Holidays and mansions. Sounds like a pretty good combination to me. That is what the folks at the Newport mansions are offering all their patrons. As part of the holiday season, the Newport mansions have been decorated for the season. The $29 tour includes 3 of the mansions (The Elms, The Breakers and The Marbles). But, I was only able to see The Elms Mansion.
The mansions aren’t the only ornate buildings in the area. Some of the homes in the area are very pretty as well. Before you arrive at the mansions, you can peak at the pretty houses in the neighborhood.
When you enter the mansions, you are given an audio player with headphones to use as part of the self guided audio tour. Indoor photography is limited to certain rooms (usually they don’t allow photography at all in the mansions but they relaxed their policy slightly for the holiday tours). I might have sneaked in a few more photos from the rooms that weren’t authorized for picture taking. It’s actually kind of a good thing that they limit photography because you could easily be inundated with things to photograph. One room seemed more beautiful or interesting then the previous room.
Photo taking is allowed on the exteriors of the mansions and the grounds of the buildings.
The mansions are available for tours throughout the year. So, if you can’t make it there during the holiday try going another time when it is less busy. If you go to the holiday mansion tour, it is only during daylight hours. Parking can be difficult, especially if you arrive later in the day. But, you should be able to find parking somewhere in the area if you can’t find a spot in the parking lots at the mansions.
New England Nomad 
December 16th, 2015 at 4:44 pm
The bench is neat – and that last structure looks very interesting.
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December 16th, 2015 at 10:19 pm
You know, it took me a long time to be able to photograph that bench! Every time I went to photograph it someone was sitting on it. So it was a popular piece of furniture. The last structure was a reading room or sitting room where people could read or relax. it must have been an especially nice place to hang out in during the spring and summer.
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December 16th, 2015 at 11:38 pm
Lovely photos, we spent a couple of hours there in June 🙂
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June 28th, 2016 at 1:34 pm
During the month of July there are a series of concerts given in the mansions. I’ll be going to one in a few weeks. It is a marvelous setting to listen to music.
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