Newport RI The Coast of Rhode Island
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Five miles from Newport in James town  an antique windmill
once ground grain for area residents
A walk along the
ocean at Cliffwalk
reveals the splendor
of  life during the
turn of the last
century, the
Nineties, when
industrialist built
summer homes in
Newport that are
now mostly
museums open for
tours.
Home of Painter Gilbert Stewart
Newport Rhode
Island
A historic
coastal city
where once the
Gilded Age
industrialists
built their
mansions
Newport
Rhode
Island's
mansions are
now open for
visits along
the Cliffwalk
Trail at the
edge of the
ocean.
Buzzards Bay Brewing
http://www.buzzardsbrew.com/

Coastal Wineries
http://www.coastalwinetrail.com

New Bedford Whaling Museum
http://www.whalingmuseum.org/
New Bedford history of whaling.
Zeiterion Theatre
http://www.zeiterion.org

Narrows Center for the Arts
http://www.ncfta.org/
Concerts, galleries the local art scene
on the South Coast.

Vines to Wines Tours
http://www.vinestowinestours.com
B&B  will arrange transportation from
their Inn to the area's wineries.

Northeast Wineries
www.NortheastWineries.com
A biking and walking
trail on
Narragansett
Bay
at Fort Adams.
The grounds of Fort
Adams have been used
for the annual
Newport
F
olk Festival.  There is
ample parking for a
jumping off place for a
bike ride around
newport  
Cliffwalk Newport
Rhode Island
A few hours drive east and north of Newport find the Coastal Villages Trail
1938 of the famous
Concordia sailing yawls and a haven for small boat
sailors.
Back in 1898, an event largely overlooked occurred near here when retired
China Trade Sea Captain
Joshua Slocum returned after a three-year solo
circumnavigation of the globe in his 37-foot oyster sloop, Spray, the
first
ever solo voyage around the world.
He visited Newport on his return an
he wrote  an ingenuous no-frills adventure yarn about his solo voyage in
vigorous prose sure to please.

Route 24 east leads to Fall River, MA and its factory outlets.  Also there are
the steel-hulled warships at the floating museum of
Battleship Cove. There
you can tour the
Battleship Massachusetts, the Submarine Lionfish, the
Destroyer J P Kennedy, two
PT boats, and a Russian guided-missile
cruiser . The nearby,
outlet malls occupy old mill buildings.
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How To Reach Newport Rhode Island by Auto: From the north, take Route 24 to Route
24/138 in Triverton RI  and follow it to Route 114 which will lead to the center of Newport.
From the west and south, go to Providence and find Route 195 east to Route 24.
From Connecticut and points south, take I-95 north to Route 38, exit 3A, and cross the
Jamestown Bridge and the Newport Bridge, exiting on Farewell St to Americas Cup Avenue  
to the center of Newport.
Getting to Newport Rhode Island by Air:  The nearest large city to Newport RI . in the
north is  Boston.(
BOS)  From the south, New York City is a 100 mile drive on Route
I-95 north to route 138.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities.
Rental cars are available
at the airport. From Boston take Route I- 95 south to route 24.
Airlines serve Providence RI  
TF Green Airport (Warwick RI.   (PVD)   and Hartford Conn.
Bradley International Airport,
(BDL) smaller cities closer to Newport than Boston or
New York City.
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reaches Newport
Downtown Newport
A biking and walking trail  at Fort Adams.