Private Tour
Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Are you looking for a discrete way to see Newport’s local secrets? Explore at your own pace with this affordable driving tour.
• Hear the rowdy Newport history of America’s famous and infamous on a mansion-packed drive from America’s Cup avenue past Fort Adams and the Cliff Walk houses of owners like Jay Leno
• Hear from producer Erin Egresitz, a professional tour guide with ten years of experience and, the owner of Rhody Rambles
• Take 45 minutes or linger along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before and after your booking date
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point. When you, and your car, are in the right place, just tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What To Expect
This self-guided audio tour takes you down America's Cup Avenue, you'll hear about the area's lively shipping history.
The tour passes by the Whitehorne House Museum. You'll hear about the museum while you drive.
What‘s Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Options
Ocean Drive Historic District: A Newport Self-Guided Driving Tour
Reviews
24 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great information and...
Dianne S,,Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great information and overview of the area. Easy to follow and you can stop as you like. Would definitely purchase a similar tour again
Great audio tour!
Steven D,,Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was a very enjoyable and informative audio tour. The drive was beautiful and the narration perfectly timed and very easy to listen to. I highly recommend this experience.
Didn’t work out in our case
Wanderer15409037755,,Oct 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00May have been user error, but we could not get the audio tour to work. Couldn’t find the starting location, couldn’t get the audio to play on my phone. If you purchase, spend plenty of time getting acquainted with the instructions before you are ready to begin the tour.
Don’t wait to download.
Carol M,,Sep 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00The guide was good, once we got it downloaded and found the starting point. There are lots of steps to get it working, so download everything ahead of time. We were on a timeline and I got very frustrated and was ready to give up. Having the voice guide really helped the experience of the ocean drive. Without it, it would have been just a nice ride.
Awesome Experience
Gwendolyn D,,Aug 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This is great. Very detailed and easy to follow ❤️ The sights were beautiful. It did not take a lot of time to do and is a very valuable thing to do for great memories.
Waste of time
Robert M,,Jun 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Your website is so confusing. went to location we were supposed to be the trolley. never found it could not get on your website. Clearly you sending me codes that never came through. Just wasted an hour and a half of my time Never went on the trip. Definitely would advise not taking this.
Great ride with our private guide
Curiosity35526733520,,May 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Well done. Great narrative and driving directions just as we needed then. The mansions are a must see. We felt like we had our own private guide. Thank you.
Useless
bengtj329,,May 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00We could not get the tour started. The tour couldn't figure out where we were to find where to start it. It would have been nice to be able to listen to the tour without driving it, but that wasn't possible. This was a rip off.
Total bust!
David D,,Dec 27, 2024
- Review from Viator
1.00This was a total bust. After spending 15-20 minutes down loading and registering with two different apps to be able to use the tour we traveled to the starting point (don't bother trying to use Waze to do that because it doesn't want to work with the tour app) we wasted 30 minutes trying to get the map to load. It wouldn't, so we gave up. By this time we had lost so much daylight we toured the area in the dark without the app.
Fun Adventure Through Newport
bellsuzanne,,Dec 27, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Great tour and like others said, the set up was a bit of a pain but it all worked out. The narration was great and we learned a lot about Newport along the way.
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