Barely forty minutes from downtown Providence you’ll find Narragansett a small beach town that provides a down-to-earth alternative to the fancy mansions of Newport. While it is overwrought with University of Rhode Island students from September to April, once May comes around it is a peaceful place for families to vacation for the summer or just one day. You will need passes to go on the town beach or you have to pay, but it keeps the sand from getting too crowded. If you don’t mind lots of  more...