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Top 10 Reasons to Visit Baltimore
  1. Easily Accessible - Planes, Trains and Automobiles! Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport allows travelers to fly directly into Baltimore and take an airport shuttle, taxi cab or sedan service into the heart of downtown Baltimore in just 15 short minutes. With over 700 major airline daily arrivals and departures, there’s a flight waiting just for you.

  2. Easy and Fun to Get Around - By Land or By Sea! You’ll be just two feet from everything in Baltimore! The city is easy to get to and easy to get around; most of its first-class hotels, restaurants, attractions and sports venues are steps from the famed Inner Harbor. Ed Kane’s Water Taxi allows visitors to sightsee on the water and the Ride the Ducks tours offer a unique way to see the city as these amphibious roadsters travel around the city and across the harbor providing visitors a view of the city never to be forgotten.

  3. Arts and Culture - Plays, Paparazzi and Picasso! The Arts and Culture scene is diverse in Baltimore. Don’t miss the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art, which now feature free admission all year long. With cultural backdrops such as The Meyerhoff Symphony Hall – Home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Lyric Opera House and The France-Merrick Hippodrome Theatre, finding an experience that is right for you is easy.

  4. Family Fun - All for One and One for All! Attractions such as The National Aquarium in Baltimore, The Maryland Science Center, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and Port Discovery the Kid Powered Museum leave no stone unturned when it comes to fun for the entire family. Enjoy interactive, hands on, mind stimulating fun for everyone!

  5. African American Heritage - Legends are Made and Legacies are Born! Being the birthplace of such African American greats as Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway and Thurgood Marshall gives way to the African American Heritage that makes Baltimore so proud of its history. Baltimore showcases African American history and celebrates African American accomplishments in many of our museums including the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Frederick Douglas – Isaac Myers Maritime Park.

  6. Unique Experiences - Just the way you like it! Baltimore has something for everyone, whatever your pleasure there are enough hotels, restaurants and attractions for anyone to achieve a Baltimore experience as unique as their very own fingerprint. Every trip, every time, very different.

  7. World-Renowned Cuisine - Check Please! From five-course dinners on white linen to a genuine Maryland crab feast on brown paper, Baltimore serves up culinary genius with its unique dishes made with fresh seafood ingredients from our very own Chesapeake Bay.

  8. Extraordinary Neighborhoods - Home Sweet Home! Baltimore is a city of quaint neighborhoods that give this big city the small town feel. While visiting take a walk beyond the harbor thru Fell’s Point, Canton, Butcher’s Hill, Federal Hill and Locust Point and find out why so many visitors stay more than one day and come back often.

  9. The Inner Harbor - What a Waterfront! From breath-taking panoramic views of the skyline on the Observation Level of the World Trade Center to the up-close and personal experiences of street performances happening spontaneously at the waterfront, Baltimore’s crown jewel the Inner Harbor offers more to see and do than one might imagine.

  10. Wide Range of Accommodations - Stay for awhile! There are over 6,500 hotel rooms in downtown Baltimore and another 7,000 only a short ride away. From family friendly, corporate and even pet friendly there are accommodations in Baltimore for everyone.
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