What's open: 🎄 Holidays at the Mansions: Now through January 1, 2026⁠! 🌊The Breakers, The Elms & Marble House: Open Daily from 9-5pm 🏰Chateau-sur-Mer: Open Saturdays and Sundays through December 28th ✨️ Sparkling Lights at The Breakers: Now through December 28⁠ ❄️Sparkling Lights at The Breakers requires a special ticket for a specific date and entry time. | Newport Mansions

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Views like this never go out of style. ✨There’s nothing quite like the view from Marble House’s lawn — timeless, grand, and pure Newport. | Newport Mansions

The Cliff Walk opens to one of its most iconic scenes at Forty Steps. From the path you look down on a long staircase of stone and cement that drops to a rocky perch where the ocean takes over the soundtrack. Swells roll in, spray lifts across the ledges, and mansions sit back from the cliffs like a backdrop. It is a simple structure with a grand view, a place that makes you stop and watch the water work the shoreline. Is this your favorite sight on the walk, or do you have another go to view? |

Newport’s Cliff Walk is a coastal path of about 3.5 miles that blends ocean views with mansion backdrops. The northern entrance sits by Memorial Boulevard near First Beach, and the route mixes smooth sections with rocky stretches and stairways like Forty Steps. Wear sturdy shoes, watch surf conditions after storms, and keep to the marked trail since many lawns and walls border private property. Sunrise brings quiet light and fewer crowds, while late day gives warm color and sailboats on the hori