In honor of Hotel Viking’s 90th year serving the Newport Rhode Island community, they decided to do a “90 things you must do in Newport” list. With a million things to do in Newport, this is just a small sampling of all the fun things to do in Newport throughout the year.
If you haven’t had an opportunity to visit Newport recently, maybe a few of these will entice you. And if so, make a reservation today, they have a room for you!
- Take in the sounds of Newport Jazz Festival
- Indulge in a famous Newport lobster roll
- Walk the Cliff Walk with your BFF
- Help recover from your walk with a mani-pedi at SpaFjor
- Go fly a kite at the Newport Kite Festival
- Catch a wave at Second Beach
- Embrace your inner Downton Abbey with Afternoon Tea at Hotel Viking
- Sail away on an Antique Yacht sunset charter
- Satisfy your seafood cravings with calamari at One Bellevue
- Discover a new favorite during Newport Restaurant Week
- Be a guest at a Newport Wedding
- Toast and taste at Newport Wine & Food Festival
- Take a picnic to a Newport Polo Match
- Brunch in the Bellevue Ballroom
- Set sail on an America’s Cup racing yacht with five friends
- Get into the groove at the Newport Folk Festival
- Taste all of Newport at Taste of Newport
- Book a couples massage at SpaFjor
- Get your feet sandy at a Newport beach
- Play a match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Step back into the Gilded Age in the Marble House Ballroom
- Order room service for dinner at Hotel Viking
- Sleep in and read the local newspaper
- Savor Chef Correia’s sea salt crusted Prime Rib
- Meet for margaritas (Thursday at Top of Newport)
- Shop local, explore Newport’s bountiful boutique scene
- Take your mother on a date
- Get grounded with a sacred stone massage
- Slow down and join us for Appy Hour
- Stay in a room with a fireplace
- Heat up with Newport’s Winterfest activities
- Bee moisturized with a Royal Honey Massage
- Wear your best green for the St. Patrick’s Day parade
- Kick off the holidays with the Boat Parade
- Vote for your favorite holiday door decoration contestants with an Instagram post
- Deck the halls for Christmas in Newport
- Run the Newport Marathon
- Start your Sunday with a Bloody Mary
- Bar hop on Bowen’s or Broadway
- Stop and smell the flowers at the Newport Flower Show
- Watch a sailboat regatta
- Get Married (at Kay Chapel)
- Attend a movie at the historic Jane Pickens Theater
- Find the dessert inside the dessert when you order a chocolate sphere at One Bellevue
- Try a local brew
- Snap a photo of the ubiquitous Newport Pell Bridge
- Go to the source, tour a Rhode Island oyster farm
- Smoke stogies and sip spirits at Top of Newport Wednesdays
- Get lost in Escobar’s Corn Maze
- Join a monthly art walk through Newport
- Check out Redwood Library, the oldest lending library in America
- Take the Servant Life Tour at The Elms Mansion
- Take a tour of America’s oldest Synagogue, Touro Synagogue
- Attend an Island Moving Company contemporary ballet performance
- Adopt your next pet from the Potter League for Animals
- Channel your inner JFK and Jackie and visit St. Marys to see where they were married
- Learn more about the women’s suffrage movement at The Marble House
- Support a non-profit, buy a Charity By Design bracelet at the original Alex & Ani shop
- Window shop for something nautical at one of Newport’s amazing shops
- Learn about nautical flags and have one made with your name at Style Newport
- Walk through The Breakers, Rhode Island’s most visited attraction
- Take a surf lesson
- Cast away on a fishing charter
- Salute Newport’s Military history
- Visit Salve Regina campus, a perfect stop while on a Cliff Walk
- Slurp yourself silly at the Newport Oyster Festival
- Dream big at the Newport Boat Show
- Sample, sip and stroll through Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival
- Attend a local meetup with Newport’s Instagrammers
- Take a full moon yoga class at Fort Adams
- Pretend you are attending a Great Gatsby party with Leonardo DiCaprio at Rosecliff Mansion
- Watch the sunset at Castle Hill
- Indulge in stuffed French toast at Franklin Spa
- Enjoy a frosty one at the White Horse Tavern, America’s oldest bar
- Gain perspective with a visit to the Newport Art Museum
- Embrace Edward Scissorhands’ talents at the Green Animals Topiary Garden
- Attend a concert at Fort Adams State Park
- Check out chicks at Sachuset Point National Wildlife Refuge (birds!)
- Find out why Goat Island is called Goat Island
- Ride a bike along scenic Ocean Drive
- Taste local wine at Newport Winery
- Stand above it all at Fort Weatherhill
- Tour the Newport Storm Brewery and taste the beer
- Take a Lighthouse tour with Save the Bay Exploration and Discovery Center
- Shop direct from the farm at the Newport Aquidneck Growers Market
- Get around town in a Newport Pedicab
- Learn to sail
- Witness boat building as it happens at IYRS
- Leaf peep all the way to Newport
- Watch a movie under the stars with NewportFILM
