Lobster Rolls, Mansions & That Cliff Walk High 🦞🏰
NYC’s best-kept weekend secret? Tiny-but-mighty Rhode Island—where Gilded Age gossip meets ocean spray. Here’s how to hack the trip: 🚂 Getting There • Amtrak to Providence (3.5 hrs), then taxi to Newport (skip the 60-bus nightmare). 🌊 Newport Must-Dos 🏞️ Cliff Walk: Half paved, half rock scramble—3 hrs of crashing waves + Instagram vertigo. 🏛️ Mansion Hopping: $46 trolley tour (includes The Breakers—Vanderbilt’s summer "cottage"). 🌅 Storer Park Sunset: Pink skies + sailboat silhouettes = unreal screensaver. 🦃 Wildlife Bonus: Spot wild turkeys, bunnies, seagulls judging your life choices. 🚲 Quirky Alternatives • Rail Explorers: Pedal "bikes" on old train tracks (ocean views guaranteed). • Sachuest Refuge: Birder’s paradise (so quiet, you’ll hear crab gossip). 🎓 Providence Pit-Stops 🎨 RISD Museum: Free Sundays + design-geek eye candy. 🏫 Brown University: Ivy League vibes + campus bunnies (cutest stress relief). Hot Take: 3 days > 2—slow rolls beat FOMO. Your fave East Coast getaway? Spill! 👇 #RhodeIslandRocks #CliffWalkOrBust #NYCEscape #MansionPorn #NoTrafficJustLobster