The Breakers, Newport

😱 what a beautiful mansion. I did the self guided audio tour along. It was very informational and interesting. It took me about 2 hours to do the tour. I got $2 discount for being a AAA member. All staffs were courteous. They don’t allow selfie sticks inside breakers. There is a big parking lot for visitors. You can park there and enjoy both breakers and cliff walk.

Amazing…. Of course! Self-guided/paced tour was nice. (I didn’t happen to have earbuds, so had to resort to reading the transcript, but glad the app had that!). Would give 5 stars if it wasn’t quite so pricey…. Probably better to buy those combo tickets others have mentioned, but we didn’t plan on seeing more than one of these mansions…. We did a weekday in June, and it was moderately busy but not overly crowded and a very nice experience… I’ve visited at least a few mansions, and this really is a well-maintained example of opulence. (Like gold-leaf on huge wall areas applied by hand, such that it looks like leather? Yikes…. I’m still trying to understand why “more” = “better”, but anyway…. It truly is amazing.). My favorite room wasn’t even a room at all, it was the covered porch/veranda… with that ocean view…. Crazy stunning!