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Scenic Newport, RI Self-Driving Audio Tour
Explore scenic Newport, Rhode Island at your own pace with this self-guided driving tour. Listen to enriching background on iconic historic mansions like the Bellevue House, the Elms, and the unmissable Vanderbilt estate known as The Breakers and visit public beaches and picturesque parks. Follow a live GPS map that works offline with customer support.
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Newport Cliff Walk Self-Guided Walking Tour
Explore scenic, Newport’s historic Cliff Walk at your own pace using this self-guided, GPS-based tour. Download an easy-to-use app and set off on an attraction-packed audio tour. Learn the little-known stories behind famous families of the Gilded Age—the Vanderbilts, the Astors, and other millionaires—and see their iconic oceanside mansions.
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Ultimate Newport Self-Guided Bundle Tour
Visit historic, coastal Newport at your own pace during this attraction-packed, self-guided tour. Follow a carefully chosen itinerary and live GPS map, with stops at celebrated mansions like the Bellevue House, the chateau-inspired Elms, and the iconic Vanderbilt home, the Breakers, plus natural sights like Easton’s Beach and Fort Adams State Park.
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Newport Ghosts: Seaside Hauntings and Hags Tour
Come on our chilling ghost tour presented by US Ghost Adventures!
Are you ready to take a trip through Newport’s most haunted hotspots? Newport is known for its stunning coastlines, delectable cuisine... and ghosts! The seaside community dates back to 1663 and is regarded as one of America's most haunted towns. Newport is teeming with spirits, from Carey Mansion to the White Horse Tavern. Book your trip with us today and stroll the ghostly streets of this coastal town. The spirits of Newport are waiting for you!
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Downtown Providence Self-Driving Audio Tour
Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Explore all that Providence, RI has to offer, from beautiful architecture to foodie havens! With this self-guided driving audio tour, visit historic Federal Hill, Brown University's campus, and the vibrant downtown. Providence features beautiful architecture, like the State House, Barnaby Castle, and the Wedding Cake House. This tour allows you to explore Providence with maximum flexibility and value.
Within 30 min, we'll send you two things: a unique password and an app. Download the app onto your phone, enter the password, and download the tour. When you arrive, drive to the first stop, launch the app, and follow the instructions! Stick to our recommended route and speed limit for the best experience.
This is not an entrance ticket to attractions along the route. Check opening hours before your visit.
No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!
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Newport Gilded Age Mansions Trolley Tour with Breakers Admission
Discover the beauty of Newport, Rhode Island, and its historical mansions on a trolley tour that takes you past more than 150 points of interest along Ocean Drive, Bellevue Avenue, Cliff Walk, and more. Also included is admission to The Breakers, a Vanderbilt mansion and U.S. National Historic Landmark.
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Newport Viking Trolley Tour with Breakers & Marble House Admission
See two of Newport's most spectacular mansions on a trolley excursion that includes guided tours of The Breakers and Marble House, both former Vanderbilt homes. In addition to the two mansion tours, the trolley is a great way to get an overview of Newport's mansions and coastal scenery, as you'll cruise Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive, two of the town's most exclusive neighborhoods. An onboard guide will share Newport facts and history throughout the tour, which passes more than 150 points of interest.
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Newport Trolley Tour - Viking Scenic Overview
Get your bearings of Newport on a guided trolley tour of the city, which fills you in on Newport's history and contemporary culture as you travel among city sights. From restored homes on Ten Mile Ocean Drive to the legendary mansions of Bellevue Avenue, this tour introduces you to Newport with class and charm suitable of this historic city.
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Newport Walking Food Tour
Combine the history of a walking tour with the culture of a food tour on this Newport walking tour. As you make your way to five restaurants featuring top Newport culinary delights, your guide tells you about the city’s from before the American Revolution, through the Gilded Age, and up to the present.
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Newport Trolley Tour with Breakers Mansion - Viking Tours
Visit one of Newport's gorgeous Gilded Age mansions on a trolley tour that includes admission to Marble House, The Breakers, or Rosecliff. Choose the one that interests you most, taking in antique art and furnishings that are a fascinating glimpse of daily life in historic Newport. And since the trolley tour explores Ocean Drive and Bellevue Avenue, it's a great way to get an overview of the city's exclusive neighborhoods and beautiful coastal scenery, with an onboard guide to share Newport facts and history as you explore.
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Newport Neighborhood Food Tour
Exploring Newport is even more fun on this Newport food walking tour, which introduces you to top Newport bites and city sights. Eat where the locals do at restaurants that are tucked away from the city’s main arteries—you might try locally sourced meats, Irish baked goods, or craft beer. As you walk between destinations, your guide shares stories about the city’s architecture and history.
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Newport Trolley Tour with Marble House - Viking Tours
Get an insider’s introduction to the historic, coastal Newport during this attraction-packed trolley tour. Listen to entertaining and informative live narration on the Rhode Island city while you get a front-row peek at sights along the Ten-Mile Ocean Drive. Tours include admission tickets to one Newport mansion, including the Breakers, the Marble House, or Rosecliff.
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Newport RI Mansions Scenic Trolley Tour (Ages 5+ only)
See the historical and picturesque sights of Newport, Rhode Island, on this trolley tour that takes you past more than 150 points of interest along Ocean Drive, Bellevue Avenue, Cliff Walk, and more. Check out the colonial architecture and admire the mansions of the United States' Gilded Age.
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Private Historic Newport Pedicab Tour
Hop into a pedicab for a private tour of Newport, Rhode Island. Your personal guide, who navigates through the area for you, tailors the tour to your interests and provides little–known anecdotes about Newport’s rich history. Unlike bus and shuttle tours, pedicab transport affords you unobstructed views of the scenery and plenty of photo opportunities.
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Newport Cliff Walk: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Savor the secrets and scandals from the Gilded Age that linger along Newport’s captivating coastline with this affordable walking tour.
• View the impressive stately mansions like the Breakers, Rosecliff, Belmont Estate and Rough Point, which were all once home to ‘The 400’, from Newport’s Cliff Walk
• Hear from producer Gregg Squeglia, a travel writer and tour guide based in Massachusetts
• Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
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Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour
Are you looking for a discrete way to see Newport’s local secrets? Explore at your own pace with this affordable driving tour.
• Hear the rowdy Newport history of America’s famous and infamous on a mansion-packed drive from America’s Cup avenue past Fort Adams and the Cliff Walk houses of owners like Jay Leno
• Hear from producer Erin Egresitz, a professional tour guide with ten years of experience and, the owner of Rhody Rambles
• Take 45 minutes or linger along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before and after your booking date
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point. When you, and your car, are in the right place, just tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
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Newport Cliff Walk - Legends of the Gilded Age GPS Guided Audio Tour
This tour hits the highlights of Newport's Cliff Walk, including detailed stories of the Gilded Age and the families that inhabited the mansions found along the Cliff Walk. You can take this tour anytime during daylight hours. Once you make the booking, we will provide you with a link to download the app as well as a voucher code for the tour.
This tour includes about two hours of audio, making it one of the most comprehensive self-guided tours available. We cover a wide range of topics from the rise of the Vanderbilt family, servant life within the mansions, and the hierarchy of Newport's exclusive society at the turn of the 20th century. This tour is extremely affordable, convenient, and sure to answer all of your questions regarding this curious time in American history.
This tour uses the VoiceMap app and is GPS-enabled. The audio is delivered at the right place and time with turn-by-turn directions, meaning that you won't need to keep looking at your phone.
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Private Downtown Newport Walking Tour
This walk will acquaint you with the layout of Newport while telling the story of how it became what it is now. As a private tour, you can customize what you would like to see or not see, but generally we start along the harbor- Newport's reason for existence- and then make our way through town along some of the more off-the-beaten paths. You'll hear how Newport went from being one of the most thriving and active Colonial cities to the getaway for 19th century Industrialists to the beautiful spot it is today.
While the original design of this tour is not particularly wheelchair friendly, it can easily be adapted to suit your needs. Please let us know if you have mobility concerns when booking your tour.
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USD250.00
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Newport Downtown Historic Audio APP Self Guided Smart Phone Tour
Walk the historic cobblestone streets of Newport's historic downtown, past quaint shops, wharfs, restaurants, and historic landmarks and discover their revolutionary history.
Why choose us?
Tour at your own pace and schedule
Professionally produced, narrated and musically edited immersive experience
Ditch the tour group and explore on your own.
The technology makes it feel like the guide is next to you every step of the way.
This historic adventure is smart phone guided. You go to the first stop, open the tour, enter your experience code from Viator and press play. From there you are guided turn by turn through Dallas step by step.
You'll learn about the city's colonial history, its role in the American Revolution, how it became a home of freedom of religion, its historic eating spots, and its transformation into a fashionable summer resort in the 19th century.
Grab your camera and your walking shoes, I’ll meet you just outside the white horse tavern.
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Private Newport, Rhode Island City Tour
Sailing regattas, Gilded Age mansions…Newport, Rhode Island, has quite the list of stories to tell (and secrets to reveal). Following your local guide—born and raised in Newport—you’ll dive head-first into cultural tales of America’s “First Resort,” learning about historic gems, social scandals, iconic spots, and more, getting a private, first-hand look at the “City-By-The-Sea.”
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USD90.00
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Newport Cliff Walk Self Guided Interactive Quiz and Walking Tour (Rhode Island)
Return to the extravagance of the Gilded Age. Stroll beside the ocean and admire the opulent villas that line these seaside bluffs. Get to know the Vanderbilts and the Astors, and get a taste of the luxurious lifestyles they lived in these enormous mansions. Oh, and of course, there’s plenty of drama to discover among these high-society socialites, like Mrs. Astor’s ever-contentious list of who was and wasn’t invited to her super-exclusive parties.
Before each stop, you'll be asked a question. Answers may be found on plaques, paintings, or even on the structures themselves. The correct response will enable an audio playback of its glorious history, along with its picture/animation/video, text transcript, tips, and advice.
Get ready for the Gilded Age in America to come to life!
Please note that the tour is just available for Apple devices.
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Holiday Lights Night Photography Tour
See, experience and photograph some of Cape Cod's prettiest holiday displays on our Cape Nights, Holiday Lights Guided Night Photography Tour! Hone your photography skills and learn how to shoot night photography during the holidays.
Our destinations include displays in Falmouth, along the Cape Cod Canal, Woodshole and Nobska Light. Four great locations offering something for everyone.
Transportation to all locations is included! You will be picked up at your hotel, Airbnb or rental anywhere on Cape Cod and dropped off safely at the end of our evening. Participants will receive printed course material and a matted print of one of that night's locations.
All skill levels are welcome and participants need only their camera gear and a passion for discovering new ways to see this beautiful area after dark. You'll leave with great memories and a new skill learned from the area's only full time night photographer.
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USD333.34
Price varies by group size
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Price varies by group size

Discover Newport,RI. Scenic Tour
Our small van tour can take you to places where the large tour buses can not travel, especially thru the colonial streets of historic downtown Newport. Your guide is well versed in all aspects of Newport history and can easily answer any questions that may arise during your tour. We also make picture stops at 2 of the most scenic locations in Newport, where the other tour bus companies just drive on by these beautiful locations. And with up to 6 people per tour, you will receive a much more personalized experience while visiting such a beautiful and historic place like Newport,Rhode Island!
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