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Best of Newport RI - Winter Highlights - Top Event Picks
Winter Festival Newport RI Winter Festival Newport RI Skating Outdoor Ice Rink Skating Newport Rhode Island Newport RI Harbor Seals - Harbor Seal Tours Save The Bay Newport Rhode Island Harbor
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Newport Mansions Through the Winter season, The Breakers is open daily, while The Elms and Marble House are open on weekends, holidays, and through Winter Festival..
Newport Winter Fest
Celebrating its 22nd year, this 10-day festival has it all. Spread across Newport, there is music, concerts, contests, ice carving, sand sculpting, historical walking and lantern tours, pizza & chili cookoffs, chowder tastings, vineyard tastings and tours, children's fair, and new this year, polo on the beach -- horses and all. Festival button also saves you 10-20% off at a number of stores, restaurants and attractions. Feb. 12 - 21.
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Skating Harborside
The Skating Center at downtown Newport's Yachting Center is always alive with people throughout the Winter. The rink holds about 150 skaters. There's a warming room, rentals, lessons, and food. Afternoon and evening hours during the week. Daytime skating on weekends. Adult-only some nights late. Quintessential New England right on Newport Harbor. From December on Visit Website . . .
Newport Harbor Seals
Newport's favorite Winter residents. The harbor seals like to call the rocks off Rose Lighthouse, by the Newport bridge, home through the Winter. Save The Bay not only takes you there but has eco-experts along for the ride with you. Dress warmly and check the schedule, as it is tide dependent. Boat leaves from Bowen's Ferry Landing off Bowen's Wharf in downtown Newport. Fun for all ages. Through April.
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Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival Save The Bay brings some of the most popular shorts from the environmental film fest. Screening are at Newport's historic Jane Pickens Theater. Feb 26
The Bit Players  Newport's resident improv comedy troupe settle in for the Winter on Fridays and Saturdays at Firehouse Theater at 8pm through Feb.


Best of Newport RI - Early Spring Highlights - Top Event Picks
Restaurant Week Newport RI Dining Restaurant Fall Dining Specials Newpoer Rhode Island Restaurants Newport RI Mansions Gilded Age Mansions Newport Rhode Island Doris Duke Mansion - Rough Point Newport RI Mansion
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Irish Heritage Month Newport has a number of Irish ties, including sister city Kinsale, Ireland. The Kinsale Festival of Fine Food features local and visiting Kinsale chefs at particiapting restaurants.
Newport Restaurant Week
A great way to welcome Spring, and enjoy some of the Best of Newport. Restaurant week features a stellar line-up of 30 or so eateries with special lunch and dinner menus and pricing during the third week of March. Participating venues are serving up a 3-course lunch for $16 and/or a 3-course dinner for $30. A great way to enjoy some of the Best of Newport's top picks. March 19 - 28.
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Spring Mansion Mania
Spring is a delightful time to enjoy the famous Gilded Age Newport mansions and gardens. More doors open for daily tours on April 3rd. The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble House and Rosecliff open for daily tours. The Elms rooftop and behind-the-scenes tours also resume. On May 8th, Green Animals Topiary Garden and Kingscote open daily, with Hunter House, Cheptow, and Isaac Bell House open on weekends.
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"Saving Newport"
Doris Duke was not only the wealthiest woman in the world at the time of her death in 1993, but also a renowned art collector and somewhat of an eccentric, who allowed her 2 pet camels to roam her Newport mansion Rough Point. She also had a passion for preservation. Her efforts saved more than 80 Colonial homes in Newport, and are celebrated in this year's special exhibit, "Saving 18th Century Newport." Thursdays - Saturdays April 8 to May 8. Then Tuesdays - Saturdays through Nov. 6.
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St. Patrick's Parade Winds through Newport on March 13th at 11am.
Jazz From The Gatsby Era What better place to hear music right out of the roaring 20's than at Rosecliff Mansion, where the movie was shot.


Best of Newport RI - Spring Walking Tours - Top Vistas
Fall Foliage in Newport RI - Norman Bird Sanctuary Newpor Rhode Island Fall Foliage New England Wineries Wine Tour - Fall Foliage Newport RI Wine New England Coastal Wine Trail Cliff Walk Newport Rhode Island Cliff Walk - Newport RI Mansions
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Second Beach The big beach just down the hill from Norman Bird Sanctuary. Three miles of beautiful crescent beach. Surfers out on the water throughout Fall and Winter.
Norman Bird Sanctuary
Spread across 325 acres that stretch from rocky ridges down to the ocean, Norman Bird Sanctuary is Newport County's largest preserved open space. The scenery unfolds across woodlands, fields, beaches and sand dunes, and ridges with spectacular ocean vistas. Equally a walker and nature lover's paradise, 7 miles of trails wind through the sanctuary. Needless to say, the bird watching is pretty great too. Visit Website
Coastal Wine Trail
Newport is in the heart of the southern New England Wine Growing Appellation. The wineries and vineyards here and in nearby Massachusetts are connected by the Coastal Wine Trail. Taste your way across the coastal backroads of our wine country and sip some tasty regional wine standouts from Vidal Blanc and Chardonnay to Cabernet Franc to sparkling wine.
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Cliff Walk
Another Newport original with a seaside twist. The Cliff Walk winds through the front yards of many of Newport's most prominent mansions, along the Atlantic Ocean cliffs. The views and vistas are good in every direction, plus the trail gives you a unique year-rouns view of the Newport mansions. Park the car at First Beach and walk to the mansions. Know that the ocean breeze can get a bit nippy. Dress accordingly and enjoy. Visit Website
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge At the eastern tip of Second Beach, is over 240 acres of protected land. Popular for birding, fishing, and hiking, the shrub and open fields have 2+ miles of trails and crashing surf on the rocks.
Ocean Drive Named after the road that winds 10 miles around Newport, the popular route takes you past the mansions, Brenton State Park, and Newport Harbor.
 


Best of Newport RI - Late Spring & Early Summer - Top Event Picks
Newport RI Boat Show Clam Chowder - Newport RI Summer Festival - Great Chowder Cook Off
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America's Cup - The Newport Years Exhibit at the Museum of Yachting pays tribute to the colorful personalities and technical advancements of the Cup throughout its Newport years. May -
Newport Boat Show
The boat show sails into Newport twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Spring launches one of Newport's most well known sports off into high sailing gear. Previously used boats and yachts of all sizes on land and in the water. Held right downtown on the water at the Yachting Center. May 15 - 17 Visit Website . . .
Concours d'Elegance
Now in its fourth year, this car event of car events, is something to behold. A variety of events are being staged at oceanfront mansions, culminating with a road tour winding through Newport county. Vintage Rolls, Bentleys, Dusenbergs and many others. Over the weekend of May 30 -31.
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Great Chowder Cook-Off
One of New England's great culinary contributions, served up 25 different ways. Competitors from all over country compete for the best 'chowda' in the land. An additional cooking competition adds clam cakes to the festivities. It's all served up on Newport's waterfront at The Yachting Center. June 6. Great tasty fun.
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Stone Wall Workshop Learn to build and repair traditional stone walls from master builders at historic Prescott Farm. May 16
Birds & Breakfast Celebrate the arrival of spring with a breakfast bounty laid out in the fields of the Norman Bird Sanctuary. Features local farm foods and bird walks. May 17


Best of Newport RI - Late Spring & Early Summer Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks
Newport RI Boat Show Newport RI Polo Newport RI Baseball - Newport Gulls Collegiate Baseball
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Ultimate Lighthouse Tour Save The Bay takes you out for the day, up and down Narragansett Bay, viewing more than a dozen lighthouses. Leaves from Providence. June - September
Newport Boat Show
The boat show sails into Newport twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Spring launches one of Newport's most well known sports off into high sailing gear. Previously used boats and yachts of all sizes on land and in the water. Held right downtown on the water at the Yachting Center. May 16 - 18 Visit Website . . .
International Polo
Every Saturday afternoon throughout the summer, you will see some of the best polo players in the world compete in this fast-moving game. While polo was introduced to America right here in Newport back in 1876, the action has now shifted to historic Glen Farm in nearby Portsmouth. Bring a picnic. Tailgating in style, adds to the fun. June - Sept. at 5pm.
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Newport Gulls Baseball
Right out of the movies with historic Cardine's Field, named one of America's top 5 best stadiums for collegiate baseball. The Gulls are part of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, ranked one of the best leagues in the country. You'll see a lot of tomorrow's pros today -- without all the attitude. Great ball and family fun. June - July Visit Website . . .
Fort Adams Family DayThe historic civil war era fort at the mouth of Newport Harbor opens for the season June 7
Newport Film Festival Now in its 11th year, has grown in size, stature, and celebrity wow factor. June 3 - 8.
Gallery Night Tour Newport's many art galleries stay open later the second Thursday of each month. A great way to see a variety of art.


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