Newport RI Mansions Scenic Trolley Tour (Ages 5+ only)
Overview
For ages 5+ only, this approx 90-min tour is an overview of scenic Newport.
After boarding our luxurious and comfortable trolley at platform #2 of the Newport Transit Center, your driver starts the tour with a brief history of Colonial-era downtown and explains the Gilded Age history and events that occurred over the centuries.
Then you will experience breath-taking views of scenic Ocean Drive prior to seeing the strip of mansions lining Bellevue Ave. Along the route, movie and TV sets will come to life, such as HBOs The Gilded Age, Hocus Pocus 2, The Great Gatsby, Amistad, True Lies, and a dozen more.
Today's happenings are also thoroughly covered such as the best dining spots, boat tours, and other fun activities. Your tour guide will detail the best way to navigate this bustling city as well as explain the Cliff Walk attractions.
This tour is approximately 70-90 minutes depending on traffic conditions.
After boarding our luxurious and comfortable trolley at platform #2 of the Newport Transit Center, your driver starts the tour with a brief history of Colonial-era downtown and explains the Gilded Age history and events that occurred over the centuries.
Then you will experience breath-taking views of scenic Ocean Drive prior to seeing the strip of mansions lining Bellevue Ave. Along the route, movie and TV sets will come to life, such as HBOs The Gilded Age, Hocus Pocus 2, The Great Gatsby, Amistad, True Lies, and a dozen more.
Today's happenings are also thoroughly covered such as the best dining spots, boat tours, and other fun activities. Your tour guide will detail the best way to navigate this bustling city as well as explain the Cliff Walk attractions.
This tour is approximately 70-90 minutes depending on traffic conditions.
Inclusions
- For Ages 5+ only, board our luxurious, comfortable late model trolley with leather captain's chairs
- Our breathtaking, narrated scenic overview trolley tour of Newport
- See over 150+ points of interest such as Colonial Downtown, Scenic Ocean Drive, and Mansion Row
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Newport Travel Trolley Tours, 23 America's Cup Ave, Newport, RI 02840, USA
(For ages 5 & up only). Park in the public lot at 23 America's Cup Ave (Newport Transit Center) and locate the white trolley at Platform #2 outside. Show your cell phone or printed ticket to driver.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: 80 Fort Adams Drive Fort Adams State Park Visitor Center, Newport, RI 02840-4388
The trolley tour will enter Fort Adams, a historic 1799 landmark and home of today's annual Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival. The fort is also home to President Eisenhower's summer home called the Eisenhower House.
The Welcome Center features a snack bar, clean restrooms, and ticket sales counter to take a tour inside of the fort.
There are also 2 water taxi stops and free public parking at Fort Adams State Park. The Bennington Overlook section of Fort Adams offers breathtaking sunsets over Narragansett Bay with free parking as well.
Pass By: Brenton Point State Park, Ocean Drive, Newport, RI 02840
The trolley tour passes by Brenton Point State Park, former estate of RI's 2nd governor William Brenton (elected 1665). Riders will see the former estate of RI's 2nd governor William Brenton (elected 1665). Brenton Point State Park is a free public park offering pristine views of the Atlantic Ocean on 2 sides of the park plus free sunsets over the water 12 months per year. Seasonal restrooms are available in the stone building.
Pass By: Ocean Drive, Newport, RI
The trolley tour travels through the Ocean Drive Historic District. Visitors will begin to see Newport's Gilded Age Mansions lining the Atlantic Ocean with breathtaking scenery.
Mansions on Ocean Drive include Mavis and Jay Leno's Seafair, and several filming locations of HBO's TV series "The Gilded Age" including Indian Spring Castle, The Ledges and Crossways mansions.
Pass By: Cliff Walk, Newport, RI 02840-3659
Once the trolley tour enters the Newport Cliff Walk area of the Bellevue Ave Historic District, riders will begin to learn about the Gilded Age mansions along the Cliff Walk, which are on the ocean side of the mansions for 3.5 miles between Reject's Beach and Newport Beach.
Your guide will explain how to best access the Cliff Walk and areas where parking is free to enjoy the Cliff Walk and the best areas for viewing.
Pass By: Marble House, 596 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
The trolley tour stops in front of the 2nd of the 3 Newport Vanderbilt mansions "The Marble House".
This small palace built in 1892 was instrumental in the passage of the women's suffrage movement, as Alva Vanderbilt hosted fundraisers in her pagoda (Chinese Tea House on the Cliff Walk) whereby she raised a great deal of money to pass the 19th amendment.
Both the Marble House and Chinese Tea House were the Asian wedding set in the Katherine Heigel classic movie "27 Dresses"
Free parking for Marble House tour visitors is available across the street at 585 Bellevue Ave.
Pass By: Rosecliff, 584 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
The trolley tour stops in front of the Rosecliff Mansion, a 1902 'summer cottage" of Tessie Fair-Oelrichs. The most famous movie filmed here was The Great Gatsby (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston).
Tours are available at the Rosecliff mansion on a seasonal basis.
Stop At: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6906
The trolley tour stops at The Breakers Newport, the 3rd Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport and discharges passengers who purchased this interior tour option.
This 1895 'summer cottage' is the largest mansion in the region and is RIs most visited tourist attraction. It sits on the Newport Cliff Walk facing SE towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: The Elms, 367 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6915
The trolley tour continues along Bellevue Ave and passes by The Elms Newport, a Gilded Age mansion of Edward and Sarah Berwind. The guide explains the 2 tours that are available inside the Elms Mansion.
Pass By: International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-3515
The trolley tour passes by the front door of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the 1881 site of the old Newport Casino (shopping district of the Gilded Age millionaires). The guide explains the free and for-fee tours available inside the ITHOF.
Pass By: Bowen's Wharf, 13 Bowens Wharf, Newport, RI 02840-3004
The trolley tour continues into Downtown Newport's bustling waterfront district anchored by Bowen's Wharf. The guide explains the shopping, dining, boating excursions, and other waterfront attractions along America's Cup Ave.
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Newport Travel Trolley Tours, 23 America's Cup Ave, Newport, RI 02840, USA
(For ages 5 & up only). Park in the public lot at 23 America's Cup Ave (Newport Transit Center) and locate the white trolley at Platform #2 outside. Show your cell phone or printed ticket to driver.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: 80 Fort Adams Drive Fort Adams State Park Visitor Center, Newport, RI 02840-4388
The trolley tour will enter Fort Adams, a historic 1799 landmark and home of today's annual Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival. The fort is also home to President Eisenhower's summer home called the Eisenhower House.
The Welcome Center features a snack bar, clean restrooms, and ticket sales counter to take a tour inside of the fort.
There are also 2 water taxi stops and free public parking at Fort Adams State Park. The Bennington Overlook section of Fort Adams offers breathtaking sunsets over Narragansett Bay with free parking as well.
Pass By: Brenton Point State Park, Ocean Drive, Newport, RI 02840
The trolley tour passes by Brenton Point State Park, former estate of RI's 2nd governor William Brenton (elected 1665). Riders will see the former estate of RI's 2nd governor William Brenton (elected 1665). Brenton Point State Park is a free public park offering pristine views of the Atlantic Ocean on 2 sides of the park plus free sunsets over the water 12 months per year. Seasonal restrooms are available in the stone building.
Pass By: Ocean Drive, Newport, RI
The trolley tour travels through the Ocean Drive Historic District. Visitors will begin to see Newport's Gilded Age Mansions lining the Atlantic Ocean with breathtaking scenery.
Mansions on Ocean Drive include Mavis and Jay Leno's Seafair, and several filming locations of HBO's TV series "The Gilded Age" including Indian Spring Castle, The Ledges and Crossways mansions.
Pass By: Cliff Walk, Newport, RI 02840-3659
Once the trolley tour enters the Newport Cliff Walk area of the Bellevue Ave Historic District, riders will begin to learn about the Gilded Age mansions along the Cliff Walk, which are on the ocean side of the mansions for 3.5 miles between Reject's Beach and Newport Beach.
Your guide will explain how to best access the Cliff Walk and areas where parking is free to enjoy the Cliff Walk and the best areas for viewing.
Pass By: Marble House, 596 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
The trolley tour stops in front of the 2nd of the 3 Newport Vanderbilt mansions "The Marble House".
This small palace built in 1892 was instrumental in the passage of the women's suffrage movement, as Alva Vanderbilt hosted fundraisers in her pagoda (Chinese Tea House on the Cliff Walk) whereby she raised a great deal of money to pass the 19th amendment.
Both the Marble House and Chinese Tea House were the Asian wedding set in the Katherine Heigel classic movie "27 Dresses"
Free parking for Marble House tour visitors is available across the street at 585 Bellevue Ave.
Pass By: Rosecliff, 584 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4265
The trolley tour stops in front of the Rosecliff Mansion, a 1902 'summer cottage" of Tessie Fair-Oelrichs. The most famous movie filmed here was The Great Gatsby (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston).
Tours are available at the Rosecliff mansion on a seasonal basis.
Stop At: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6906
The trolley tour stops at The Breakers Newport, the 3rd Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport and discharges passengers who purchased this interior tour option.
This 1895 'summer cottage' is the largest mansion in the region and is RIs most visited tourist attraction. It sits on the Newport Cliff Walk facing SE towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: The Elms, 367 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6915
The trolley tour continues along Bellevue Ave and passes by The Elms Newport, a Gilded Age mansion of Edward and Sarah Berwind. The guide explains the 2 tours that are available inside the Elms Mansion.
Pass By: International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-3515
The trolley tour passes by the front door of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the 1881 site of the old Newport Casino (shopping district of the Gilded Age millionaires). The guide explains the free and for-fee tours available inside the ITHOF.
Pass By: Bowen's Wharf, 13 Bowens Wharf, Newport, RI 02840-3004
The trolley tour continues into Downtown Newport's bustling waterfront district anchored by Bowen's Wharf. The guide explains the shopping, dining, boating excursions, and other waterfront attractions along America's Cup Ave.
Additional information
- *MINIMUM AGE TO EXPERIENCE THIS TOUR IS 5 YEARS OLD AND UP*
- Departure point is the Newport Transportation Center, 23 America's Cup Ave, Newport RI, platform #2 Parking is available on site for a fee.
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This tour departs promptly at the scheduled time.
- The duration of this tour is 70-90 minutes, depending on traffic conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This enclosed trolley tour operates rain or shine except during hurricanes or ice storms
- Our drivers have updated manifests on their devices. Cancelled tickets are not accepted for admission
- Youth under 17 must be accompanied by an adult
- The trolley is not handicapped accessible. Driver may assign seating based on customer's physical needs
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 38 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Cathy_A
April 2022
We had an excellent tour with Carlos. He took great care to ensure we had a good experience without other passengers talking over him! The route covered lots of mansions and he gave a good account of the history of the are. He also added some useful information about the area and the cliff...
We had an excellent tour with Carlos. He took great care to ensure we had a good experience without other passengers talking over him! The route covered lots of mansions and he gave a good account of the history of the are. He also added some useful information about the area and the cliff top walksBrett L
April 2022
While it was beautiful to drive around ad see these houses, it would have been more interesting if our driver gave some more historical information and less pop culture. If you have minimum time, it’s not a bad way to get a quick overview, but if your trip is extended you’d get as much info by a ...
While it was beautiful to drive around ad see these houses, it would have been more interesting if our driver gave some more historical information and less pop culture. If you have minimum time, it’s not a bad way to get a quick overview, but if your trip is extended you’d get as much info by a little research on your own.Guide51678176569
April 2022
We really enjoyed this tour! Lots of beautiful sites and the history/information was provided in a way that was for lack of better words…not boring! Carlos was very knowledgeable and friendly!
We really enjoyed this tour! Lots of beautiful sites and the history/information was provided in a way that was for lack of better words…not boring! Carlos was very knowledgeable and friendly!lukewK6229YJ
April 2022
Had a great time, learned a lot about Newport and saw some gorgeous views. Tour guide was funny. Love you George!
Had a great time, learned a lot about Newport and saw some gorgeous views. Tour guide was funny. Love you George!F8987UQmelissam
March 2022
We had so much fun learning a lot of history behind this beautiful town. Carlos was informative, knowledgeable and lots of fun. He pointed out so much and told great stories about so many places and it made us hungry for more. When the tour was over we knew exactly the drive we wanted to take so ...
We had so much fun learning a lot of history behind this beautiful town. Carlos was informative, knowledgeable and lots of fun. He pointed out so much and told great stories about so many places and it made us hungry for more. When the tour was over we knew exactly the drive we wanted to take so we could stop and get pictures. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Newport, this tour is a must and you should definitely ask for Carlos. Fabulous experience!Scott_B
March 2022
The tour guide, originally from Brazil, was excellent! He went out of his way to make the tour personal, memorable and you can tell that he really loves his job and Newport.
The tour guide, originally from Brazil, was excellent! He went out of his way to make the tour personal, memorable and you can tell that he really loves his job and Newport.