  https://www.tivertonlandtrust.org/land-protection/trail-maps.html

• Castle Hill Lighthouse
  590 Ocean Ave
  lighthouse.cc/highland/index.html
• Rose Island Lighthouse
  Rose Island
  www.roseisland.org
• Lime Rock Light
  Wellington Ave – now part of Ida Lewis Yacht Club
  www.rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/lime_rock_lighthouse.html
• Goat Island Lighthouse
  Northern point of Goat Island accessed from Hyatt Regency Hotel grounds
  www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=399
• Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
  Jamestown
  www.BeavertailLight.org
• Plum Beach Light
  Look down the north side when driving over the Jamestown-Verazzano bridge
  www.plumbeachlighthouse.org

• Breakers Mansion
  44 Ochre Point Ave
  www.newportmansions.org
  (15,000 light bulbs, 5,000 ornanments, 2,000 poinsettia plants, 18 Christmas trees are used to decorate Breakers, Elms, and Marble House during the holidays!)
• Rough Point Estate
  680 Bellevue Ave
  www.NewportRestoration.org
• Preservation Society
  Chateau-sur-Mer
  Chepstow
  The Elms
  Green Animals Topiary Garden
  Hunter House
  Isaac Bell House
  Kingscote
  Marble House
  Rosecliff
  www.NewportMansions.org

• Massage Therapists we use & love
  Amanda Michalik, 401-862-1409
  amandacmichalik@gmail.com
  Kate Oster, 401-595-2675
• Newport Acupuncture & Wellness
  Massage – Facials – Day Spa
  moving location?
  www.NewportAcupuncture.com
• SpaVana
  299 West Main
  http://spavana.com
• The Bodhi Spa
  654 Thames St
  http://thebodhispa.com

• Jane Pickens Theater
  49 Touro St
  www.JanePickens.com
• newportFILM
  Throughout Newport
  www.newportfilm.com
• Firehouse Theater
  Improv Comedy with the Bit Players
  4 Equality Park Pl
  www.bitplayers.net
• Newport Playhouse & Cabaret
  102 Connell Hwy
  www.NewportPlayhouse.com

• Newport Historial Society
  Museum, Brick Market
  Colony House, Washington Sq
  Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House, 82 Touro St
  www.NewportHistorical.org
• Newport Art Museum
  76 Bellevue Ave, Newport
  www.newportartmuseum.org
• Newport Exploration Center & Aquarium
  175 Memorial Blvd – First Beach
  https://www.savebay.org/family-fun/aquarium/
• International Tennis Hall of Fame
  194 Bellevue Ave
  www.tennisfame.com
• Whitehorne House Museum
  416 Thames St
  www.NewportRestoration.org
• Who built the Newport Tower??
  Tower in Touro Park
  Newport Tower Museum at 152 Mill St
  www.thenewporttower.com
• Artillery Company of Newport Museum
  Oldest Artillery in the USA
  www.NewportArtillery.org
• Audrain Automobile Museum
  222 Bellevue Ave
  www.AudrainAutoMuseum.org
• Whitehall Museum
  311 Berkeley Ave
  www.WhiteHallMuseumHouse.org
• Museum of Yachting
  Fort Adams State Park – now at IYRS on 449 Thames St?
  www.MOY.org
• Irish Heritage Museum
  648 Thames St
  www.newportirishhistory.org
• National Museum of American Illustration
  (lots of Norman Rockwell)
  492 Bellevue Ave
  www.AmericanIllustration.org
• Naval War College Museum
  686 Cushing Rd
  https://www.usnwc.edu/About/NWC-Museum.aspx

• Tuesday Concert & Picnic Dinner
  Tuesdays
  Sweet Berry Farm
• Live Jazz at the Vineyard
  Saturdays
  Greenvale Vineyard
• Beach Concert Series
  Tuesdays 6pm
  Easton’s Beach
• Free Concerts
  Saturdays
  Long Wharf
• Hope
  Food – Spirits – Music
  10 Broadway
  www.facebook.com/HopeBroadwayNewport
• Newport Blues Cafe
  Blues, Funk, RnB, Motown, Reggae
  286 Thames St
  http://www.newportblues.com/

• Brenton Point State Park
  Occupies former grounds of one of Newport’s grandest estates
  Ocean Dr where Narragansett Bay meets Atlantic Ocean
  www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationBrentonPoint.html
• Ft Adams
  90 Fort Adams Dr
  www.fortadams.org
• Queen Anne Square
  Thames St
• Purgatory Chasm
  50 feet deep glacial cleft with awesome views
  Purgatory Rd, Middletown
  https://trailsandwalksri.wordpress.com/category/purgatory-chasm-middletown
• King Park
  Wellington Ave
  http://www.cityofnewport.com/visitors/king-park
• Miantonomi Memorial Park
  McKim, Mead & White built the 3rd largest self-supporting marble dome on the planet (St Peter’s, Taj Mahal)
  http://tclf.org/landscapes/miantonomi-memorial-park
• Ballard Park
  13 acres – hiking, yoga, movies on the rocks, bands, pumpkin tour
  15 Wickham Rd or 1 Ocean Heights Rd
  www.BallardPark.org

• Newport Polo
  (Newport hosted first international polo match in US in 1886)
  Glen Farm, Portsmouth
  www.nptpolo.com

• Armory Antique Marketplace
  365 Thames St
  www.ArmoryAntiquesNewport.com
• There is SO much shopping in Newport… boutique shops, antiques, art, jewelry, T-shirts!
  – Brick Market Place
  – Bannister’s & Bowen’s Wharves
  – Aardvark Antiques
  – Spring Street shops
• Wag Nation
  92 William St
  www.ShopWagNation.com
• JH Breakell & Co
  hand-made jewery to die for!
  132 Spring St
  www.Breakell.com
• Thames Glass
  688 Thames St
  www.ThamesGlass.com
• Sole Desire
  131 Swinburne Row
  www.brickmarketnewport.com/swinburne/sole-desire

• The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago.  The second best time is now.” Chinese proverb Everyone knows Newport is full of history, but even the trees have an amazing story.  Originally, Aquidneck Island was covered with native species of trees.  Then two events over time cleared the island’s forests.  Beginning in 1638, the new colony was being settled and trees were needed to build houses, burn for heat, and cleared for farmland.  Then the British occupation from 1776-1779 used literally all wood (houses, fences, everything) for firewood during harsh winters.
  Naturally, Newport’s unique location and weather brought visitors and eventually America’s new, spectacularly rich summer residents.  Their summer homes and “cottages” needed landscaping so Newport trees began to grow in importance so that even Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr in 1913 reported that Newport’s tree canopy would quickly become an inseparable part of its storied charm.  The gilded age need for landscape architecture coincided with the age of enlightenment when exploratory voyages allowed naturalists to travel the globe for exotic flora.  So the gardens of the estate owners flourished which created a big demand for local gardeners.  In the process of caring for the estate owners’ gardens, the local gardeners brought seedlings and cuttings back to their own houses so that even modest homes displayed fantastic European Beeches and other specimen trees.  
  Newport locals and visitors alike have been appreciating the urban forest provided by our predecessors, but have not purposefully maintained and consistently replanted.  The town is beginning to see rapid decline in the numbers of Beeches and other specimen trees and has responded through treatment, restoration, and replanting programs.
• Newport Tree Society – Newport Arboretum
  Go for a tour of Newport’s amazing trees!!
  http://NewportArboretum.org/home
• The Blue Garden
  Beacon Hill Rd
  http://thebluegarden.org
• Newport Tree Walks
  Colonial Tree Walk – Victorian Tree Walk – Gilded Age Tree Walk
  Don’t miss this amazing tour!
  http://newportarboretum.org/home/programs/newport-tree-walks

• Newport Tour & Guide Company
  Tammy picks you up at the B&B
  www.NewportTourAndGuide.com
• Newport History Tours
  Museum & Shop at Brick Market
  www.NewportHistoryTours.org
• Newport Tree Walks
  Colonial Tree Walk – Victorian Tree Walk – Gilded Age Tree Walk
  Don’t miss this amazing tour!
  http://newportarboretum.org/home/programs/newport-tree-walks
• Newport Historical Society’s Mobile App
  www.newporthistory.org/2012/theres-an-app-for-that
• Redwood Library & Athenaeum
  (oldest lending library in the USA)
  50 Bellevue Ave
  www.RedwoodLibrary.org
• Touro Synagogue
  Touro St
  www.TouroSynagogue.org
• Trinity Church
  141 Spring St
  http://www.trinitynewport.org/who-we-are/history
• Newport Bicycle Tours
  www.newportbicycleri.com/tours
• Newport Harbor Walk Tour
  Sat 17 Aug 10am – 3rd Saturday of every month May-Oct
  Waterfront
• Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
  (oldest house in Newport!)
  17 Broadway
  www.newporthistory.org/properties/wanton-lyman-hazard-house
• St Mary’s Church
  Location of President Kennedy & Jackie Bouvier wedding
  Corner of Spring St & Memorial
  www.stmarynewport.org www.returntocamelot.org
• White Horse Tavern
  oldest tavern in country – no official tour, but stop by and have a drink!
  26 Marlborough St
  www.WhiteHorseNewport.com
• Newport Pedicab
  www.NewportPediCab.com
• Newport Food Tours
  www.nptfoodtours.com
• Viking “Newport Trolley Tours”
  Visitor’s Center
  http://VikingToursNewport.com
• Establishing Religious Freedom
  Per the 1663 Charter, “Rhode Island and Providence Plantation” was first to grant religious freedom & allow citizens to elect its own officers.  Tour more churches:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_Royal_Charter
  Great Friends Meeting House (1699) Marlborough St
  Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House (1730) 82 Touro St
  Second Congregational Church (1735) 15 Clarke St
• Newport Dinner Train
  23 America’s Cup
  www.TrainsRI.com

• Newport Vineyards
  909 East Main Rd
  www.NewportVineyards.com
• Coddington Brewery
  293 JT Connell Rd
  www.CoddBrew.com
• Newport Storm Brewery
  293 JT Connell Rd
  www.NewportStorm.com
• Greenvale Vineyards
  582 Wapping Rd, Portsmouth
  www.GreenVale.com
• Sakonnet Vineyards
  162 West Main Rd, Little Compton
  www.SakonnetWine.com

• Glen Manor House
  (amazing 1923 French Chateau home on the Sakonnet River)
  The Glen, Portsmouth
  www.GlenManorHouse.com
• Eisenhower House
  1 Lincoln Dr, Fort Adams
  www.EisenhowerHouse.com
• Proposal Tree
  Newport lore states the success rate of “proposal tree” is high!
  Cliff Walk just off Ruggles Ave