Experience the Allure of Our Newport Hideaway
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at our recently reimagined, iconic downtown mansion. Pull back the portico curtain and discover what awaits at our cozy winter escape. Whether it’s cocktails for two at our sumptuous secret bar, an intimate conversation with our in-house Tarot Reader, or quintessential ‘Newport’ on-property experiences, our vibrant social hub provides the perfect destination for a romantic getaway.
- February 14 - 15, 2025
Friday, February 14th
3:00 – 4:00pm | Valentine’s Day Cocktail Class – Gather in our handsome Reserve Room for a curated Valentine’s Day cocktail class with our expert beverage team. Imbibe with loved ones amongst the glow of our sumptuous, interactive whisky haven,
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4:30 – 8:30pm | Live Music at the Mansion – Listen as our classical guitarist performs full bodied and dramatic music that harkens to the Django gypsy jazz era, crosses the river of bold Spanish flamenco, and touches the tip of pleasing the more modern ear with arrangements of Pink Floyd, Heart, Billy Joel, and so on.
In The Dining Room
5:00pm | Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe Feast – Join us at our downtown social hub with a loved one for an indulgent Valentine’s Day dinner, featuring a sumptuous prix fixe menu dreamed up by The Vanderbilt’s Executive Chef Tim Caspare, as you listen to live music amongst the glow of our handsome Dining Room.
In The Dining Room
Saturday, February 15th
4:30 – 5:30pm | Blindfolded Oyster Tasting – Step into our handsome Dining Room and enjoy a blindfolded oyster tasting with our expert culinary team as you imbibe amongst our downtown mansion.
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Month of February
- 5:00 – 9:00pm | Aphrodisiac Tableside Martini – Watch as our expert beverage team crafts a specially curated Valentine’s aphrodisiac martini tableside.
Shuck Yeah
Learn about oysters, how they’re grown, and their local farms, and then sit back and enjoy a sampling paired with wine, beer, or a cocktail of your choosing.
Learn to make a Colonial-era cocktail inspired by the favorite libation of our founding fathers, a Gilded Age cocktail paying homage to the hotel’s namesake Alfred Vanderbilt, and a signature Vanderbilt cocktail that places its own unique spin on these classics.
Choose between Vinyasa, Restorative and Power Yoga sessions that will focus you mentally and condition you physically. The practice of yoga has far-reaching benefits, on its own or as part of a personal fitness plan.
Watch as our expert beverage team crafts a tower of vintage glass coupes at the bar and pop champagne to signal the start of weekend festivities at our Downtown Mansion.
Head to the reimagined sun-dappled Conservatory for an exciting coastal take on afternoon tea. Take in the hotel’s lush gardens from classic rattan armchairs within gleaming glass walls while sipping a selection of delicious teas.
Step into the Parlour and be transported to the era when artists and poets drank absinthe, the spirit whose mystery and allure remains to this day. Our Hidden Bar in the Parlour has been imagined as Lady Elsie Vanderbilt’s secret entertaining closet, in which she kept her treasured brass objects, menagerie and her favorite vice: absinthe.
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