Best beach town in RI? Condé Nast says it's this one
And one of them just landed on the Condé Nast Traveler list of the 17 best beach towns on the East Coast.
"Whether you're looking to lay out on the sand in summer or prefer walking along the water spotting wildlife and collecting rocks, the shores of the East Coast have a little something for everyone," Condé Nast stated on its website.
Here's what beach town in the Ocean State made the list.
What they said: "Newport is a beach town known for its houses, though a very different sort. Ten enormous, historic mansions—once the summer homes of the Vanderbilts, Nevada silver heiresses, and other Westerners of unimaginable wealth—remain standing along the famous cliff walk. Today however, they are museums. The most famous two are The Breakers and Rosecliff.
"The Newport mansions famously earned the ire of writer Joan Didion, who wrote in her essay 'The Seacoast of Despair,' 'To stand in the dining room of 'The Breakers' is to imagine fleeing it, pleading migraine.' Today, in lieu of the 'Great Gatsby'-esque lawn parties of yore where swans roamed the grounds, Newport attracts visitors of all stripes for events such as the Newport Folk Festival."
According to Condé Nast, they include:
Bar Harbor, Maine
Kennebunkport, Maine
Rockport, Massachusetts
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
Madison, Connecticut
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: The RI beach town named one of the best on the East Coast. Here's why
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