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Price is €134 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

  • The Gilded Age tour is a private, high-end guided Newport mansion tour focused on their historic estates along Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive. On this tour, you will see some of the oldest and most iconic mansions in the country, architectural masterpieces that once hosted America’s wealthiest families. As we travel along Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive, you will hear stories of opulence, ambition, and the history that shaped Newport into the Playground of the Rich. From sweeping ocean views to intricate estate details, this journey offers a captivating look into one of the most glamorous eras in American history.

Activity location

  • The Breakers
    • 44 Ochre Point Ave,
    • 02840-6906, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Market Square
    • Market Square
    • 02840, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Private Newport Gilded Age Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 16:30
Price details
€134.42 x 1 Adult€134.42
Total
Price is €134.42

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Bottled water

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

The Breakers

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
The largest and most famous, a Vanderbilt mansion. (Tour outside only)

Marble House (Pass by)

Modelled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles.

The Elms

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Modelled on an 18th-century French chateau, this 1901 home was one of the first in America to have electricity throughout. (Tour outside only)

Rosecliff

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Built for silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs in 1902, it was used to film films like The Great Gatsby and True Lies. (Tour outside only)

Chateau-sur-Mer

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
An 1852 Italianate villa that was the first to set the standard for Victorian-era splendour in Newport. (Tour outside only)

Kingscote (Pass by)

Built in 1841, it launched the "cottage boom" of the 19th century.

Rough Point Museum

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
The former home of philanthropist Doris Duke. (Tour outside only)

Hunter House (Pass by)

A 200-year-old Georgian home that was the first to be preserved by the Preservation Society

Location

Activity location

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    The Breakers
    • 44 Ochre Point Ave,
    • 02840-6906, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Market Square
    • Market Square
    • 02840, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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