Itinerary
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Pass By: Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
(All day schedule)In the morning, we are heading to New Haven. We will first take a guided tour in Brown University with professional tour guide of the university. Then we will walk along Thayer Street, a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University and others, for its vintage clothing shops, bookstores, music shops and cafes. Later, we will visit Little Italy and take a bite of the No. 1 dessert ranked on TripAdvisor – Pastiche Fine Desserts at your own expense. The last stop of the day will be the Breakers Mansion.
Itinerary:
Newport → Brown University + Thayer Street (120 mins) → Little Italy (20 mins) → The Breakers Mansion (Optional, 90 mins)
Stop At: Brown University, 1 Prospect St, Providence, RI 02912-9127
Founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Brown University is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Located atop College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University has a college town feel with Thayer Street serving as a center of activity for shopping and dining. The University's neighborhood is a federally listed architectural district with a dense concentration of Colonial-era buildings. Notable alumni include John D. Rockefeller Jr., John F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Pastiche Fine Desserts, 92 Spruce St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Pastiche is an intimate European-style café in Little Italy area. Ranked as the No. 1 dessert of Providence, Pastiche is famous of its fruit tart, made with fresh fruits and special homemade custard. In addition to dining in the cozy café, desserts can be purchased for take-out, either by the slice or as a whole cake. Pastiche also serves fine coffee, tea, jams and chocolates. You are invited to enjoy an afternoon cup of tea or a cappuccino and a delicious dessert!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI 02840-6906
The Breakers mansion is not just one of the most famous but is the largest and grandest of the several historical Newport "cottages" that dot the ritzy coastline. The four-story building is located on 14 acres of waterfront property. The mansion was built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family, in an architectural style based on the Italian Renaissance. It is now the most-visited attraction in Rhode Island, with approximately 450,000 visitors annually as of 2017.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes