Baltimore Harbor (Baltimore, MD) anyone ever been there?

We're thinking of going there for a weekend and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for places to go and also hotels to stay at...oh yeah and restaurants?

Thanks!

Re: Baltimore Harbor (Baltimore, MD) anyone ever been there?

I was there a few years ago - we went to the aquarium and walked around the harbor and took a water taxi.
We ate at Phillips. It's a seafood restaurant and it was very good.

Re: Baltimore Harbor (Baltimore, MD) anyone ever been there?

My sister recently visited Baltimore. She said there are good areas (the harbor) and bad ones, and that the bad ones are REALLY bad.

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We would want to be in the harbor area only (I've heard the bad areas are baaaad too). We'd stay at a hotel on the harbor (hoprfully) too.

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My cousin and I got lost in the BAAAAAAD area on the way to the Harbor. Let's just say it was two girls in a civic coop, windows down blasting billy joel. We were stuck at a light and watching a midget sell drugs to a crackwhore in front of our car. We made a U-turn immediately and got out of there. Very scary! I think the neighborhood was even called Brooklyn.
We stayed up north near Harve de Grace, which is about 30-40 minutes away from the harbor. I wouldn't recommend it.

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Re: Baltimore Harbor (Baltimore, MD) anyone ever been there?

The Inner Harbor is cool. You can go to the aquarium and take a ride in the Harbor. Someone else mentioned Phillips, they have good seafood.

Outside of the Inner Harbor there really isn't much to do. You can take a drive to DC, it's about 30-45 min away.

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Kathy this site might help a bit


Inner Harbor

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Re: Baltimore Harbor (Baltimore, MD) anyone ever been there?

the science center is cool too. When we were there they had an exhibit on video games - all the old ones were there - pong, pac man, etc ...

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They have an exhibt of the Titanic right now which I would love to see!!

Flee thanks for the link, its great!

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DH and Scotty just went there. They stayed at the Sheraton Inner Harbor and went to an Orioles/Yankees game too (which actually got rained out ). They loved the aquarium and said there was so much to do around the harbor.

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Posted by Scotty-CassidysMom

DH and Scotty just went there. They stayed at the Sheraton Inner Harbor and went to an Orioles/Yankees game too (which actually got rained out ). They loved the aquarium and said there was so much to do around the harbor.

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DH said it was nice and it was in a really great location. They actually walked to Camden Yards. If you were looking to go to a game, there is a package, I think it's called the Orioles package (fitting ) and it was $309 for the room and really great seats to the game.

HTH

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About 4 years ago I spent the weekend at the inner harbor with an ex - we stayed at the Sheraton for a ridiculous price, and the room STUNK. It was tiny, dirty and there were cigarrette burns all over the bedspread. The pool was SO not a pool - a tiny triangle of water. I asked to be moved, but the whole hotel was booked so they couldn't. I came home and wrote a letter of complaint and never received a response... but, that was four years ago, so hopefully things have changed!

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I went to Inner Harbor a few years ago. I didn't stay in the Harbor; I stayed in walking distance at the Omni. It was fine - not the Four Seasons but not a Howard Johnson's either.

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Used to go to college near there.....loved it there You will have fun no matter what!

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Love the Inner Harbor! We stayed at the Admiral Fell Inn for my Bachelorette Weekend. Here is the website: link

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the hyatt and the renaissance are both nice, but more $. if you like crabs, you have to go to obrycki's (not sure of the spelling).

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There is TONS to do in the Inner Harbor. Whats funny is we literally JUST got back from there with my parents (we went to Cheesecake Factory for a late lunch).

The aquarium is great - you HAVE to see the Dolphin Show (although it may still be closed because one of the dolphins recently had a baby).

Camden Yards it's a gorgeous ballpark. Check and see if there are any games that weekend.

Power Plant Live is an area of bars/restaurants where you pay one price and can go in and out of the different establishments. They have a dueling piano bar (Howl at the Moon), as well as an 80's club (Have a Nice Day Cafe).

There are lots of restaurants and shopping in that area - it's pretty touristy.

I also recommend going down to Little Italy. We go to Amici's for dinner and Vaccaro's for pastries.

Have fun and don't worry so much about "the bad areas" - there are bad areas in every city. Just stay away from "The Block".

Amy