Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour in Newport booking from $9.99

Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour

Overview

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.

City: Newport

Tue 13 May

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What's Included

Lifetime access to this tour in English

VoiceMap app for Android and iOS

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

King Park Beach

While driving past King Park, you'll hear about the monument to General Rochambeau.

Hammersmith Farm

You'll go through the Fort Adams entrance and see the venue for JFK's wedding reception.

Fort Adams State Park

While passing Fort Adams, Newport's best festival venue, you'll hear about Eisenhower's summer residency house when he was president.

Brenton Point State Park

The tour takes you past Brenton Point State Park. You'll hear about the park while you drive.

Portugese Discovery Monument

While passing the Monument to Portuguese Discover, you'll hear about it's design and the history of the land it stands upon.

Belcourt of Newport

The tour passes by Belcourt of Newport. You'll hear about the mansion while you drive.

Marble House

The tour passes by the historic Marble House. You'll hear about the home while you drive.

Rosecliff

The tour pass by Rosecliff, another of Newport's glorious mansions.

The Breakers

Drive past or stop by as I tell you about Newport's largest house, with a square-footage that has to be measured in acres rather than feet.

Ochre Court

The tour passes by Ochre Court. You'll hear about the court while you drive.

The Preservation Society of Newport County

While passing by, you'll hear about the house that is the headquarters for the Newport Preservation society, which operates ten homes for public visitation.

The Elms

The tour pass by The Elms. You'll hear about The Elms while you drive.

Kingscote

The tour passes by Kingscote. You'll hear about it while you drive.

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews (16)

David_D

Dec 2024

This was a total bust. After spending 15-20 minutes down loading and registering with two different apps to be able to use the tour we traveled to the starting point (don't bother trying to use Waze to do that because it doesn't want to work with the tour app) we wasted 30 minutes trying to get the map to load. It wouldn't, so we gave up. By this time we had lost so much daylight we toured the area in the dark without the app.

Response from Host

Dec 2024

Hi David – We're very sorry you had trouble using the app. We had hundreds of people successfully completing tours on the same day as you, and there were no issues with either the app or our servers, so we'd love to understand what went wrong here. Could you please email [email protected] so we can look into this for you?

bellsuzanne

Dec 2024

Great tour and like others said, the set up was a bit of a pain but it all worked out. The narration was great and we learned a lot about Newport along the way.

Michael_G

Dec 2024

It worked really well, guiding from place to place. I've been disappointed with other similar tours in the past, but this one was good.

Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour

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