A trip to Newport would not be complete without a visit to the Historic Bayfront area. Aside from walking up and down this quaint and lively business area, my favorite parts include viewing the fishing boats docked at Bayfront and walking down the dock to see the sea lions. There are always tons of them and I could stand watching them for an hour as they vie for space on the lower docks, bark at one another, and look up at us with the cutest faces. A trip to Newport is also not complete for us without a visit to Local Ocean Seafood Restaurant at Historic Bayfront. Always fresh and delicious... so glad we were able to visit again this time! Delicious!

the Clearwater restaurant was delightful. Great coffee shop and sea lions are always fun. Fun to watch boats come and go, fisherman working on the docks gulls keeping track of everyone.

I've always found this bustling, working seaport with a variety of shops and restaurants to be a perfect way to spend most of a day in Newport. it's still the heart of Newport's fishing industry and always offers interesting insight to that way of life and business. At the same time there is a wide variety of other options for tourists - art galleries, gift shops, Ripley's museum, candy stores and restaurants from inexpensive to high end offering a wide choice of meals. If you're interested in deep sea fishing, or whale watching, this is the place on the Newport Coast to fulfill that desire. There is a neat row of benches from which to view the fishing boats and and plenty of other attractions to make a nice day's stop.