Find Your Best Weekend

Newport, Rhode Island is an ideal weekend escape particularly for those within driving distance from Maine to New Jersey. You'll get to see how the other half lived, enjoy some wonderful food and some amazing accommodations.Once the summer playground of the Astors, Vanderbilts, Belmonts and other wealthy American families, Newport was a symbol of the lifestyles and opulence of the Gilded Age. Today it is a thriving resort community renowned as the sailing capital of the East. Summer weekends are for racing and parties and eating and drinking in Newport's wonderful bistros and pubs. Vestiges of past wealth remain.This charming old seaport peninsula is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Rhode Island Sound to the south and the Newport Harbor on the west.In this podcast, we share the best places to sleep, eat and play for a Best Weekend.Music by https://audionautix.com