Goat Island is a small island connected to the Easton’s Point neighborhood via a causeway bridge. In 1723, 26 pirates, who had been hanged at nearby Bull’s Point after being tried in Newport, were buried on the north end of Goat Island.

The Breakers, the Vanderbilts “summer cottage,” is the most famous of the Gilded Age Newport Mansions for good reason. It’s breathtaking in scope and scale and it’s hard to imagine anyone actually living here. The design of this grand home was inspired by European palaces and every room is more lavish than the last. Come around Christmas to see the interiors draped in red, gold, and evergreen.

Newport’s Cliff Walk overlooks the ocean on one side and the backyards of some of the country’s most gorgeous mansions on the other. Even if you’ll never inhabit a Gilded Age mansion of your own, you can at least feel like an heiress for a moment as you walk along the rocky Rhode Island coast.

Eat stuffies (baked clams), clam cakes, or a lobster roll at Easton’s Beach Snack Bar with great views of the water.

Enjoy innovative cuisine in the dining room—or better yet, on the porch—at the Clarke Cooke House.

Housed in the historic Newport Casino, the International Tennis Hall of Fame includes more than 1,900 artifacts of tennis history displayed throughout several galleries.

Overnight in style at Gilded, a boutique hotel located just off of Bellevue Avenue.