travel42 Hotel Review: Ocean House

Ocean House travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

On the border with Connecticut, overlooking Block Island Sound, midway between New London and Charlestown, 40 minutes west of Newport and two hours south of Boston, this exclusive Victorian-inspired seaside refuge is every bit as lavish as the one it replaced.

Built in 1868 with 150 rooms, the original resort was more than 100,000 sq ft of luxury, realized on a grand scale reserved for palaces of the day. The current version of Ocean House, built in 2010,...