Newport is best-known for its Gilded Age mansions and luxurious lifestyle, but this new, upscale and welcoming choice for accommodations makes the destination all the more appealing.

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Today, the 2, 600-acre gated enclave, situated some 45 minutes from mid-town Manhattan, boasts century-old trees, three pristine lakes, an 18-hole golf course, and a number of Gilded-Age mansions designed by well-known architects of the day.

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Among the domestic castles of the American Gilded Age, it reigns supreme, outshining the mansions of Newport and the estates of South Florida.

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