The Hotel Viking in the Fall

The Hotel Viking, one of the most popular hotels in Newport, Rhode Island, is offering several hotel packages this season.  Fall is a great time to visit Newport, because the weather is still generally nice, but the crowds (and the rates) have decreased from the busy summer season.

The Newport Mansion package is one of the packages being offered this fall.  It includes breakfast for two in One Bellevue as well as tickets for two people to the Historic Newport Mansions (just a short drive from the Hotel Viking).  Would you prefer more of a spa weekend?  The Hotel Viking is also offering the Spa Terre Escape, which includes overnight accommodations, two fifty minute spa treatments, complimentary valet parking, and complimentary wireless internet.  If you’d rather not book a hotel package, you can also get 15% off at the Hotel Viking in the month of October.

Regardless of which package you choose, there’s plenty to do in Newport in October, including ghost tours, the Jack-O-Lantern jog, and pumpkin patches.  When you are done with your fall Newport adventure, you’ll enjoy relaxing at the Hotel Viking.  It’s centrally located, and offers complimentary high-speed internet, flat-screen LCD televisions, rain head shower heads, and more.

The Hotel Viking
One Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 847-3300

Photo credit The Hotel Viking

The Hotel Providence

My home state of Rhode Island may be tiny, but it’s home to some great colleges, including the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College, and of course, Brown University.  If you are visiting some of these fabulous schools this fall, check out these two college visit hotel packages from local Providence hotels.

The AAA Four Diamond Hotel Providence, a luxury boutique hotel, is offering a college scouting package.  The package includes a $25 gift card to Aspire (the on-site restaurant serving local cuisine) a listing of top 10 tips to “test driving” a school, a half-bottle of wine your choice, and a “survival kit” upon check in containing snacks, a map of the city, Red Bull, soda, bottled water, and directions to local colleges and universities.  Prices for the package start at $209.

Hotel Providence
311 Westminster St
Providence, RI 02903
800-861-8000

At the green-certified Providence Marriott Downtown, you can book the premiere college package, which starts at $199 on weekends and $269 on weekdays.  The package includes special local Rhode Island treats upon arrival, including Dell’s Lemonade and Glee Gum, a half-bottle of wine, top ten tips to “test driving” a school, and breakfast for two.

Providence Marriott Downtown
1 Orms Street
Providence, RI 02904
401-272-2400

Photo credit: The Hotel Providence

The Exterior of the Hotel Viking

This fall, come discover why the wealthy families of the Gilded Age called Newport, Rhode Island their home away from home in the summer.  The Hotel Viking, located steps from Newport’s historic waterfront, is offering two great packages for the fall.  It’s the perfect time to visit with lower rates and smaller crowds!

With the Newport Mansion package, you’ll be able to visit your choice of Newport’s famous historic mansions.  Personally, I’d choose to visit the Breakers, which the largest and most luxurious of the Mansions (and a place where I worked during my college years!).

The Newport Mansion package includes the following:

• Overnight accommodations
• Complimentary Parking
• Breakfast for 2 in One Bellevue
• Tickets for 2 people to the Historic Newport Mansions

If you’d prefer a more relaxing and rejuvenating spa weekend, the SpaTerre Escape package may be more your speed.  The SpaTerre package includes the following:

• Overnight accommodations at the Hotel Viking
• Two 50 minutes Spa treatments
• Complimentary valet parking
• Complimentary wireless internet

This package is based on double occupancy, and you’ll need to call SpaTerre  at 401-848-4848 in advance to book your appointments. Preferred times cannot be guaranteed. This package cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion, and is based upon availability, with some blackout dates.

Hotel Viking
1 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840-3205
(401) 847-3300

Photo credit: The Hotel Viking

The Rooftop at the Vanderbilt Grace

Grace Hotels, an international luxury hotel group, has opened their first hotel in the United States, the Vanderbilt Grace hotel in Newport, Rhode Island.  Formerly called Vanderbilt Hall, the Vanderbilt Grace was built in 1909 and was originally owned by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt from the famed Vanderbilt family.

The Vanderbilt Grace offers thirty-three luxury guest rooms and suites, two on-site restaurants, a spa, a fitness center, and outdoor pool, and an indoor pool.  A new restaurant, Muse by Jonathan Cartwright, features New England ingredients in modern European cuisine.  Chef Cartwright, the new Chef de Cuisine for the Grace Hotel Group  is best known as Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux at Vanderbilt Grace’s sister hotel (and one of my personal favorites) The White Barn Inn in Kennebunk, Maine.

Vanderbilt Grace is offering several wonderful packages this summer, including a Fourth of July Package, which includes the following:

• A three-night stay at Vanderbilt Grace
• A poolside BBQ on the 3rd of July
• A duet treatment at the Vanderbilt Grace’s spa

This package is valid from July 1, 2011 through July 4, 2011, and starts at $1769.

There are other packages for the summer also, including a Newport Folk Festival package which includes tickets to the popular long-running festival and a dinner.

Vanderbilt Grace
41 Mary Street
Newport, RI 02840
1 401 846 6200

Photo credit: Vanderbilt Grace