Travel Information for Rhode Island Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near a Rhode Island attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, a Rhode Island state park, this is where you will find it.
Located in the heart of New England, Rhode Island offers urban excitement and rural tranquility. From sailing and vineyard hopping in Newport County to apple-picking and surfing in South County, there are wildly different areas of Rhode Island. Providence, its capital city, boasts scores of world-renowned restaurants, boutique shopping and an active arts scene. Its nickname, the Ocean State, is no misnomer — with more than 400 miles of coastline Rhode Island has more than 100 public and private beaches crammed into its tiny frame.
In the BLACKSTONE VALLEY the opening of Samuel Slater's cotton mill in Pawtucket in 1793 ushered in America's Industrial Revolution. Some of the region's attractions include riverboat cruises on the Blackstone Valley Explorer, and the Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor. Other attractions are The Brown & Hopkins Country Store, the oldest country store in continuous operation in the United States and the Museum of Work and Culture.
Long public beaches and 365 freshwater ponds are the main attractions of BLOCK ISLAND; the Nature Conservancy operates a large trail system; Old Harbor is served by ferry from Point Judith. There are several interesting lighthouses on Rhode Island including Mohegan Bluffs, Southeast Lighthouse where the bluffs rise abruptly to a height of about 200 feet above the sea, and North Light.
Some of BRISTOL’s attractions are Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Coggeshall Farm Museum which portrays the work and lifestyles of a 1790's coastal farm, Haffenreffer Museum Of Anthropology with artifacts from the native peoples world-wide, and Herreshoff Marine & America's Cup Museum, where six successful America's Cup defenders were built, has a collection of 50 yachts. Also popular is the Audubon Society Environmental Education center which features Rhode Island's largest aquarium, a life size model of a Right Whale, tide pool tank and a nature trail. Colt State Park provides a three-mile drive around the shoreline.
Nearby is the Civic Center Historic District of BARRINGTON with its medieval style buildings, and the Massasoit Spring.
FORT ADAMS was the second largest bastioned fort in the U.S.; The Naval War College is home to the Naval War College Museum.
Canonchet Farm, NARRAGANSETT, is the site of South County Museum with its exhibits of rural life.
Nearly a dozen of NEWPORT’s palatial summer residences are open for touring. Newport Mansions provides a tour of 11 historic properties, including The Breakers (built for Cornelius Vanderbilt 1893-1895), the Astors' Beechwood Mansion with costumed actors to re-create the fabulous 1890's lifestyle, Rosecliff (modeled after the Grand Trianon at Versailles), and Belcourt Castle, a Louis XIII-style castle. Bowen's Wharf is a shopping, restaurant and marine district while the Brick Market Place, initially a market and granary, now has a variety of gift shops, boutiques and restaurants. The International Tennis Hall Of Fame is housed in the Newport Casino built in 1880; other museums include the Museum Of Newport History and the Museum Of Yachting. and at the The Newport Exploration Center visitors can discover the world of Narragansett Bay.
Wickford Village, administrative center of NORTH KINGSTOWN, is a seaside village with 17th and 18th century homes and shops; Casey Farm is a rare example of one of the original plantation farms; Smith's Castle was a trading post for Richard Smith, and Roger Williams, and Quonset Aviation Museum hosts aircraft and Rhode Island Aviation memorabilia.
Slatersville Village Green, NORTH SMITHFIELD, is the heart of one of America's oldest mill villages.
Benefit Street's "Mile Of History" in PROVIDENCE probably embraces the most impressive concentration of original Colonial homes in America; the Rhode Island State House, and the State Capitol are among the many historic buildings which are open to the public; other attractions include the Culinary Archives & Museum at Johnson & Wales University, The RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Museum and Rhode Island's only National Park, Roger Williams National Memorial. Still more museums include the Natural History & Planetarium and the Providence Children's Museum. Further attractions for children include the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Also popular is Federal Hill, home of Providence's "Little Italy" and its many throwback ristorantes for which the city is famous. Providence Place is a 13 acre mega shopping complex with 150 specialty shops, restaurants and cinemas. The shopping complex spans a highway, a river and train track bed.
The Museum Of Primitive Art & Culture in SOUTH KINGSTOWN is an archaeological and ethnological collection.
Over 200 stores and restaurants line WARWICK’s "Miracle Mile of Shopping." Pawtuxet Village is one of New England's oldest villages.
There’s a lot to interest children in the WESTERLY region like the Atlantic Beach Park in Misquamicut.
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