🌊 Close your eyes for a second and you can hear Newport before you see it. The slow push and pull of the Atlantic sets the beat, waves folding over rock on Ocean Drive, a softer wash along First Beach, and a steady roar at Brenton Point when the wind is up. Seagulls call, halyards tap against masts in the harbor, and every so often a distant horn or bell slips through the air. Morning on the Cliff Walk sounds clean and bright, noon feels busy with voices and sails, and by evening the water sett