Art Historian’s Gilded Age Newport: A Self-Guided Driving Tour
Description
Are you looking for a discrete way to see Newport’s local secrets? Explore at your own pace with this affordable driving tour. • Hear the rowdy Newport history of America’s famous and infamous on a mansion-packed drive from America’s Cup avenue past Fort Adams and the Cliff Walk houses of owners like Jay Leno • Hear from producer Erin Egresitz, a professional tour guide with ten years of experience and, the owner of Rhody Rambles • Take 45 minutes or linger along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before and after your booking date • Use the virtual tour option at home Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code. The app displays directions to the starting point. When you, and your car, are in the right place, just tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
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Itinerary
This self-guided audio tour takes you down America's Cup Avenue, you'll hear about the area's lively shipping history.
The tour passes by the Whitehorne House Museum. You'll hear about the museum while you drive.
While driving past King Park, you'll hear about the monument to General Rochambeau.
You'll go through the Fort Adams entrance and see the venue for JFK's wedding reception.
While passing Fort Adams, Newport's best festival venue, you'll hear about Eisenhower's summer residency house when he was president.
The tour takes you past Brenton Point State Park. You'll hear about the park while you drive.
While passing the Monument to Portuguese Discover, you'll hear about it's design and the history of the land it stands upon.
The tour passes by Rough Point, you'll hear about the magnificent mansion while you drive.
The tour passes by Belcourt of Newport. You'll hear about the mansion while you drive.
The tour passes by the historic Marble House. You'll hear about the home while you drive.
The tour pass by Rosecliff, another of Newport's glorious mansions.
Drive past or stop by as I tell you about Newport's largest house, with a square-footage that has to be measured in acres rather than feet.
The tour passes by Ochre Court. You'll hear about the court while you drive.
While passing by, you'll hear about the house that is the headquarters for the Newport Preservation society, which operates ten homes for public visitation.
The tour pass by The Elms. You'll hear about The Elms while you drive.
The tour passes by Kingscote. You'll hear about it while you drive.
Most of the tour takes place in Ocean Drive Historic Distric. You'll hear about the gorgeous architecture that populates the area.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(26)
Liked the tour overall. Needed clearer instructions on how to setup and connect to the tour. Needed an App. How to resume tour was not clear at first.
The audio guide was very detailed and the narrator spoke clearly. The built in GPS was very accurate and it was great that the audio automatically started playing at each point along the drive using the GPS. We were able to stop along the way and pause the tour to explore, then resume where we left off when we got back in the car. For $10 it was a great value and a great way to start our first morning in Newport.
Great information and overview of the area. Easy to follow and you can stop as you like. Would definitely purchase a similar tour again
This was a very enjoyable and informative audio tour. The drive was beautiful and the narration perfectly timed and very easy to listen to. I highly recommend this experience.
May have been user error, but we could not get the audio tour to work. Couldn’t find the starting location, couldn’t get the audio to play on my phone. If you purchase, spend plenty of time getting acquainted with the instructions before you are ready to begin the tour.
Hi there, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. When you were having technical difficulties, did you contact VoiceMap support via email or telephone? We are contactable by both telephone and email, so if you have technical difficulties, please reach out to us so we can identify what is going wrong. Again, I'm sorry about the poor experience you had. Best, Helene
The guide was good, once we got it downloaded and found the starting point. There are lots of steps to get it working, so download everything ahead of time. We were on a timeline and I got very frustrated and was ready to give up. Having the voice guide really helped the experience of the ocean drive. Without it, it would have been just a nice ride.
This is great. Very detailed and easy to follow ❤️ The sights were beautiful. It did not take a lot of time to do and is a very valuable thing to do for great memories.
Your website is so confusing. went to location we were supposed to be the trolley. never found it could not get on your website. Clearly you sending me codes that never came through. Just wasted an hour and a half of my time Never went on the trip. Definitely would advise not taking this.
Hi there, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. We recommend downloading your tour using a WiFi connection before heading to the start point, it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. Once you've downloaded the tour you'll receive clear instructions to the start point. We also provide instructions to the start point on the Viator description. Can you email more information to support@voicemap.me? This way, we can identify exactly what went wrong and process a refund. Best, Helene
Well done. Great narrative and driving directions just as we needed then. The mansions are a must see. We felt like we had our own private guide. Thank you.
We could not get the tour started. The tour couldn't figure out where we were to find where to start it. It would have been nice to be able to listen to the tour without driving it, but that wasn't possible. This was a rip off.
Hi there, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. When you were having technical difficulties, did you contact VoiceMap support via email or telephone? We are contactable by both telephone and email, so if you have technical difficulties, please reach out to us so we can identify what is going wrong. Again, I'm sorry about the poor experience you had. Best, Helene
