30% off (Sale price $299.00, Reg. Price $428.00) :: Hotel at a Glance: Admiral Fitzroy Inn a Historic Former ConventWhen the building that would become the Admiral Fitzroy Inn was constructed in the 1850s, it not only served a different function—a convent for St. Mary’s Church—but was also in a different location, just a few blocks away from where it is now. In 1986, it was broken down piece by piece, brought to the new location, and masterfully reconstructed. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Admiral Fitzroy Inn provides a bed-and-breakfast stay about a mile from the Gilded Age mansions at Newport’s famous Cliff Walk. Where you’ll stay: The inn’s 18 guest rooms, formerly the nuns’ quarters, have a European elegance and greet guests with colorful, hand-painted borders and armoires. Added perks: This deal is tailored for a romantic getaway, and the options come with in-room fresh flowers, chocolates, and a bottle of wine (with two collectible wine glasses to drink it out of). Breakfast is served each morning in the sunny breakfast room, with walls painted in spring green. There you’ll find a European-style continental breakfast with freshly baked scones, sweet breads, fresh fruit, yogurt, and granola. In-room amenities: a tea kettle, cable TV, and a small fridge. Recent accolade: A 2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Go shopping in the Newport Historic District that surrounds the hotel.Newport, Rhode Island: Harbor Town with World-Famous MansionsNewport sits on Rhode Island’s Aquidneck Island, just 30 miles south of Providence and 70 miles south of Boston. With its picturesque cliffs running along the rocky coast, Newport understandably attracted America’s upper class at the turn of the 20th century. The prestigious Astor and Vanderbilt families joined other captains of industry in building their summer “cottages” here—sprawling estates that epitomized the Gilded Age’s glitz and glamour. You can sign up for mansion tours at the historic The Elms, Marble House, and The Breakers, a 70-room Italian Renaissance–style palazz
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