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The Elms (6 min) Gilded Age mansion on 10 acres featuring tours of the servants' quarters & Colonial Revival gardens. Second Beach (10 min) Stretch of shore luring locals and vacationers alike with well-kept sand and plenty of parking. Rosecliff (7 min) Featured in the 1974 film The Great Gatsby, the Gilded Age mansion offers audio tours & a gift shop. Brenton Point State Park (19 min) Open green space along the Atlantic offering ocean views, plus hiking, fishing & picnicking. Marble House (7 min) The former summer home for the Vanderbilts, this stone Beaux-Arts-style mansion is now a museum. Rough Point (7 min) Late-1800s mansion formerly owned by heiress Doris Duke with seasonal tours, gardens & art exhibits. Easton's Beach (5 min) Local public beach offering seasonal events, a carousel, rental cabanas, facilities & a snack bar. Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI (18 min) Park on the site of a 19th-century fort, with sailing, swimming & the Newport jazz & folk festivals. The Breakers (7 min) Palatial Gilded Age summer home of the Vanderbilts, with ornate artwork, gardens & guided tours. Ocean Drive Historic District (11 min) 10-mile shoreline drive featuring parks, beaches, historic estates, a fort & a yacht museum. Belcourt of Newport (7 min) Lavish former summer home completed in 1894 in the Châteauesque style, with tours by reservation. Newport Art Museum (3 min) Multi-building campus houses regional 19th-century to contemporary works, plus events & art school. Newport Mansions Preservation Society (6 min) Headquarters for cultural organization conserving heritage properties in a Romanesque Revival manor. International Tennis Hall of Fame (4 min) Home of the 1st U.S. Open championship in 1881, plus tennis history, exhibits, memorabilia & courts. Touro Synagogue (3 min) Oldest existing U.S. synagogue (1763), built in Palladian style, still open for services & tours. |