Boston to Newport Small-Group Day Trip with Breakers & Marble House Admission
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Boston to Newport Small-Group Day Trip with Breakers & Marble House Admission
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Ages 0-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 11h
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Live guide: English
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Audio guide: German, English, Chinese, French, Spanish
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- Round-Trip Transportation via air-conditioned Mini Coach Bus
- Pick-Up/Drop-Off at one of 5 strategically located Boston hotel locations
- 1-Hour Narrated Bus Tour of Newport, RI
- Admission to The Breakers and Marble House Mansions ( if closed we will sub another mansion)
- Discounted Admission to the International Tennis Hall of Fame (with your included discount card)
- 2 Hours of free time to explore Newport at your leisure
- Entry/Admission - The Breakers
- Entry/Admission - Marble House
What's not included- Gratuities (recommended)
- Lunch (dining options available throughout Newport)
- Entry/Admission - International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- Please select 1 of the 5 strategically chosen Boston hotel pickup locations. These are the only pickup/drop-off locations available for this day trip. Thank you
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5491NEWPRI- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Multi-Lingual Audio Guides of The Breakers and The Marble House are available in English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese. Please request as you enter the mansion. Narrated Tour of Newport in English Only.
- Pick-Up/Drop off is included at one of 5 strategically placed downtown Boston hotels. Please provide your pickup choice at checkout.
- Most travellers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5491NEWPRI
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- maryfmb0 contributionsWonderful day trip, great guide.I took this tour as a solo traveller and can highly recommend it. It is a small group tour and I made friends with other people on the tour who were great company. Our tour guide, Jennifer, was great with a wonderful sense of humour. She immediately established a good rapport with all the passengers. She was very informative and went the extra mile to make sure everyone was well looked after. She made you feel you were in safe hands. The trip itself was wonderful. Lots of places of interest to visit including the very picturesque wooden houses of Oak Bluffs. I had stopped off in Boston for a long weekend en route to the UK after a short trip to Canada so was short on time. This day tour, with the ferry out to Martha's Vineyard was perfect. What a great memory! Thank you.Written 23 November 2024
- randallb8680 contributionsGreat TourWe were excited to see the historical sites and were greatly rewarded by the depth of historical knowledge shared by our guide. He was fun and kept us captivated as we traveled to each site. Great tourWritten 5 November 2024
- woodssa910 contributionsWell worth the visit AND the island tour!Fantastic guides and well worth doing. We had Timmy who drove us on the Boston side to Cape Cod and back, then Jeff, who picked us up for the island tour once off the ferry. Both were super informative, and I would 100% recommend this if you are visiting Martha's Vineyard. We would not have got half way round the island nor heard all of the interesting and quirky facts we learnt along the way.Written 31 October 2024
- Georgina M0 contributionsBest Money SpentThis was the best tour ever! Rory was an awesome tour guide and showed us all the most beautiful sites to see all the beautiful, colorful leaves. Highly recommend this tour. They pick you up and drop you off from where you started. Money well spent, I'd love to come back and book the same tour again, highlight of my trip! Thank you!Written 31 October 2024
- staceypF1210QZ0 contributionsFantastic day trip tour. Highly recommend.Fabulous tour! Dave was so knowledgeable and detailed that at times it was like listening to a great story. Great explanation of everything. The Plymouth Plantation and Mayflower were done really well. Such an enjoyable day and we were so glad we chose this as a day trip. What a fantastic tour of our American History! Highly recommend!!!Written 30 October 2024
- tinylass0 contributionsExcellent day tripLong day starting at 6am and back in Boston for about 7pm. Nice drive to the ferry and only a short 30 minutes or so across to the Island. We didn't book the Island tour but used the public busses to get around. We went to Edgartown, Vineyard Haven and back to Oak Bluffs on the busses and they were easy to find and use. Their website gives you loads of info and the prices were around $2-3 a ticket. It was throwing it down all day when we went but there were plenty of lovely local shops at each town to have a look in and we bought some really nice souvenirs. Our driver was very knowledgeable and told us everything we needed to know and there were toilet stops to and from Boston at a services that also sold food and drinks; although there was bottled water, breakfast bars, crisps and kit-kats and some other snacks on the bus for anyone who wanted them which was very nice! All in all a brilliant day trip!Written 30 October 2024
- krashzmo0 contributionsBeautiful island.It's off season so not a lot of places open but the houses and beaches were beautiful. I enjoyed the tour. I would recommend it!Written 30 October 2024
- jyothim880 contributionsNot a Fall Foliage tripNothing great about this tour - its called "Fall Foliage" but the experience was far from anything close - just driving all day and making pit stops here and there random places. Some history but nothing fascinating - not much fall foliage to see on this trip (the main purpose of our trip)Written 23 October 2024
- Maps513319303720 contributionsBest way to see the islandThe tour was informative and fun. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny. The stops were the perfect amount of time to see everything. The only problem is that only one real restaurant was open after the tour and everyone from the ferry was there trying to get a table.Written 22 October 2024
- Diane W0 contributionsOur 50th Anniversary trip to Martha's VineyardWe were celebrating our 50th anniversary and we enjoyed this tour so much. The tour was organized and being out first time to Martha's Vineyard, it was very interesting and educational. The guides were full of information and humor. It made it very enjoyable. We would do it again!Written 22 October 2024
- Alvina N0 contributionsGreat tour of the history of the Mayflower and the areaGreat tour. Dave is a wealth of knowledge on the history snd trivia of all the towns along our way to Mayflower and Plimoth museums. As well as all the info on the Mayflower. Very enjoyable.Written 20 October 2024
- 564jennettea0 contributionsWe are so pleased we did thisJennifer was our driver. Very knowledgeable and entertaining. I felt this excursion was worth the money. We didn't do the tour on the island so I cannot rate that but instead took the bus from tow to town. For an $8 day pass it is a bargain.Written 20 October 2024
- V267GLmonab0 contributionsUnhappy TravelerMy two adult daughters and I were very disappointed in this tour. Because the tour info included 30 minutes at the Lexington Green, we were looking forward to a bit of history there. We never stopped at the Lexington Green -- just drove by it and our female tour guide (on October 9) said that's the Green. She pointed out a few historic houses along the way. Would stop long enough for us to take a picture from the bus, so if we were on the wrong side, forget about it. There is absolutely no point in going to the North Bridge right now. It's got some type of construction going on, and you can't get near it. We saw it from afar, from one vantage point. The Wayside Inn was the only place we really liked, and would have loved to have a nice lunch there. They were getting ready. Sturbridge Village is great if you have kids. Otherwise, very unimpressed with spending several hours at a place that isn't real. Just built for tourists and like I said, families. I prefer seeing the places that really existed in the early days. Our driver had told us our last stop would be at a farm for cinnamon apple doughnuts, so we were rather looking forward to that. Come to find out we had to pay for our doughnuts, and the people in the shop acted like they weren't expecting us and had to go to the back to see if we could have any! Our driver ("tour guide") wasn't interested in any of this. And I was sitting right behind her and saw her speedometer at 70 mph. Made me a bit nervous! A waste of time altogether.Written 19 October 2024
- Connector030599867540 contributionsGreat Tour GuideGreat trip, Anthony our Tour guide was vey informative and entertaining also. Oak’s bluff and Edgartown are lovely places to ramble around with beautifully designed ‘gingerbread’ styled residences.Written 15 October 2024
- Experience7704130 contributionsCharming and beautifulThe most charming place I have visited. Loved the ferry trip over which I thought was value for money. Loved the quaint shops and all the beautiful houses. Of course we had to try the famous lobster roll $40 but didn’t mind paying that.the harbour was great and we took the us to the next town and crossed over the jaws bridge . We had the Boston cream donuts too.definitely recommended and I would say you only need a full day there.Written 14 October 2024
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Helen B
Woonona, Australia171 contributions
The itinerary was excellent and we were given ample time at each stop to explore properly. Our tour guide was also awesome. He provided lots of great information and commentary. Our only criticism is that the bus was not overly comfortable. You spend a lot of time driving and a bit more room and a smoother ride would have been nice.
Written 2 September 2023
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Thank you for your great 4 Star review of our Newport Day trip from Boston. I'm glad that you enjoyed your guide and time spent in Newport. Our buses are all standard late model mini-coach buses. They are not luxury coaches but certainly not cheap buses either. Thank you for your feedback.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 4 September 2023
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Sue F
Phoenix, AZ7 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Our driver for this excursion was Tim. He was informative, cheerful and patient. He brought cold water and snacks (as we left early in the morning) . He resupplied them for the trip back to Boston. He made sure that everyone was comfortable as we came back to Boston during rush hour traffic. And he returned us to our hotel.
He knew so much about Newport and the area around it. We had enough time to enjoy both the 'Breakers' and 'Marble House'. It is a long day, but so worth it!
He knew so much about Newport and the area around it. We had enough time to enjoy both the 'Breakers' and 'Marble House'. It is a long day, but so worth it!
Written 10 September 2024
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Thank you for your WONDERFUL 5 Star review of our Day trip to Newport from Boston. I am very happy to hear how much that you enjoyed your time with Tim. He is a very experienced guide and is great at what he does. I appreciate you taking the time to share your worthwhile experience!
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 11 September 2024
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Solista50
Lewisville, NC13 contributions
The trip was very well timed and organized. Our guide and driver, Lucia, provided many interesting details about sites along the way as well as history of Newport and owners of the mansions. We felt very safe with her as she negotiated traffic, and she was very patient and courteous about a health issue my husband encountered on the trip. The mansions themselves are icons of the Gilded Age with furnishings and decor that rival the finest palaces in Europe. This tour is well worth the money.
Written 2 October 2022
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Thank you for this EXCEPTIONAL 5 star review of our Newport Day trip from Boston. I am glad that you enjoyed both your time with Lucia and your day in Newport. Lucia is a wonderful guide that takes great care of her guests. It certainly doesn't surprise me that she was concerned for your husband's well-being. I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 4 October 2022
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Bnizzle76
Indianapolis, IN626 contributions
Tim was a wonderful guide- telling stories and displaying a great sense of humor. We were picked up @7:45am at the Renaissance, and returned there @7:30pm. Our group was 18 psgrs in a comfortable mini bus. It’s a long day, but so worth it! We toured Marble House, the Breakers, walked the Cliff Walk- and still had 3 hrs free time in Newport. We were lucky to be there during the International Yacht Show. Lunch @ Lobster Bar on the water, and snacks @ Brick Alley Pub- delicious!
Written 27 September 2021
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Thank you for this FANTASTIC 5 star review of our Newport day trip. I am glad that you enjoyed your time with Tim, as he certainly is a wonderful host. Sounds like you had an amazing day viewing the Mansions, walking the Cliff Walk and enjoying some great food. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 28 September 2021
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Leni R
Atlanta, GA4 contributions
Jul 2022 • Solo
Lucia was great! Along with the beautiful weather came beautiful homes with beautiful views of the ocean. Lucia was filled so much imformation regarding the history and also fun facts about the other stops along the way. Her upbeat attitude and jokes made the tour ride seem shorter. Her food recommendations didn't disappoint. Oh and did I mention the homes were beautiful! This is one tour I'll definitely do again.
Written 12 August 2022
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Thank you for this amazing 5 star review of our Newport (Mansions) Day trip from Boston. I am very happy to hear what a wonderful time that you had with Lucia. Lucia is a great tour guide with a charming personality. Newport is certainly a beautiful place, and those Mansions are incredible to say the least. Thanks for sharing your experience. Hope to see you again on another New England Trip!
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 14 August 2022
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Julie Rae A
Maricopa, AZ4 contributions
Sept 2024 • Couples
Lucia was awesome! Very informative and offered plenty of great tips & suggestions. Honestly this tour is a huge bargain, the tour operators should charge more. It’s a full day of sightseeing, shopping, walking, learning & history. We had a great time.
Written 17 September 2024
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Thank you for your AWESOME 5 Star review of our Day trip to Newport from Boston. I am very happy to hear how much that you enjoyed your time with Lucia and also what a great day that you had. We always try to price our trips fairly based upon what our guests are receiving for their money. I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 18 September 2024
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Andrea B
3 contributions
Sept 2024 • Solo
Pick up at the hotel. The tour guide and bus driver Tim had many interesting anecdotes to share during the trip to Newport, so the trip was very entertaining. After a walk (Cliff Walk), the first mansion (The Breakers) was visited. Then we went to Newport (leisure, lunch break, city walk). Then in the afternoon visit the Marble House. Both mansions are just great. Return then around 4.30pm. Tour was very well organized, there were drinks (water) as well as smaller snacks for free on the bus.
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Written 1 October 2024
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Thank you for your 5 Star review of our Day trip to Newport from Boston. I'm glad that you enjoyed your day and appreciate you sharing your experience.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 1 October 2024
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mandy h
Lubbock, TX26 contributions
This one of my most favorite trips. Our tour guide Tim was very knowledgeable and funny as well. The only bad thing to report was one of our fellow passengers was constantly late getting back on the bus. 15 minutes late. Which then made us later getting back
to Boston at the end of the day. She had no regards for others time. Tim was very patient with that. Hats off to him.
to Boston at the end of the day. She had no regards for others time. Tim was very patient with that. Hats off to him.
Written 4 October 2024
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Thank you for your EXCELLENT 5 Star review of our Day trip to Newport from Boston. I am very happy to hear how much that you enjoyed your time with Tim and day in Newport. I'm sorry about the actions of the other passenger. We look forward to seeing you and your sisters next year! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 6 October 2024
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Joel A
San Francisco, CA132 contributions
Jun 2023
A rewarding tour. The driver/tour leader was highly competent, friendly and helpful. We toured 2 homes and had enough time in each to explore the rooms. A very handy app provided lots of information in each house. We also had the chance to explore Newport town. For lunch.
Written 24 June 2023
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Thank you for this GREAT 5 star review of our Newport Day trip from Boston. I am glad that you enjoyed you day with us. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 25 June 2023
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Sean V
Woods Cross, UT6 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
Steve and his crew were excellent. The tour was fantastic. Amazing sites. You can trust these guys. Our bus broke down and they paid for Uber to get us back to Boston. Chris was our guide, very knowledgeable. Definately worth the money. Im 6'4" so the seats were too small for me on the bus or id have given it a 10 of 10 rating). Definitely a reliable company.
Sean
Sean
Written 23 June 2022
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Thank you for taking the time to write this 5 star review of our Newport day trip. I guess you can say our bus broke down. What actually happened was the fuel module in the rear of the bus got water in it during the pouring rain. This was really a freak thing that happened. That happens to be a brand new 2022 vehicle. It certainly was unfortunate, but things happen sometime and all you can do is your best to try to rectify the situation. These are standard size mini-coach buses and they can be tight for taller guests (6-3 and above I'd say). I'm 6-1 and have no problems in our buses. Thanks again for your understanding as this was the first time I've had to have a vehicle towed since we began our operation in 2011. I'm glad that you enjoyed your day and I really appreciate your review!.
Kind Regards,
Stephen M. Belcastro
President
New England Trips Inc.
Written 25 June 2022
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I am traveling by myself. Early May 2023. Can I join a tour?
Written 25 August 2022
Hi, I am wondering if you had a last minute cancellation for 1 adult for tomorrow, Monday, May 16? Thanks!
Written 16 May 2022
Hola, quisiera saber si este tour está para habla hispana durante el trayecto?
Written 4 October 2021
BUENAS NOCHES! Quisiera saber por qué no puedo hacer reserva para el 27 de diciembre de 2021 para una persona. O para esa fecha aun no está disponible.Cordialmente. Nora
Written 1 September 2021
Jim Z
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Hello, there,
Wondering if the small-group day trip is open to the public yet?
Thanks,
Jim.
Written 6 June 2021
maryengberg
Franklin, Tennessee
Will I be able to see to use my Drive Walker (type with hand brakes and seat) in the mansions?
Written 5 October 2018
I'm sorry, I really don't know if that is permitted. There are stairs in the mansions, but perhaps also elevators. Sorry I couldn't give a definitive answer.
Written 6 October 2018
no info on where to meet; how to book. How to get there on dates not shown on your calendar ? Where to get onboard to see the tour as your calendar is full ?
Written 17 June 2018
I"m in Salem, Peabody. Where to go next weekend to get on a tour ? ?
Can get there sat/sunday.
If full or busy I'm sure there are others locally who can provide tours ?
Can do one per days and see both next Sat/sunday
Written 17 June 2018
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