Bar Harbor and Newport

Tom's Port Guides now include Bar Harbor and Newport Rhode Island. Lots of good information.

Tom's Port Guides now include Bar Harbor and Newport Rhode Island. Lots of good information.

I'll second that!......very good selection of port guides and especially for the New England cruises ports-of-call. Tom Sheridan has put a lot of time and effort into creating these excellent non-commercial guides together.

Will be on the Royal Princess in Oct 2014 for this NewEngland cruise.

Thanks:)

I'll have to check this out! We are looking for a lot of information for the New England ports! Thanks.

I'll have to check this out! We are looking for a lot of information for the New England ports! Thanks.

What information are you looking for? Have you searched this forum?

SBtS

What information are you looking for? Have you searched this forum?

 

 

SBtS

I just started reading through this forum. We have no idea what to do in either port. Want to cram in as much as we can while we are there!

Newport is a wonderful port. We have always enjoyed our stops there.

I just started reading through this forum. We have no idea what to do in either port. Want to cram in as much as we can while we are there!

Did you know that both Newport and Bar Harbor are tender ports? The ride in Newport is about 12-15 minutes; Bar Harbor, about 7-10 minutes.

Here are some 'to dos' for both ports:

Newport:

• Visit one or more of the Newport Mansions: http://www.newportmansions.org/
  
• Walk on Cliff Walk: http://www.cliffwalk.com/ & http://www.cliffwalk.com/sect1.htm
  
• Visit the International Tennis Hall of Fame - http://www.tennisfame.com/
  
• Visit Fort Adams State Park: http://www.fortadams.org/
  
• Visit restored Rose Island Lighthouse - http://roseislandlighthouse.org/
  
• Visit St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (1852), corner of Spring Street and Memorial Boulevard, where Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married
  
• Visit Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in America: http://www.tourosynagogue.org/
  
• Here’s a link to a guide for Newport: http://www.captainvic.com/top100/capvt100.htm
  

Bar Harbor:

• take an independent long tour of Acadia National Park with Olies Trolley or Acadia National Park Tours;
  
• walk the Bar Harbor Shore Path;
  
• walk to Bar Island (only doable at or near low tide);
  
• walk the Ocean Path in ANP;
  
• rent bicycles to ride on ANP Carriage Roads;
  
• stroll & shop Bar Harbor;
  
• have a meal at the Jordan Pond House Restaurant;
  
• hike one of the many hiking trails in ANP;
  
• go whale watching;
  
• ride on a Maine lobster boat;
  
• sail on the schooner Margret Todd.
  

SBtS