Newport Trolley Tour: Explore Gilded Age Mansions

Discover Newport’s Gilded Age mansions on an open-air trolley tour. Enjoy ocean views, historic insights, and movie set locations. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Newport Travel Trolley Tours - (For ages 5 & up only). Park in the public lot at 23 America’s Cup Ave (Newport Transit Center) and locate the white open air trolley at Platform #7-9 outside. Show your cell phone or printed ticket to driver
  • Fort Adams State Park - The trolley tour will enter Fort Adams, a historic 1799 landmark and home of…
What's Included
  • Breakers admission
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

For those aged 5 and above, take part in Newport’s exclusive outdoor trolley journey offering stunning panoramas of Ocean Drive and the lavish houses of the Gilded Age lined up on Bellevue Ave and the Cliff Walk. There’s also an option to tour the interiors of the Breakers mansion for an added 90-minute duration.
This elucidated excursion goes through…

Location
23 America's Cup Ave
America's Cup Avenue
Newport Transportation Center, platform #2 23 America's Cup Ave Newport, RI 02840
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mary_p
Jun 11, 2025
Newport Trolley with Breakers Mansion - This was to be an open air trolley, however since it was raining we appreciated the closed windows. Carlos was our guide who told us about the area and what he was going to do while we were at the Breakers for 90 minutes. He was very informative and personable. This is not suitable for travelers in a wheel chair or have difficulty getting up the steps to the seats. Carlos was patient and helpful with a party bedding assistance . This event is well worth the money for the experience .
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Jessica_b
Jun 4, 2025
Carlos was an excellent guide - It was a wonderful tour! Carlos pur guide was very knowledgeable about the history and current owners of mansions we drove by. Breakers was incredible to tour. I appreciated greatly how Carlos ensured everyone had a pleasant time and asked noisy passengers to lower voices so we could hear him easily.
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Robert_n
May 31, 2025
Trolley Tour - Rain was in the forecast, and fortunately, the tour company moved us from the open trolley to the closed trolley. Troy did a great job sharing lots of Newport history, and then he dropped us off at The Breakers for a self-guided tour. Both parts of the tour were great, and I definitely recommend this tour.
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Kevin_s
May 15, 2025
Trolley Bus tour beyond expectations - Due to a short lead time between excursions, Todd from Newport Travel Tours picked us up in a car, but with the heavy traffic missed the connection. Todd offered a private tour of the island at no extra cost. The tour shows many mansions and sea views that the booked trolley bus does not. We then went to the Breakers Mansion for the 90-minute tour. After Todd took us to the trolley bus to finish our tour, and took us back with a short walk to our tender boat back to our ship. Todd went above and beyond his role to ensure we had the best experience of the mansions in Newport. Also, a big thanks to Carlos, who was also involved in discussions. 100% excellent tour of Boston Mansions. Thanks.
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Eve_c
Sep 18, 2024
Newport Mansions and the Breakers! - We easily walked to our meeting point from the cruise port. Our trolley was on time and “Trolley Rob” explained what the tour included, drop off and pickup points and times. The tour was excellent and the Breakers was magnificent! Highly recommend this tour!
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Barbaral418
Nov 15, 2023
Nice trip and the Breakers is a Must See - Fun trip and the tour guide/driver did his best to entertain. Newport is such a beautiful place to visit. The Breakers was a blast the free audio guide on cell phone was a good overview. Others spots we visited along the way were enjoyable as well.
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O4484ockevinh
Oct 24, 2023
GREAAAAAT Time with Trolley Car Troy - Trolley car Troy was the BEST!! He was super knowlegable about the sights and town highlights and was very funny. We loved the tour and would do it again 100% with Trolley Car Troy. Thanks
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Ronie_s
Oct 17, 2023
A guided tour well worth taking - Our tour guide, Troy, was animated and knowledgeable. We saw many of the great sights of Newport that we would not necessarily have found on our own. The mansion tour of the Breakers was amazing.
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Melissa_s
Sep 17, 2024
Great tour but beware of changes - Tour guide,Trolley Rob , was fun, friendly and knowledgeable about the area. The only negative is we booked the open trolley and the owner switched us without our permission to the bus tour. Many had this happen and it caused confusion and frustration.The guide eased our transition.
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Adrienne_r
Sep 10, 2024
Bad service - We were supposed to go on a 9.30am tour. We stressed about making it in time as we had to disembark our cruise ship by tender boat. Luckily we got there by 8.30am even though the meeting point was not clearly described as Newport Transit Center stop 2, we found it. The trolleys (x 2) did not come until nearer 10am and then us (and about 20+ other people) were told we were not booked on it and that our tour was 11am. We had planned to be back on the ship for 1pm so this was not acceptable. Both drivers were extremely rude and unhelpful. They said it wasn’t their problem and to phone the office. The company blamed their computer system and we pushed them to refund us. I’d recommend avoiding this company.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).