The Breakers

The Breakers is a sightseeing stop in Newport, RI, part of the Mystic & the Connecticut Shore guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

44 Ochre Point Ave · Newport, RI

Why you should go…

The Breakers was built from 1893 to 1895 as the summer residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style. A self-guided audio tour shares first-person accounts of life in the house from family members, servants and their children. Guide-led tours go Beneath The Breakers to the underground systems and up to the private third-floor family space, opened to the public for the first time. The 14-acre estate sits on cliffs above Easton Bay.

#gilded age mansion
#historic house
#newport mansions
#vanderbilt
#audio tour

What's around here?

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