Places to Explore

• Bristol

  The largest town in Rhode Island's somewhat overlooked but enticing East Bay region, Bristol lies about midway between Newport and Providence. Once a center of boatbuilding, this dapper town that hugs the... (more)

• Jamestown

  The 9-mi-long, 1-mi-wide landmass that goes by the names Jamestown and Conanicut Island comprises the east and west passages of Narragansett Bay. A military outpost in days gone by, the island was once... (more)

• Little Compton

  Rolling estates, lovely homes, farmlands, woods, and a gentle western shoreline make Little Compton one of the Ocean State's prettiest areas, although the community lacks for restaurants and accommodations... (more)

• Newport

  The island city of Newport preserves Colonial industry and gilded-age splendor like no other place in the country. Settled in 1639 by a small band of religious dissenters from Massachusetts, Newport earned... (more)

• Portsmouth

  Portsmouth is now mainly a bedroom community for professionals who work in other parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Its founder was Anne Hutchinson, a religious dissident and one of the country's... (more)