Known for its Gilded Age mansions and well-heeled guests, Newport, Rhode Island, is a draw for those interested in architecture, illustration, autos and tennis.
Our founder promised to travel incognito, pay his own expenses and find hideaways with character and great service. Forty years later our values are the same.
Experience quintessential New England with a visit to one or more of these quaint towns and beaches.
Reposed on a bluff overlooking Narragansett Bay, Castle Hill Inn was built in 1874 as the summer home of the great Harvard marine biologist Alexander Agassiz.
Each year, we have the pleasure of singling out a number of particularly memorable hotels and resorts. Here are the properties that Andrew Harper selected in the United States.
Wine might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Rhode Island. But the state does have wineries -- some of them good, indeed -- on an attractive trail that can make for a full day of traveling and tasting.
Videos from my trips to Europe and the Atlantic coast.
Since I first recommended Ocean House, a couple of subscribers have written to complain about both the service and the food. Being so close by on this trip, we returned dto check on the situation.
Chuck Royce, an immensely successful fund manager, has a vision for a place he calls home, a stretch of the Rhode Island coast with vast beaches, a rocky shoreline and dignified New England homes. In 2010, he brought back to life the Ocean House resort in the stylish enclave of Watch Hill.
A video of our stay at Weekapaug Inn, Rhode Island as reviewed in the August 2014 issue of the Hideaway Report.
Located about 20 miles south of Providence, Newport differs from other islands off the U.S. East Coast, according to Allison Hoerrner, guest services director at The Chanler at Cliff Walk.
If you're considering making your next getaway an island experience, you need not think only of far-flung destinations with long, often expensive flights.
Proximity to both New York and Boston long ago made Rhode Island a favorite summer retreat. Newport, with its enormous mansions—quaintly referred to as “cottages”—became an important part of American social history. On a lesser scale, the town of Watch Hill drew wealthy families from the Midwest after the Civil War.
Newport Vineyards My recent visit to Rhode Island included a day trip to the picturesque Little Compton area, where the coastal climate, warmed by summer and fa
Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union possesses a coast of wide bays dotted with islands that give it an impressive length of shoreline. This natural asset, plus proximity to both New York and Boston, long ago made Rhode Island a favorite summer retreat.
My recent visit to Rhode Island included a day trip to the picturesque Little Compton area, where the coastal climate, warmed by summer and fall Gulf Stream waters, is favorable for growing grapes.
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