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Store Your Luggage Around Newport With Bounce

Arrive in Newport, Rhode Island, for a visit and you could be forgiven for thinking you'd time-warped back to the past somehow. Newport has almost as many buildings from the late 1800s now as it did then. That means this Aquidneck Island city has not only a sensational coastal outlook, and marinas full of luxury yachts, but a laid-back atmosphere more in line with 19th century living than the present day.

Newport honors its social and maritime history with world-class museums where there are endless fascinating collections to peruse. Malls are not the mode in Newport. When you go shopping you'll be wandering down pedestrianized cobbled streets peering into the windows of boutiques rather than roaming the floors of department stores. Restaurants in Newport are a wonderful combination of inn-type eateries serving traditional American food and seafood bars with the proverbial shrimp and oysters. There is a scattering of international restaurants, but they are few and far between.

If you're carrying your bags around while you're exploring Newport you'll end up dragging your knuckles along the ground like a chimpanzee. Drop your bags at a Bounce luggage storage service in Newport and you'll save your strength and your arm length.  

Luggage Storage In Newport

The aim of Bounce was to create a convenient, affordable, and secure place for travelers to store their luggage. Bounce has now achieved a worldwide network of luggage storage facilities by partnering with local businesses and installing luggage lockers where you need them most. Use a Bounce luggage locker in Newport, or any other city in the US or the world, and you'll receive the same reliable service, and be able to access your bags whenever you need to.

Newport City Guide

Top Things To Do

At first glance you may think the top things to do in Newport are more focused at fans of history, shopaholics, and gourmets. You're not wrong. Newport's museums are amazing, the stores incredible and the food too good for words to describe it accurately. You'll just have to eat it to appreciate it.

Museums

The best museums in Newport? The answer to that question would be a list far too long for this article section so detailed below are three that more than qualify as interesting on all counts.

• The National Museum of American Illustration: This unique museum is housed in a luxurious mansion on one of the most prestigious streets in Newport. Dedicated to preserving the images classed as illustrations, the National Museum of American Illustration has collections of colorful artwork used in advertising, books, magazines, and other media plus related memorabilia.
• The International Tennis Hall of Fame: Any sports fan will want to take a tour around this interesting museum dedicated to tennis. Check out the sporting celebrities that have been elected as inductees, some of which you'll know and others you may not as they played in the 1920s. There are digital as well as static exhibitions, sporting memorabilia, and more.
• Marble House: The Marble House is one of Newport's many famous mansions. Built as a summer residence for the steam and railroad magnate, William K. Vanderbilt, the mansion is a luxurious period piece complete in every aspect including artwork, furnishings, and a Chinese teahouse used during the women’s rights movement era for secret meetings.

Shopping

While shopping in Newport won't be in locations anywhere near as luxurious as the opulent Marble House, you'll find it has a character all of its own. Gift stores with Newport souvenirs, stores stocking only handcrafted goods made by local artisans including scrimshaw, and high-end fashion boutiques with prices that will make your hair curl.

• Bowen's Wharf: Bowen's Wharf is an outdoor shopping zone crammed with arty gift shops, galleries, and hip cafes. It's right on the waterfront so you get to see the boats as well as the best these curiosity shops have on display.  
• House of Scrimshaw and Gifts: The House of Scrimshaw and Gifts is like a mini treasure trove rammed to the rafters with incredible collectibles you won't find on sale anywhere else. If you're into scrimshaw you'll go totally gaga over the artistry on the whale bones and teeth.  
• Wish Newport: If you're looking for a special outfit then you need to pop into the Wish Newport boutique. Here you'll find one-off designer fashion items that while they're unique, high quality, and definitely on-trend, have price tags that will have your purse crying while it bids adios to your money.

Dining

Most dining experiences you'll have in Newport will be in up-scale American eateries serving elevated comfort food dishes that, while mouthwatering, are pretty much of a muchness. Search around and you'll come across noodle bars, cafes serving international fusion food, and others with a touch of French finesse.

• Salvation Cafe: Salvation Cafe is a trendy eatery in Newport with a continual party vibe that serves up gourmet quality helpings of roasted beet salad, Cajun-style jambalaya, pork belly banh-mi, and a variety of classy burgers. If you're not into spice, double-check the contents of your order before you dig in. 
• Yagi Noodles: There's nothing better than a bowl of ramen and at Yagi Noodles the ramen is even better than normal as they make them all in-house by hand. The bowls of ramen they serve here wouldn't be out of place in an art gallery, they're so beautifully done. Trouble is, they just don't last long enough to be put on display.
• Red Parrot Restaurant: If you're going to eat American then do it in style at the Red Parrot Restaurant. The dining areas of this Newport restaurant are spread over three floors on a beautifully renovated late 19th-century building. Here you can start at the raw bar, work your way through entrees like sexy steak gorgonzola or tuxedo tuna, or just go for elevated British-style fish and chips. Arrive well before you want to eat as the menu is so long it'll take you an hour to read and even longer to decide what to eat.