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    Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide
    Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide
    Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide
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    Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide

    By Andrew Delaplaine

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    A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Newport, the one city in all of America that most evokes images of the robber barons of the Gilded Age.

    “I found myself even more impressed by the mansions of the Vanderbilts and other rich folks than I thought I’d be. Definitely glad I made this special trip to Newport.”
    --- Winona S., Memphis

    “Hanging out on the wharf downtown eating seafood and watching all the boats come and go were our favorite things to do.”
    --- Carol M., Louisville

    You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.

    =Lodgings variously priced

    =Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found.

    =Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.

    =A handful of interesting shopping ideas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Delaplaine
    Release dateMar 13, 2019
    ISBN9780463091302
    Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide
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    Andrew Delaplaine

    Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: andrewdelaplaine@mac.com He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

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      Newport (R.I.) - The Delaplaine 2019 Long Weekend Guide - Andrew Delaplaine

      NEWPORT (R.I.)

      The Delaplaine

      2019

      Long Weekend Guide

      Andrew Delaplaine

      NO ONE HAS PAID A SINGLE PENNY OR GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK.

      A list of the author’s other travel guides, as well as his political thrillers and titles for children, can be found at the end of this book.

      Senior Editors

      Renee & Sophie Delaplaine

      Senior Writer

      James Cubby

      Gramercy Park Press

      New York London Paris

      Copyright © by Gramercy Park Press - All rights reserved.

      Please submit corrections, additions or comments to andrewdelaplaine@mac.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1 – WHY NEWPORT?

      Chapter 2 – WHERE TO STAY

      High on the Hog – Sensible Alternatives – Budget

      Chapter 3 – WHERE TO EAT

      Extravagant – Middle Ground – Budget

      Chapter 4 – NIGHTLIFE

      Chapter 5 – WHAT TO SEE & DO

      Chapter 6 – NEWPORT’S COTTAGES

      Chapter 7 – SHOPPING & SERVICES

      OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

      Chapter 1

      WHY NEWPORT?

      There are two wildly divergent sides to Newport that have always fascinated me.

      On the one hand you have the quaint cobblestone streets lined with galleries, shops, cafés, stores filled with artisanally-crafted wares, tacky tourist traps, the port area where you’re reminded that this was a place as connected to the sea as any weather-beaten town on the Maine Coast.

      And then on the other hand, you have the cottages, as the wealthy robber barons of the Gilded Age quaintly called their mega-mansions that make this town unique in all the world.

      Back before the 1920s, you could walk up Fifth Avenue and see humongous townhouses owned by some the same families that built these summer cottages in Newport (most of which were occupied only for one or two months a year). Most of these houses were designed in

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