Visited most of the mansion but Saturday visited the Elms for the first time. Really liked it, love the self guided tours and the grounds were beautiful. Definitely one beautiful mansion!

This is one of the must see houses out of all of the mansions. The audio tour was excellent and not too long. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to The Elms, the Kings Cote and Chateau sur Mer. All were wonderful. Breakers tomorrow.

We loved the tour of The Elms. Take time to see the home and explore the property. The Newport Preservation Society maintains the estate and an audio tour is part of the price of admission. It is part of the Newport mansions tour.

Any to the Newport mansions provide a window into a time past and the Elms is one of the best. While not all original, the period furnishings give a glimpse of what it must have been like to live with incredible wealth.

I visited The Elms on Sunday 6/9/13. We started by purchasing an annual membership to the Newport Preservation Society, which gave us a big savings over individual house tour purchases. With the membership, the house tour is free, and the Servants' Tour is discounted at $12.00 instead of $15. Membership also gives discounts on the gift shops and the café.... More

Lovely mansion on the inside - it was quite advanced for it's time - but also the carriage house and giant beech trees by the gardens in the back are gorgeous and fun to visit. We climbed the trees for an hour or so after doing the self guided tour of the house. Inside the house, I particularly loved the... More

If you do both the regular tour plus the servants tour, it really gives you an idea of what it was like to be in one of these mansions (cottage? - you have GOT to be kidding!) during their heyday. The servants tour takes you to the dormitory style living quarters and lets you see more of the back stairs... More

The Elms audio only takes approx. 30 minutes to go through the house but allow extra time to explore the magnificent gardens and its sculptures. You can also purchase food and drink here from the rear. Parking is available along side the house.

If you can only tour one "cottage", this should be the one. The Servants' Life tour is the perfect counter-point to the over the top opulence of the mansion. Excellent.