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18 ❯❯ Top 10 New England Highlights

Newport, Rhode Island

This small city packs a huge amount of history into a few square
miles. Not only does it boast America’s first naval college and first
synagogue, its White Horse Tavern has been serving drinks since
1673. In the late 1800s, the rich began building ornate mansions
along the cliffs south of the city center to escape fetid summers in
New York. The New York Yacht Club made Newport its summer
headquarters, and the city’s harbor is home to many contenders
for the America’s Cup, the most prestigious match race in sailing.
The Breakers
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Explore the gilt-
and marble-encrusted
interior of this 70-room
Italian Renaissance-style
man sion, completed in
1895, to appreciate the
pre eminence of the
Vanderbilt family – who
called it home – among
the economic aristo cracy
of America.
Museum of
2
Newport
History
Artifacts and displays
inside the Brick Store
trace the merchants,
patriots, craftsmen, and
social elite of Newport
Fort Adams
Cliff Walk
with an emphasis on the 4 6
18th and 19th centuries. The exhilarating State Park N E W P OR T
amble (above) along The windy point between
B R I D G E
Newport’s east-facing Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay B R O ADWAY
cliffs will have you look- the Narragansett Bay
ing two ways at once – East Passage is perfect Goat KAY ST EUS TIS AVE
up to the lawns of the for watching racing Island MEMO R IAL BLVD Easton’s
mansions on Bellevue sailboats or flying kites. T H AM ES S T Beach
Avenue and down to Newport’s famous jazz Newport
Harbor
watch surfers catching and folk festivals are WELLINGTON
waves at Easton’s Beach. held here. AVENUE SP R I NG S TR EE T BE L L E VUE AVE NU E Easton
Bay
America’s Cup Charters Cruises
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Enjoy Newport Harbor’s beauty from the deck
of a racing yacht (below) that once competed for the
Washington
3 America’s Cup. You may even get to take the wheel.
Square
Colonial-era Newport’s
focal point was damaged
but not destroyed by
British occupiers during
the American Revolution.
The city’s oldest house
(1697) is nearby (above).

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