Newport Trip Overview
Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt and a city tour at the same time? If not, get ready. You’re not going to believe what kind of crazy fun you’ve been missing! This app digitizes the conventional map & paper-based scavenger hunt and combines it with a GPS based audio-guided city tour.
As you walk the route, you’ll be asked a question before arriving at a point of interest. Plaques, paintings, or the structures themselves may hold the answers to these questions. The correct response will enable an audio playback of its glorious history, along with its picture/animation/video, text transcript, tips and advice.
Transform your smartphone into a Scavenger Hunt led personal Audio Tour Guide of Newport Cliff Walk. Get ready for the Gilded Age in America to come to life! Admire the opulent villas and families that erected these “summer houses.”
Experience all these beautiful historic sights along the picturesque Cliff Walk:
Please note that the tour is just available for Apple devices.
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Additional Info
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Starts: Newport, United States
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt and a city tour at the same time? If not, get ready. You’re not going to believe what kind of crazy fun you’ve been missing! This app digitizes the conventional map & paper-based scavenger hunt and combines it with a GPS based audio-guided city tour.
As you walk the route, you’ll be asked a question before arriving at a point of interest. Plaques, paintings, or the structures themselves may hold the answers to these questions. The correct response will enable an audio playback of its glorious history, along with its picture/animation/video, text transcript, tips and advice.
Transform your smartphone into a Scavenger Hunt led personal Audio Tour Guide of Newport Cliff Walk. Get ready for the Gilded Age in America to come to life! Admire the opulent villas and families that erected these “summer houses.”
Experience all these beautiful historic sights along the picturesque Cliff Walk:
Please note that the tour is just available for Apple devices.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Easton’s Beach, 175 Memorial Blvd, Newport, RI 02840-3659
Embark on this scenic walk at the Cliff Walk entrance by Easton’s Beach. We’ll learn a little about Easton’s Beach as we set off on this journey, followed immediately by a short look at the Chanler. As we continue along, we’ll dive into Newport’s history, the effect of the Gilded Age, and the Cliff Walk’s creation. We’ll also learn a little about the “old-money” families, like the Vanderbilts and Astors, whose grand summer cottages line the Cliff Walk.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Forty Steps, Newport, RI 02840, USA
Our first major stop comes at the iconic Forty Steps. This is an alternative starting point for the tour and a wonderful opportunity to walk down these historic steps and appreciate the wild beauty of the crashing waves in front. We’ll learn about the Gilded Age elites who tried to keep access to the Cliff Walk for themselves by building a wall — and about the lower-class residents who tore those walls down! Thanks to their battles, this beautiful pathway has remained open to the public.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ochre Court, Newport, RI
Ochre Court will immediately arrest our eyes! This châteauesque mansion cost of $4.5 million… in 1892. And it certainly shows! Now the centerpiece of the Salve Regina University, this mansion isn’t open for tours… but that won’t stop us from learning all about it’s rich and fascinating history!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Rosecliff, 584 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
Rosecliff is next on our path along the Cliff Walk. This is arguably the most beautiful of the Newport Mansions, and it contains a rotating exhibition gallery on it’s top floor. You can immediately spot this mansion by it’s pink-and-white awning.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Marble House, 596 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
Our journey now takes us past Marble House, one of the most opulent and magnificent of Newport’s Mansions. This Gilded Age marvel is another Vanderbilt home, and actually has one of the most interesting histories of all the mansions here. We’ll learn all about Marble House’s powerful owner Alva and it’s beautiful Chinese Tea House.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Rough Point Museum, 680 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4283
As we continue along the Cliff Walk, we can catch a glimpse of an English Manorial style home through the trees: that’s Rough Point. As we pass, we’ll learn all about it’s eccentric (and possibly dangerous) owner: Doris Duke.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6906
Finally, we reach Newport’s highlight: The Breakers. This Vanderbilt mansion is the biggest and the best of all of Newport’s summer cottages — and you can tell. We’ll look past the gate, across the sweeping lawns, and up to the magestic and marvelous mansion’s facade. We’ll dive into the Vanderbilt backstory, the mansion’s architectural wonders, and much more while here. We’ll also explore the technological wonders at work beneath the Breakers.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Lands End, Newport, RI 02840, USA
As we near the end of the Cliff Walk, we’ll see one final mansion: Land’s End. This was the home of Edith Wharton, the gifted author who abhorred being a Gilded Age elite. We’ll learn all about Wharton and her works as we continue.
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