Baltimore Travel Guide

Baltimore likes to celebrate: Arrive on a sunny May weekend and you'll find yourself at the old-fashioned Flowermart. Come in midsummer and walk around Harborplace, and you'll wonder what the party's for. (It isn't a party: It's just Baltimore having a good time.) On a wintry night when it looks like the city has wrapped itself in a blanket and gone to bed, head east to Power Plant Live, Fells Point, or trendy Canton, and you'll find hot crowds and cool music. Baltimore also celebrates in its historic sites, its grand museums, and its neighborhood shops. Old neighborhoods, such as Federal Hill, Mount Vernon, Fells Point, and Canton, make Baltimore an ever-more-popular tourist destination.

"Charm City" has welcomed visitors since 1729. Founded as a port and shipbuilding town, manufacturing has always played a big role here. Domino Sugar's sign dominates the Inner Harbor. Once a center for steel- and car-making, Baltimore has more recently seen rise to a new wave of health and technology industries and nonprofits. Tourism also plays an increasing role in the city's economy, and a laid-back population greets its visitors with a friendly "Hi, hon!" in the unique Bawlamer accent.