Friendly merchants and lots of diversity here. Not your usual tourist T-shirt stores. They have those, to be sure, but there are a lot of unique and interesting stores to poke in and out of for a whole day. More

I found the shops here to be boring and way too touristy. I was hoping for unique art or interesting clothing but instead found overpriced predictable nautical themed stores everywhere. Nothing was unique and everything was over priced. Skip it! More

great strolling street with good food reasonably priced... More

Winter,Spring,Summer and Fall to me its always fun on Thames. Winter they set up skating rink.Not an easy place to find parking . Lots of places to eat and shops to browse in. More

Everyone is very nice in sharing the sidewalk. We need to walk most of Thames St. from our rental home to get everywhere & we love it. We walk for coffee, shopping, to get to our destination tourist spots & to burn off our dinner. Great people watching as well. More

Park & walk down Newports coolest street filled with unique shops, retaurants & a New England feel from top to bottom More

It was walking distance from our B&B, and it gave us something to do in the evening. Shops were either high-end clothing and jewelry (and also closed on a Sat. night in early May) or typical tourist offerings. The older buildings were interesting to look at and the bars and restaurants were well-attended. More

Tons of shops, bars and eateries along Thames street. More

Some souvenir shops, coffee, sandwich and ice cream bars, and the like. I was hoping to find a bookstore but didn't locate any. The public library is a block off Thames, which was nice, and we needed a pharmacy so had to go a few blocks up the hill to find a CVS. There's lots of potential for other types... More