Planning a Newport bachelorette party? With waterfront restaurants, beaches, sailing, shopping and plenty of places for cocktails, Newport has everything you need for a weekend away with your favorite people. Make Island House your home base, with spacious suites, full kitchens or kitchenettes, and room to gather, all close to downtown Newport and the waterfront. Here’s our Newport, RI bachelorette weekend guide to where to stay, eat and celebrate.
Settle In at Island House
Before building your Newport bachelorette itinerary, start with a place where everyone can spend time together.
Stock the kitchen with drinks and snacks, get ready together before heading out, or plan a private chef experience right at Island House. If you’re deciding where to stay for a Newport bachelorette party, Island House gives you more than separate hotel rooms, with space to gather and enjoy the weekend together.
Get Out on the Water
No Newport girls’ weekend is complete without some time on the water.
- Newport Classic Cruises: Set sail aboard a classic schooner for an afternoon or sunset cruise.
- Gansett Cruises: Cruise Narragansett Bay while taking in Newport’s coastline and historic sights.
- Newport Charter Yacht Co.: Book a private yacht and make the afternoon your own.
Plan a Beach Day
Visiting during warmer weather? Add a few hours by the water.
- Easton’s Beach: Newport’s largest public beach, close to downtown.
- Second Beach: Head to Middletown for a classic Rhode Island beach day.
- Gooseberry Beach: A smaller beach tucked along scenic Ocean Drive.
Eat & Drink Your Way Around Newport
A Newport bachelorette weekend calls for great food, waterfront cocktails and at least one celebratory dinner.
- The Mooring: Waterfront seafood and cocktails in the heart of downtown.
- 22 Bowen’s: A Newport classic for steak, seafood and harbor views.
- Giusto: Italian-inspired dining overlooking Commercial Wharf.
- Clarke Cooke House: A Newport institution for dinner, drinks and a lively night out.
- Pasta Beach: Pizza, pasta and an easygoing group dinner.
Shop Around Newport
Leave some room for shopping, lunch and a cocktail or two along the way.
- Bowen’s Wharf & Bannister’s Wharf: Waterfront boutiques, specialty shops and classic Newport finds.
- Thames Street: Clothing, gifts, jewelry and plenty of places to stop for a drink or bite.
- Bellevue Avenue: Shopping, cafés, beautiful architecture and easy access to the Newport Mansions.
Add Something Very Newport
Looking for more Newport bachelorette party ideas? Add a few experiences you can only have here.
- Tour the Newport Mansions: Visit The Breakers, Marble House or Rosecliff for a little Gilded Age glamour.
- Walk the Cliff Walk: Ocean views, historic mansions and plenty of photo opportunities.
- Explore Ocean Drive: Drive or bike one of Newport’s most scenic coastal routes.
- Book a spa treatment at Salt Boutique: Add a little downtime with a treatment at Island House spa partner Salt Boutique.
- Take a helicopter tour: See Newport and the Rhode Island coastline from above with Newport Helicopter Tours.
Make the Weekend Your Own
The best things to do in Newport for a bachelorette party don’t have to fit into one kind of trip. Spend the morning at the beach, sail the harbor in the afternoon and dress up for dinner downtown, or keep your itinerary loose and enjoy more time together.
With so many Newport Bachelorette activities nearby, you can build the weekend around your group.
Stay Together at Island House
When the whole point of the weekend is being together, where you stay matters.
Start the morning with coffee around the kitchen. Get ready together before heading downtown. Come back after dinner, pour another glass of wine, order something late-night and stay up talking. The night doesn’t have to end just because you’ve come back to where you’re staying.
With spacious suites, full kitchens or kitchenettes, and downtown Newport close by, Island House gives you more time and space to enjoy the weekend together.
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