Waterfront, beachfront lodging ranges from family motels to romantic inns

You know you are at a real beachside hotel when water is everywhere you look from your private balcony. At the Hotel Maria, across the street from private access to a sandy stretch of beach,, your cottage-style room or suite will feature panoramic ocean views as well as modern amenities from high-speed wifi to fluffy beach towels and wine glasses. Dine al fresco at Maria’s Seaside Cafe on fresh-off-the-boat seafood, or grab appetizers and cocktails at the fourth-floor Sunset Bar with amazing water views. Complimentary bikes ensure you can really enjoy the town’s beach bars, restaurants and ice cream shops. Family amusement centers and playgrounds are also nearby.

Effortlessly combining casual comfort with luxurious accommodations and inspired amenities, the Weekapaug Inn, on the Rhode Island shoreline, has been offering guests the perfect waterfront getaway for over a century. The inn, with its $20 million renovation in 2012, offers the same stellar service and pond side location as the original 1899 inn, adding in amenities like a saline lap pool, fitness center, delectable dining at its farm-to-table restaurant and rooms and suites with feathertop beds, soaking tubs and fabulous views. Activities on the pond and private beach include kayaking, paddle-boarding, sailing, beach-walking with a naturalist and swimming. Play bocce, take a surfing lesson or enjoy a wine-tasting. In the evening, make s’mores by the fire pit as the stars emerge over the water.

Visit our sister properties - Ocean House Resort - Watch Hill Inn

If you bring your continental breakfast up to your spacious suite-style accommodations at the Watch Hill Inn, you can start your day gazing out over Little Narragansett Bay from your private terrace. Then head over to the inn’s sister property, the Weekapaug Inn, and enjoy cabana and beverage service at a private beach, where a variety of boats are also available as well as walks guided by a resident naturalist. At another sister property, the Ocean House, marvel at the water views from the Seaside Terrace for lunch or The Verandah for dinner or book a private fishing charter. Mystic Seaport, miles of Rhode Island and Connecticut beaches, are only a short drive away. The inn can help you create a customized curated itinerary for your seaside stay.

Visit our sister properties - Ocean House Resort - Weekapaug Inn

When visitors came to the original Ocean House resort on the shores of Rhode Island, they marveled at the breathtaking views of the ocean and bay from their rooms. When the luxury inn was newly constructed in 2004, all of its 247 windows remained in their original positions. Water views from spacious rooms and suites are one of the inn’s many charms, which also include an award-winning spa, a variety of waterfront dining options, classes at an active Center for Wine & Culinary Arts and world-class amenities. Enjoy cabana service at the private white-sand beach, swim in the heated indoor saltwater lap pool, take a yoga or pilates class. There are children’s programs, a putting green, a sweeping croquet lawn, fire pits and yacht and fishing cruises.

Visit our sister properties - Weekapaug Inn - Watch Hill Inn

Wake to the sun glinting off the harbor when you stay at the Brenton Hotel, Newport’s newest luxury boutique inn at the corner of America’s Cup Avenue and Long Wharf. Whether it’s from a spacious room’s floor-to-ceiling windows or from the private balcony of the penthouse suite, you’ll marvel at the water and city views, which you can also enjoy when you dine on exceptional cuisine in the Living Room or on The Rooftop. Spacious lodgings let you relax and plan your time in this historic, welcoming city with its great beaches, fabulous mansions and cliff walks, unique shops and museums. Go on a staff-led walking or bike tour or hop on a trolley tour (it leaves from right outside the hotel door).