Monday, November 05, 2007

Castle Hill Inn, Newport

The Castle Hill Inn is located out on Ocean Drive a few miles from downtown. In addition to the Victorian inn, the property offers seaside cottages for rent. We stopped by for lunch.

Even on a foggy fall day, the view from the lawn reveals the Newport-Jamestown bridge, a former America's Cup contender under sail, and, distantly, a cruise ship on its way out to sea.

Castle Hill Light protects the Aquidneck Island side of the Newport Harbor entrance.

On the way back into town, we got a closer look at the cruise ship as it passed the Ida Lewis Yacht club.