Regardless of your age, you will find something appealing about Newport. Young adults and college students will love the vibrant nightlife scene, with over 100 bars and restaurants to choose from in an easily walkable town. Combined with beautiful sandy beaches, water sports and some of the best sailing anywhere in the world, Newport is the ideal destination for just about anybody regardless of their interests.
Those getting married here will find countless options for a seaside wedding, including opulent mansions, historic homes or maybe even just the sand between your toes on the beach. Caterers, bands, wedding photographers and other wedding services are plentiful around Newport RI, and make the usual daunting task of planning a wedding fun and exciting for everyone that attends the festivities. Even young couples will enjoy the area, for its fine dining, shopping and historical mansion tours, and maybe a little surfing or just lounging in the sun with the waves crashing at your feet. Families, too, love to visit because they can enjoy our beaches, visit our own little interactive aquarium, and go for family bike rides around Newport's famous Ocean Drive.
The Newport Music Festival continues the tradition of presenting unique chamber music programs, American debuts, world-class artists and gala special events in the Gilded Age summer cottages of Newport.
Newport's most famous festival presents some of the finest jazz musicians in the world, all being played seaside at Fort Adams State Park over a 3-day period.
Newport's history comes alive with indepth guided and self-guided walking tours all around the city. From Newport's colonial past to its religions and politics, these tours will stir the imagination against the backdrop of cobblestone streets and gas-lit street lanterns.
The Folk Festival brings the best folk musicians of our time to Newport to perform live at Fort Adams for a grand 3-day outdoor event. This year's acts feature great acts like Lauryn Hill, The Olllam, Dove Ellis and Lizzie McAlpine.
Guided tours of this colonial town's most haunted hotspots. Walking tour led by lantern, covers many historic homes and neighborhoods. Great fun!
