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To get into Newport, or anywhere on Aquidneck Island, you can take one of three bridges: The Claiborne Pell Bridge (known by many locals as the Newport Bridge), from Jamestown, The Sakonnet River Bridge, from Tiverton, or the Mount Hope Bridge, from Bristol. It would also be a great time to break out your sunglasses because the summer is the sun's favorite season.

Be sure to bring an umbrella with you because Newport is not exactly invincible to rain. Newport is also surrounded by water you might want to pack a sweatshirt for the night time because it can get a bit cool. The summer weather generally calls for shorts, short sleeves, and swimsuits. Newport sits on the southern end of Aquidneck Island and features several fine beaches, rocky cliffs and much history including an old fort. Cobblestone streets and brick sidewalks accent an upscale touristy downtown area with many shops, galleries and great restaurants, all located near the water.

Newport is also known for hosting the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival and many other festivals and fairs. Many of the mansions are now open for tours. But Newport is even more well known for another historical period: the Gilded Age of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when some of America's most prominent families built eye-popping summer homes, which they called "cottages," along the waterfront. One of the largest cities in the future United States during colonial times, Newport's decline in the early 19th century is good news for today's visitors, who can experience one of the nation's largest collections of intact colonial architecture had Newport followed the same path as its former peer cities, its historic buildings might have been razed decades or even centuries ago.