www.discovernewengland.co.uk RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND
www.visitrhodeisland.com
Much is made of ‘Little Rhody’s’ size, but America’s smallest state punches well above its weight, with
two of the USA’s fi nest cities in Providence and Newport, plus great family-friendly beaches in South
County and world-famous sailing in Narragansett Bay. To see where America’s Industrial Revolution
began, explore the Blackstone Valley. For old-world charm, head for the City of Warwick; for life that
is casual and slow, take the ferry to Block Island. Throw in an array of summer music festivals, top-class
restaurants and award-winning vineyards, and you can see why Little Rhody has a big reputation.
TOP
● See
ing a
city fr
om
NEW Take a walking tour and Street Journal in 2009, the state Mile of History’, with its 18th- and

TIPS
the w
ater is
always
explore Newport’s Old Quarter. capital is enjoying the benefi ts of a 19th-century homes. Then eat
fun, let
alone
when

your b
oa
Like a dictionary of American fl attering facelift. The cosmopolitan at some of New England’s best
t is a g
ondol
a! A
romantic
Venetian
gon
architecture, the Arts and fl are is provided by the fabulous restaurants: Italian-style cuisine on
dola tour

takes
you t
hroug
h dow
ntown
Culture Neighborhood boasts Providence Place shopping and Federal Hill or Modern American
Providence
on the
houses dating from 1628-1899, entertainment complex, the downtown. Neighbouring Warwick
Woon
asqua
tucke
t and
including the nation’s biggest riverside walks and the art galleries. offers shopping and 39 miles of
Providence
Rivers.

www.
gon
collection of Colonial homes. For the bustle, thanks go to the coastline.
dolari
.com

www.theoldquarter.org students of prestigious universities www.pwcvb.com
● Tak
e the
new s
elf-gu
ided a
udio
such as Brown and RISD, the Rhode
tour, ‘T
he Bre
akers
Reveale
d’, to PROVIDENCE Capital City Island School of Design, which has NEWPORT The Guilded Age
hear m
emor
ies of
Upst
airs an
d
Downstair
The only US city to be named one its own noteworthy museum. Go The stately homes of the 19th-
s life at
the Br
eaker
s,
the pa
latial
summ
of the ‘Top Ten Up-and-Coming back in time as you stroll down century mega-rich, world-class
er hom
e of th
e
Vanderbilts.

Travel Destinations’ by the Wall Benefi t Street, nicknamed ‘the music festivals, a glorious harbour,
www.discovernewengland.co.uk 37
DNE10 pp37-39 Rhode Island.indd 37 6/10/09 13:06:34
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52