The trip after the wedding
A friendsmoon in Newport, RI
1 place here can put the whole group under one roof.
The trip you take with your friends right after the wedding — instead of the honeymoon, or before it.
Where the group sleeps
- Ocean-Drive 6BR shingled estate$1,400–$3,200 / night
Private-drive rental near Castle Hill — ocean lawn + outdoor shower
Sleeps 14
What you do
- 12-meter America's-Cup yacht charter
Sail a former America's-Cup boat out of Fort Adams — captain + crew included
- Cliff Walk + Breakers mansion tour
3.5-mile ocean walk along the Gilded-Age mansions + Vanderbilt Breakers tour
- Tea at Rosecliff or Marble House
Mansion-lawn tea service with scones + champagne
- Flower-arranging class at Newport Mansions greenhouse
Build a bouquet from the estate garden with the resident florist
- Newport Vineyards + Greenvale tasting tour
Aquidneck-Island winery van + cheese board on the lawn
- Newport National Golf Club round
Bay-links-style course 10 min from downtown
Where you eat
- The Mooring
Bowen's Wharf — the bag-of-donuts starter is the tradition
- Bouchard Restaurant
Romantic Lower Thames room — white-tablecloth anniversary energy
- Anthony's Seafood
Middletown dock steamers + lobster roll — paper-plate vibe
- Belle's Cafe at Newport Shipyard
Working-yacht-yard brunch — mimosa + boats on the hoist
- 22 Bowen's
The Scull Room takes up to 40; the climate-controlled deck seats 32 on the harbour.
- The Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar
The South Deck seats 20; the Harborview Room holds 40.
Still deciding?
How Newport stacks up against the other places in the Northeast.
- Newport or Lake Placid?
- Newport or Lancaster?
- Newport or Martha's Vineyard?
- Newport or Montauk?
- Newport or Mystic?
- Newport or Nantucket?
- Newport or New Haven?
- Newport or New York?
- Newport or Niagara Falls?
- Newport or North Conway?
- Newport or Ocean City?
- Newport or Philadelphia?
- Newport or Pittsburgh?
- Newport or Poconos?
- Newport or Portland?
- Newport or Portsmouth?