Rhode Island
With hundreds of miles of coastline sporting dozens of great beaches, the holiday resort state of Rhode Island on the east coast of the USA is a popular getaway for the inhabitants of Boston and New York. Once it was only the wealthy that fled to Rhode Island to enjoy balmy summers in a selectionmore of impressive mansions, which today remain as tourist attractions. A holiday in Rhode Island offers old fashioned pleasures, from beach combing to skimming along in sailboats and sipping cocktails on verandas.