Waterplace Park

Ben Roth

Nice area to walk around in downtown Providence. Best known for WaterFire, which is a really cool experience, I actually prefer being here at other times without the huge crowd. However, this is the best spot to sit and enjoy WaterFire in my opinion. No matter where you’re standing, the backdrop of your photos will be impressive. My biggest complaint is that the current pushes all of the trash in the river into the southwest corner of the basin and it doesn’t seem like they remove it very often, but they are on top of it before WaterFire and other big events downtown.

Christine Li

Cute area to walk around and chill. Great views! Awesome place to grab some photos.

Saiprabhu B

We were in this area for dinner and we were an hour earlier than expected. So we decided to check out this place for passing time. We were on a January Night and there was not much activity going on. We had the park all for ourselves and had a good time strolling around the river and catching glimpses of the buildings near by. Had to climb down few stairs from the street level to get to the park. Car parking was on the streets.

Carlos Lopez

I really enjoy walking through this place during the day, at night, and even during waterfire events. Its soo beautiful and chill and the mall is right there and a few cool places like Cafe Nuvo, Capital Grill, Jacky’s, etc. If you follow the canal it leads you to the Providence bay and the pedestrian bridge, if you go under the tunnel KP and downtown Providence, and the street opposite facing the mall leads you to the train station/Amtrak/MBTA. The gondola can be so romantic and perfect for a date, but theres also a nice kayaking spot. And… its free just to hangout and have a picnic. A extra bonus is the fact the field where the 4th of July fireworks is right there and the state house is also very visible 🙂