Guidebook for Jamestown
Food and Drink Scene
Daytime bakery with pastries, sweets & cafe fare, plus wine, beer & cocktails.
24 locals recommend
Slice of Heaven
32 Narragansett AveDaytime bakery with pastries, sweets & cafe fare, plus wine, beer & cocktails.
Newport Vineyards
909 E Main Rdvineyard tours, tastings, restaurants
Rustic, offbeat, family-run nook with wood-fired breads, pizza & pastries, plus eco-friendly coffee.
17 locals recommend
Village Hearth Bakery
2 Watson AvenueRustic, offbeat, family-run nook with wood-fired breads, pizza & pastries, plus eco-friendly coffee.
Visitors Center is open for tours and tastings weekends and weekdays (closed to the public on Tuesdays). For groups of 10 or more planning to visit, reservations are required.
28 locals recommend
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.
293 JT Connell HwyVisitors Center is open for tours and tastings weekends and weekdays (closed to the public on Tuesdays). For groups of 10 or more planning to visit, reservations are required.
East Ferry Market & Deli
47 Conanicus AveSpinnakers Café
3 E Ferry WharfJTN STORE - Tallulahs Taqueria
BEECH
J22 Tap and Table
22 Narragansett AveAngels Kitchen
Our Table Jamestown
The General's Crossing Brewhouse
Ace's Pizza
5 Clarke StNarragansett Cafe
25 Narragansett AveCuriosity Store
book store with wine and small bites.
Grapes & Gourmet
9 E Ferry WharfOn the Water
Gansett Cruises offers narrated boat tours, coastal sunset cruises and harbor tours from Newport, Rhode Island. Cruise in comfort. Dogs on leash welcome.
13 locals recommend
Gansett Cruises
2 Bowens LandingGansett Cruises offers narrated boat tours, coastal sunset cruises and harbor tours from Newport, Rhode Island. Cruise in comfort. Dogs on leash welcome.
12 Meter Yacht Charters
12 Bowens WharfUniquely Newport. Beautiful 70-foot yachts. Daily Sails.
Jamestown Newport Ferry
1 East Ferry WharfJamestown Outdoors
35 Narragansett Avegear rentals, stand up paddle boards, kayaks
Mr. Badger & Co.
110 Racquet RdNew England Sailing Center
47 Conanicus AveThings to do and see
Located on the southernmost tip of Jamestown, Rhode Island, the Beavertail Lighthouse museum features a collection of information, artifacts, and conversation about the history and site of the third-oldest lighthouse in North America. Come and enjoy New England hospitality as you engage with lighthouse history and with interesting elements of Narragansett Bay’s maritime science, technology, art, and culture.
34 locals recommend
Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
Beavertail RoadLocated on the southernmost tip of Jamestown, Rhode Island, the Beavertail Lighthouse museum features a collection of information, artifacts, and conversation about the history and site of the third-oldest lighthouse in North America. Come and enjoy New England hospitality as you engage with lighthouse history and with interesting elements of Narragansett Bay’s maritime science, technology, art, and culture.
During open hours, take a self-guided walking tour, participate in an outdoor workshop, explore farm fields with grazing livestock, stroll along the shore, and view seasonal farm activities. Using innovative sustainable practices, the managers of Watson Farm continue the tradition of pastoral husbandry, grazing Heritage Red Devon cattle and sheep on the scenic seaside pastures. The farmers produce 100% grass-fed beef and lamb and wool blankets for local markets. The 1796 house, still used as the farmers’ residence, is not open to the public.
8 locals recommend
Historic New England Watson Farm
455 North RdDuring open hours, take a self-guided walking tour, participate in an outdoor workshop, explore farm fields with grazing livestock, stroll along the shore, and view seasonal farm activities. Using innovative sustainable practices, the managers of Watson Farm continue the tradition of pastoral husbandry, grazing Heritage Red Devon cattle and sheep on the scenic seaside pastures. The farmers produce 100% grass-fed beef and lamb and wool blankets for local markets. The 1796 house, still used as the farmers’ residence, is not open to the public.
Jamestown Arts Center
18 Valley StRome Point
Hike a section or all of The Cliff Walk, a paved 3.5 mile path that provides a glimpse of the mansion’s backyards as well as breathtaking Atlantic Ocean views. Portions of it are even stroller-friendly. Go early or late in the day when it is cooler and less crowded and bring water.
301 locals recommend
Cliff Walk
117 Memorial BlvdHike a section or all of The Cliff Walk, a paved 3.5 mile path that provides a glimpse of the mansion’s backyards as well as breathtaking Atlantic Ocean views. Portions of it are even stroller-friendly. Go early or late in the day when it is cooler and less crowded and bring water.
ROUGH POINT the Newport home of Doris Duke—heiress, philanthropist and art collector. Enjoy her magnificent oceanfront estate, still decorated as she left it, where you will see French furniture, European art, Chinese porcelains, and Turkish carpets collected from exotic locations around the world. Located on Newport’s exclusive Bellevue Avenue, Rough Point provides a sweeping ocean view and expansive grounds designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. http://www.newportrestoration.org/visit/rough_point/
28 locals recommend
Rough Point
680 Bellevue Ave ROUGH POINT the Newport home of Doris Duke—heiress, philanthropist and art collector. Enjoy her magnificent oceanfront estate, still decorated as she left it, where you will see French furniture, European art, Chinese porcelains, and Turkish carpets collected from exotic locations around the world. Located on Newport’s exclusive Bellevue Avenue, Rough Point provides a sweeping ocean view and expansive grounds designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. http://www.newportrestoration.org/visit/rough_point/
THE BREAKERS, a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style palazzo that Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned to be built in 1893, is the grandest of Newport’s summer “cottages”. Today, the mansion is a National Historic Landmark and is a symbol of the Vanderbilt’s social and financial preeminence during the turn of the 20th century. The Breakers, and other Bellevue Avenue mansions such as MARBLE HOUSE, THE ELMS, ROSECLIFF, CHATEAU-SUR-MER are open for tours. http://www.newportmansions.org/
151 locals recommend
The Breakers
44 Ochre Point AveTHE BREAKERS, a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style palazzo that Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned to be built in 1893, is the grandest of Newport’s summer “cottages”. Today, the mansion is a National Historic Landmark and is a symbol of the Vanderbilt’s social and financial preeminence during the turn of the 20th century. The Breakers, and other Bellevue Avenue mansions such as MARBLE HOUSE, THE ELMS, ROSECLIFF, CHATEAU-SUR-MER are open for tours. http://www.newportmansions.org/
The Elms
367 Bellevue AveSt. Mary’s Church, In addition to its official services, hosted a number of society weddings. In 1871, Colonel Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, grandnephew of the Emperor of France, married Caroline LeRoy Edgar, a granddaughter of Daniel Webster. Perhaps the most famous and poignant wedding took place on September 12, 1953 when Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was married to then-Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy (later the 35th President) at St. Mary's Church, Newport. Over the three years that Kennedy held office, when he and the First Lady spent weekends in Newport, they attended Sunday Mass at St. Mary's Church. They always sat in pew #10. St. Mary’s Church is on the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
16 locals recommend
St. Mary's Catholic Church
12 William StSt. Mary’s Church, In addition to its official services, hosted a number of society weddings. In 1871, Colonel Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, grandnephew of the Emperor of France, married Caroline LeRoy Edgar, a granddaughter of Daniel Webster. Perhaps the most famous and poignant wedding took place on September 12, 1953 when Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was married to then-Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy (later the 35th President) at St. Mary's Church, Newport. Over the three years that Kennedy held office, when he and the First Lady spent weekends in Newport, they attended Sunday Mass at St. Mary's Church. They always sat in pew #10. St. Mary’s Church is on the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
No trip to Newport with kids is complete without a trip to Ryan Family Amusement. Right on the strip facing the water, it's a fun excursion downtown.
25 locals recommend
Ryan Family Amusements
268 Thames StNo trip to Newport with kids is complete without a trip to Ryan Family Amusement. Right on the strip facing the water, it's a fun excursion downtown.
Fort Wetherill State Park
3 Fort Wetherill RdBeavertail State Park
Beavertail RoadBeavertail State Park
Beavertail RoadClancy Designs Glass Studio
382 North RdWindmill Hill Historic District
Jamestown Fire Department Mem Museum
50 Narragansett AveFort Getty Park
1050 Fort Getty RdBeaches
Mackerel Cove
Easton's Beach
175 Memorial BlvdSecond Beach
315 Sachuest Point RdEast Ferry Beach
Conanicus AvenueSalons, Spas, Wellness
Bodhi Spa offers the art of detoxification through hot mineral baths, infrared and electric saunas, aromatherapy steams, cold plunges, organic based skin care and more, to showcase your beauty through health.
34 locals recommend
The Bodhi Spa
654 Thames StBodhi Spa offers the art of detoxification through hot mineral baths, infrared and electric saunas, aromatherapy steams, cold plunges, organic based skin care and more, to showcase your beauty through health.
Lily + Lion Boutique Salon
10 Mann AvenueNatural Creations
540 Thames StThe Island Heron Yoga Studio
34 Narragansett AveYoga
Innerlight Center For Yoga
850 Aquidneck AveNewport County YMCA
792 Valley RdJamestown Wellness
Essentials
McQuade's Marketplace
6 Clarke StBaker's Pharmacy of Jamestown
53 Narragansett AveJamestown Wine & Spirits
30 Southwest AveA MARKET is a second-generation, family owned, independent natural foods grocery store.
50 locals recommend
A Market
181 Bellevue AveA MARKET is a second-generation, family owned, independent natural foods grocery store.
Stop & Shop
199 JT Connell HwyCVS
99 E Main Rd