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Shoreline inn guarantees the perfect vacation for every member of your family
Some members of your family just want to relax on vacation, while others want to enjoy every activity available? The Weekapaug Inn, nestled on the Rhode Island shoreline, has a long history of appealing to every type of guest. Super-comfortable rooms and suites with dramatic water views and amenities from enclosed decks to soaking tubs are great for relaxing – and so is the private sandy beach. Activities include outings with a resident naturalist, boating excursions, kayaking, biking, paddle sports, fishing, swimming in the lap pool, s’mores by the fire pit and working out in the fitness center. Guests also have access to the spa, croquet lawn and squash courts at the nearby Ocean House. Ask about the four-bedroom Emerald City Cottage for a truly unique stay.
Ocean House and Weekapaug Inn have once again earned Five-Star recognition from the esteemed Forbes Travel Guide for 2026, and have been voted among the top hotels in the Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards.
First-rate conference and event facilities will earn you kudos from participants
Business meetings, reunions, workshops and conferences: If there is one in your company’s or organization’s future, Warwick, RI has a selection of sites to accommodate your gathering. Many hotels offer a variety of conference amenities, from spacious and flexible meeting rooms and full-service business centers to catering, audiovisual equipment and help with entertainment or guest activities. Country clubs feature fabulous views and personalized touches; a catering service has spacious waterfront rooms; downtown restaurants provide more intimate meeting spaces with flair. Some spaces come with unique histories: a French chateaux, the building that housed the offices of an iron works. There are hotels close to the airport, a mansion along the shores of Narragansett Bay. Every venue comes with professional staffs ready to help you with all the details.
This park on the Atlantic shore is like a village, with 182 trailer and tent camping sites. Lots of family activities. This camping park on the ocean is near popular state beach areas like Scarborough, Roger Wheeler, and Salty Brine. The park is also one mile from the Block Island ferry dock. - Campground Reservations
755 camping sites in the woods are available at this large, forested state park. Campsites have restrooms, showers, fireplaces, and picnic areas. Make reservations early for summer weekends; the campgrounds can fill up early. - Campground Map (PDF) - Picnic Area Map (PDF)
This is a campsite for people with horses only. It includes 20 campsites with water, fireplaces, pit toilet, horse show ring, and riding trails. Open year-round.
This wooded parcle of 3,000 acres offers swimming, camping and hiking. Camping options include 45 trailer spots, primitive tent & trailer campsites. Swimming is allowed in the fresh-water Bowdish Reservior. Hiking trails. Cost is $8 for Rhode Island residents and $12 for non-residents. Camping permits are issued by the park ranger. Shelter fee is $20 per night. The camping season is early April to Mid-October.
Sites for 24 tents, as well as 83 seasonal RV sites and 19 daily RV sites. Fort Getty also features a boat ramp and fishing dock. Dumping station, showers, water, electricity for trailers. Reservations taken by phone or by written correspondence.
Campsite for 75 trailers only, no tents. Site holds flush toilets and is near a boat launch, fishing and swimming areas. Fees are charged. Open April 15-October 31.
West end of Charlestown Beach Road
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A Taste of Rhode Island That All Families Can Enjoy Together
Bring the kids, your aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents and your appetite to Rhode Island Red Food Tours, where families can taste their way through Providence or Newport while learning about Rhode Island’s culture and history. Designed for ages 8 and up, these walking tours combine easy-paced exploration with memorable food stops — from diverse ethnic and traditional eateries, to independently owned and James Beard nominated restaurants, to local iconic restaurants where the locals know to go. Parents will appreciate the chance to discover hidden restaurants and neighborhood gems, while children enjoy trying new flavors in a fun, welcoming setting. With stories, sights, and tastings along the way, it’s a family dining adventure everyone can share.
Several family-friendly dining options close to this popular saltwater inlet beach
What’s your pleasure for dining by the beach? Are you a fish-and-chips or clamcakes-and-chowder to-go kind of person? Or would you like to dine inside by wide windows with sweeping views overlooking the beach and the water? Or maybe you prefer all-day breakfast possibilities, possibly with a mimosa or bloody Mary? Luckily, you can have all those experiences at Oakland Beach, with a variety of restaurants near this popular beach in a cozy Rhode Island community. Iggy’s Doughboys and Chowderhouse is a family favorite for its clamcakes and doughboys, and Top of the Bay restaurant has a great menu and view. Breakfast all day, as well as lunch and dinner, are served up at The Beach Cafe and Pub.
This market is located inside a historic former mill building that has been converted for commercial use. Browse a wide range of food products, including shellfish straight from Maine, soaps and skin care, and cool extras like knife sharpening and recycling. Worth a trip to just brighten up a winter day. Features that await you a pickle contest, Wednesday-night craft demonstrations, and a holiday beer and wine tasting party! Dates & Hours: late September to late April; Wednesdays 4 - 8pm.
Coastal Growers Market offers hard-to-find products including organic produce, pasture-fed meats, locally raised shellfish and more. This is a year-round market with separate locations for summer and winter. To keep our vendors and patrons safe, we will require face coverings, observe social distancing, and limit the number of people in the market at a time. Please consider paying by credit or debit card. Summer Market Dates & Times: Saturdays from May-October, 8:30am-12:30pm
Come browse and shop from a large selection of local food vendors in a custom-built facility designed for hosting year-round markets. The building has a premium ventilation system and lots of natural airflow, wide hallways, and convenient parking. This market accepts cash, credit/debit, SNAP/EBT, Bonus Bucks, and WIC. You may order food in advance for curbside pickup. Live music at the market! Dates and Hours: Saturdays 9am-1pm
This is Rhode Island's oldest continually operating farmers market, offering a seasonal selection of Rhode Island-grown produce and other products by members' farms. Enjoy fresh popped kettle corn or hot cup of coffee while you stroll and shop. Summer Dates & Hours: May-October, Saturdays 8:30am - 12:30pm Winter Dates, & Hours: November-April, Saturdays 9am - 12:30pm.
Independence Square - 25 West Independence Way401-789-1388
Crops: Strawberries, raspberries, green beans, sunflowers, and pumpkins Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Also: Corn maze; free hay rides are offered on the weekends in the fall; farm stand selling strawberries, sweet corn, vegetables, honey, and jelly/jams, raspberries, pumpkins, hay and straw, decorations.
Face masks and social distancing are required by everyone visiting the farm.
Pippin Orchard Road and Plainfield Pike401-942-9741
Crops: Strawberries (mid-June-early July), blueberries (early July to Early September) Seasons and Hours: Strawberries (mid-June-early July), blueberries (early July to Early September). Call ahead for picking seasons and hours. Also: Farm stand selling raspberries, strawberries, pumpkins, Christmas trees, sweet corn, nursery stock, mixed fruits and vegetable plants, herbs, trees, shrubs. Pumpkin express hayride and corn maze on weekends in the fall Information: www.schartnerfarms.com/
Crops: Peaches, plums, apples Also: Farm stand selling apples, peaches, cider, pumpkins, fall decorations and Christmas trees. Horse-drawn hayrides on selected weekends in September and October Seasons and Hours: September - November, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Rhode Island, the Ocean State, is loved for its many beaches, for the historic city of Newport, and for the up-and-coming capital city of Providence, rich with culture and interesting dining. Visitors love the unspoiled Block Island, easily reached by ferry from the fishing village of Point Judith. Other parts of the state are rich in history, farms, and beautiful outdoor getaways.
The Blackstone Valley region takes its name from the river that was the power source for America's first mills. This historic and rural region is a place of old towns that preserve America's industrial history, including Woonsocket and Smithfield, RI; ethnic dining, courtesy of the French Canadian, Irish, Italian, and Portuguese immigrants who have settled here; small music and performance venues; and outdoor recreation.
This island off the Rhode Island coast has a single modest town, New Shoreham, RI (most everyone just refers to it as Block Island), which features many beaches, two historic lighthouses, and stunning bluffs and cliffs. Development is very light, and there are places all around to enjoy walking, bicycling, paddling, and bird watching with very little human encroachment. The town has delightful shopping and dining in a relaxed, summer-drenched atmosphere.
Newport, RI is famous for its Gilded Age mansions, built as summer cottages by industrialists of the Victorian age. Many are open for tours and special events like garden shows, wine festivals, and Christmas galas. The city has delightful Colonial-period houses, lots of dining and entertainment and museums, and a legacy as a place of US Naval history, sailing and tennis. People love strolling Cliff Walk, which looms above a rocky coast with gorgeous views of Narragansett Bay.
The capital city of Providence, RI has enjoyed a rejuvenation since the 1990s, centered upon the downtown WaterPlace Park, where the unique outdoor art happening, WaterFire, is held. The city has great dining, most famously in its Little Italy neighborhood of Federal Hill. The neighborhoods surrounding Brown University brim with elegant architecture of four centuries. Warwick, RI, just to the south of Providence and also located on Narragansett Bay, has several excellent restaurants -- including some right on the water's edge, near marinas -- beautiful public parks with swimming, an easy-to-reach airport and rail connections on Amtrak with parking shared by the airport and train station.
South County specializes in long, sandy, luxurious beaches with plenty of services and amenities. The towns of Wickford and Narragansett, RI offer water vistas along with shopping and pleasurable dining. Westerly, RI is a pretty town with a Victorian-era central park, with fantastic beaches and very upscale living along the shore. The county's nature preserves have ample hiking, paddling, and fishing in pristine settings.
