Private Tours
For the most intimate experience, choose a private tour for your party through one or more houses of your choosing.  Private tour fees start at $220.  To arrange a private tour, call (401) 847-1000, ext 105 Monday through Friday;  on weekends and holidays, please call (401) 744-7210.

Specialty Tours
In addition to the regular house tours, there are also several special tours available to satisfy every visitor's taste, listed below.   Please note, some tours are seasonal.  Please check the Operating Schedule  or tickets page for availability and prices.


The Elms After Hours                                           
Treat yourself  to a Gilded Age summer party.  It's After Hours at The Elms, a unique opportunity to discover what it might have been like to enjoy a summer cocktail party at this elegant Gilded Age mansion.

Begin your Friday evening in Newport with a leisurely guided tour of the first floor of The Elms.  Follow that with wine and canapes served on the terrace overlooking the grounds, and then take in the evening air as you and your guide stroll through the spectacular sunken garden.  Offered Friday evenings only, June 27 through August 29.


Rooftop and Behind-the-Scenes at The Elms

See and hear how the other half lived as you tour the "back stairs" and rooftop of this Gilded Age mansion.  Walk through the kitchens, coal cellar and boiler room, laundry rooms and wine cellar, then up the stairs to the third-floor staff quarters.  Weather permitting, your tour will take you out onto the roof, for a spectacular view of the ten-acre estate and Newport harbor beyond. 

Offered daily on the hour.  Purchase tickets online.



The Breakers Family Tour
This special, interactive tour of The Breakers is designed to engage children in learning about this great house and the people who lived in it.   Children are encouraged to ask questions, and learn about the daily lives of the Vanderbilt children and how they spent their summers in this opulent "cottage."  

Offered daily June 28 through September 1, weekdays at 2 pm, weekends at 11 am and 2 pm.
Admission with regular Breakers ticket.   Purchase tickets now.