Hotel at a Glance: Hotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor

This stylish hotel is conveniently located three blocks from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and within a 10-minute walk of the National Aquarium. Upon your return from exploring Charm City attractions, check out the scene at the hotel’s Living Stage, which hosts live performances on select nights.

• Comforts of home: Each guest room has a large HDTV and free WiFi.
• Go shopping at HarborPlace, a waterfront shopping plaza you can walk to in 5 minutes.

Baltimore, Maryland: World-Class Museums and Historic Waterfront Neighborhoods

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor—a busy port that was redeveloped as a tourism district in the mid-20th century—has become one of the city’s best-known and most beloved landmarks. Water taxis ferry visitors from one historic, cultural, or family-friendly attraction to another. Sites along the routes include the star-shaped Fort McHenry (where US forces repelled the British during the War of 1812, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”).

You’ll find several unique museums here, too, from the National Aquarium—which houses more than 16,000 sea creatures in realistic habitats—to the wonderfully oddball American Visionary Art Museum, one of the country’s leading institutions for outsider art. For a stunning view of the skyline, the Inner Harbor, and Chesapeake Bay, head up to the 27th floor of the Baltimore World Trade Center, where you can see the city from 360 degrees at the observation deck.