First visit to Newport

My wife and I are planning to visit Cape Cod towards mid-June 2009. Due to budget constrains, we would like to book a hotel in Warwick and use it as our basis to explore the Cape.

According to our current schedule, we will be diving from NYC to Newport (about 4 hours drive) and visit the area in the afternoon. We have allocated 4 - 5 hours for this purpose in the afternoon. What are the attractions the Forum will recommend us to visit in such a short time? Would it be recommendable to extend our stay in the Newport area and visit further attractions?

Any help on the subject will be greatly appreciated.

First visit to Newport

First off, do not base a Cape Cod vacation in Warwick, RI. There is no budget restraint that would make that feasable, it%26#39;s just way too far to use as a base to explore the Cape. There are many budget hotels in the mid-cape area that (Hyannis, Yarmouth, Dennis) that would fit most any budget, especially in mid June. Post a message on the Massachusetts - Cape Cod Forum and you%26#39;ll get lots of advice.

Now, regarding Newport, 4 or 5 hours in Newport would give you a brief overview of the city, but if you could spend longer, or even a night, you%26#39;d get more out of the experience. There are mansions to tour, the Cliff Walk to walk, the shops, restaurants, and wharves to explore. Seeing as you are from Tel Aviv, a tour of the Touro Synagogue might be of interest: www.tourosynagogue.org

Check out www.gonewport.com for area information.

First visit to Newport

to add....I would probably suggest exploring Newport that day and then staying overnight. If you can%26#39;t find anything in Newport within your budget, you could stay just a couple minutes away in Middletown. They offer many budget accomodations.

I would then head up to the Cape the next day. It would be about an hour to the start of the Upper Cape area.

Milemarker has some good suggestions. Definitely lots of budget accommodations in the towns he has listed he and this will be much closer to explore Cape Cod. He also gives good advice about staying in Middletown RI. From Middletown, you can drive over to the Newport Visitor center in about 10 minutes and leave your car there. There is public bus that you can take around Newport from the visitor center to the mansions, cliff walk, ...

People come from all over to visit Newport to see the historic mansions, walk the cliff walk, eat at one of the nice restaurants, enjoy walking around seeing one of the largest concentrations of colonial era homes etc. These are some of the most popular things to do. Some off the beaten path things to do: see the supposed Viking tower, visit the historic Touro Synagogue (oldest in the US). You may wish to check out the GoNewport web site as well as TripAdvisors web site.

And please remember on your trip to ';The Cape'; that you will be traveling in our prime time here (mid-June) and the traffic will probably be quite vicious especially in the Bourne area and canal (towards the Cape Bridges) and also along rt 6 traveling up to the ';tip'; Provincetown. If on the weekend it can be slow going, just plan ahead for the extra travel time through that area.

Just a heads up- Touro Synagogue closed today- …projo.com/2009/03/tours-of-touro.html

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