• (Suitable for individuals aged 5 and above). Find a spot in the public parking area at 23 America’s Cup Ave (Newport Transit Center) and locate the white open air trolley at Platform #7-9 outdoors. Present your digital or printed ticket to the driver.
• The trolley tour takes you inside Fort Adams, an iconic 1799 landmark and the venue for the annual Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival. The fort also houses the summer residence of President Eisenhower, known as the Eisenhower House.

The Welcome Center boasts of a cafeteria, sanitary restrooms, and a ticket booth for guided tours within the fort.

Also offered are 2 water taxi stops and gratis public parking at Fort Adams State Park. From the Bennington Overlook section of Fort Adams, you can enjoy stunning sunsets over Narragansett Bay, with free parking as well.

• The trolley tour goes by Brenton Point State Park, the past estate of Rhode Island’s second governor William Brenton (selected in 1665). This public park, available at no cost, offers immaculate sights of the Atlantic Ocean from two sides and provides free sunset views over the water all year round. Temporary restrooms are located in the stone building.
• The trolley tour ventures through the Ocean Drive Historic District. Tourists will start to see Newport’s Gilded Age Mansions lined along the Atlantic Ocean offering spectacular vistas.

Properties on Ocean Drive include Seafair owned by Mavis and Jay Leno, and several sites featured in HBO’s TV series ‘The Gilded Age’ such as Indian Spring Castle, The Ledges and Crossways mansions.

• Upon the trolley tour entering the Newport Cliff Walk zone within the Bellevue Ave Historic District, passengers will start learning about the Gilded Age mansions situated along the Cliff Walk, which are ocean-facing for around 3.5 miles between Reject’s Beach and Newport Beach.

Your presenter will guide you on the most suitable ways to access the Cliff Walk and the spots where parking is free for enjoying the Cliff Walk and the best sights.

• The trolley tour halts in front of the second of the three Newport Vanderbilt mansions ‘The Marble House’.

This petite palace constructed in 1892 played a crucial role in forwarding the women’s suffrage movement, as Alva Vanderbilt organized fundraising events in her pagoda (Chinese Tea House on the Cliff Walk) through which she generated substantial funds for the ratification of the 19th amendment.

Both the Marble House and Chinese Tea House were used as the Asian wedding backdrop in the popular Katherine Heigl movie ‘27 Dresses’

Gratis parking for Marble House tour attendees is provided across the street at 585 Bellevue Ave.

• The trolley tour comes to a stop in front of the Rosecliff Mansion, a 1902 ‘summer home’ of Tessie Fair-Oelrichs. The most renowned film recorded here was The Great Gatsby (featuring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston).

Seasonal tours are offered at the Rosecliff mansion.

• The trolley tour halts at The Breakers Newport, the third Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport, to drop off tourists who opted for this interior tour.

This 1895 ‘vacation cottage’ is the grandest mansion in the area and is Rhode Island’s crowd-pleasing tourist hot spot. It overlooks the Atlantic Ocean from the Newport Cliff Walk facing southeast.

• The trolley tour proceeds along Bellevue Ave and drives past The Elms Newport, a Gilded Age mansion owned by Edward and Sarah Berwind. The narrator explains the two tour options available inside the Elms Mansion

• The trolley tour rolls past the front entrance of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the 1881 location of the former Newport Casino (the shopping hub for the Gilded Age moguls). The narrator describes the complementary and ticketed tours available within the ITHOF.

• The trolley tour carries on towards Downtown Newport’s lively waterfront area centred around Bowen’s Wharf. The guide details the commerce, dining experiences, boating trips, and other waterfront attractions dotting America’s Cup Ave.

• Narrated tour

• Gratuity