Cliff Walk Newport

We had seen several TV programs on the Newport Mansions in the last few years. We wanted to go see some of them in person. We wanted to see how the "filthy rich" lived. We began at the Breakers. It was the 70 room “summer cottage” of the shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. When it was built, it cost 11 million dollars (1. …

Rhode Island, Rhode Island on a cold winters day. Nothing beats going to the Cliff Walk in Newport all bundled up! Besides the best part is the minimal crowd due to the cold weather. Go figure, parking was really easy- front row seats! The first thing ...

... alone, I think they could afford to back off the ticket price just a tad.  Once I left the Breakers, I decided to go along Newport's cliff walk.  The cliff walk is a 3 1/2 mile trail with a mixture of paved and natural surfaces that follows ...

THE CAMPSITE IN MYSTIC WAS A GREAT SITE SO HAD A GOOD NIGHT AND CAMPFIRE UP EARLY TO DRIVE TO NEWPORT,R.I. TO WALK THE CLIFF WALK.WE ACTUALLY PARKED THE RV ON EASTON,BEACH RIGHT ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THEY HAD 2 LOBSTER ROLLS W/FRIES FOR $10.99 ...

... home. I've never toured the place; only seen pictures or viewed it from a distance off the coast. There's a stroll you can take called Cliff Walk where you have the ocean to one side and the backyards of the mansions to the other. So we showed Rusty the ...

... Newport, mostly along Bellevue Avenue, the best way to enjoy them, as well as the natural beauty of the ocean is along Newport's famed Cliff Walk.  The development of the walk began all the way back in 1880 but it took more than fifty years to get ...

... interesting character.  He is also the private chef for the owner of one of the mansions that overlook the Cliff Walk. I found a Newport information area with clean bathrooms.  I drove there and washed up and changed for the nights ...

On a stormy day, with howling wind and lightning in the distance, we toured Rosecliff, then took a long cliff walk. The drama to the weather provided a great contract to the silliness of the "beach cottages" of the Newport ...

... , and then walked through the historic downtown and caught the trolley bus to the back beach to walk along the famous cliff walk past the huge mansions called cottages, including the Vanderbilt's "Breakers". Cooked tea in the room again, and watched 'the ...

... to go to Block Island today and bring my bike.  It is cooler, thank goodness.  Got to take a ferry.  All the locals agree that it will rival the Cliff Walk.  It's 0730 now, the ferry leaves at 0930.  Stay ...

...   After digesting this opulence and comparing it to our simple lifestyles, we walk along the lovely Cliff Walk. http://www.cliffwalk.com/. This is a stunning walk between the great mansions and Easton Bay . You can view the ...