Travel guides to Providence, selected by Providence-Rhode Island.com editors, including travel books, dining guides, maps and Providence-specific specialty guides. Featuring top travel guides such as Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Eyewitness Providence.
Providence Guidebooks
Secret Providence & Newport: The Unique Guidebook to Providence & Newport's Hidden Sites, Sounds & Tastes By Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Juliette Rogers and Linda Rutenberg There's more to Rhode Island, including Providence and Newport, than colonial sites and historical mansions. This travel guide to the Rhode Island's capital, Providence, and coastal getaway, Newport, covers these sites, as well as listing local public art works, farm country, island lighthouses and the best places to dine on johnnycakes in both towns.
Providence Outdoors
A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk By Ed Morris Humorous and historical, this guide to Newport's infamous Cliff Walk, a three-and-one-half-mile walk, 30 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. See mansions, get history on Bellevue Avenue in the guided tour of the Newport Cliff Walk.
Short Bike Rides in Rhode Island (Short Bike Ride Series) By Howard Stone The Short Bike Ride series lists the best road and trail bike rides in Rhode Island, with rides for the whole family, novices and experience cyclists. This guide to bike rides in Rhode Island includes precise directions, food listings, and descriptions of points of interest along the way.
The Cruising Guide to Narrangansett Bay and the South Coast of Massachusetts: Including Buzzard's Bay, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Block Island The Rhode Island Boating magazine is a fan of this hardcover guide to cruising the waters of New England. This boating guide offers well-detailed explanations, beautiful photographs as well as all the technical information like chart sections and drawings.
Providence Maps
Rhode Island Street Atlas By Arrow Publishing Company Including 85 communities in Rhode Island (as well as Southeastern Massachusetts and Southeastern Connecticut), the Rhode Island Street Atlas includes full color maps annotated with shopping centers and other places of interest for Rhode Island visitors.
Street Atlas: Greater Providence This 8 1/2 by 11 inch size map book includes full color, neighborhood street maps of Greater Providence, including downtown Providence, Warwick, Central Falls, and Johnson. The Street Atlas includes a Rhode Island highway map, as well as community profiles and information on places of interest for Rhode Island visitors.
