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Tours in Baltimore |
Walking Tours
The Preservation Society gives architecture, maritime, African American and immigration history tours. Tours start at the Fells Point Visitor's Center, 812 South Ann Street (tel: (410) 675 6750; website: www.preservationsociety.com) and are intermittent. Check for times. A self-guided Federal Hill neighbourhood walking tour brochure is also available at the visitor's centre. Tours of Baltimore's architecture and history are led by Wayne Schaumburg (website: http://home.earthlink.net/~wschaumburg) on Saturdays May-December.
Bus Tours
Baltimore does not offer much in the way of regularly scheduled city bus tours, except for Baltimore Trolley Tours (tel: 1 888 848 3822; website: http://baltimoretours.net) aboard a climate-controlled tram. Visitors can also explore the city aboard a Baltimore Duck - a WWII amphibious vehicle. The tour is a bit silly but it covers land attractions and then takes a splash in the Inner Harbor for a watery view of the city (tel: 1 877 887 8225; website: www.baltimoreducks.com). Departs from the intersection of Conway Street and Light Street.
Water Tours
For cruises of the harbour area and Chesapeake Bay, a key tourist attraction in its own right, contact Harbor Cruises (tel: (410) 727 3113 or 1 800 695 2628; website: www.harborcruises.com). They offer breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or moonlight cruises, the Bay Lady, Lady Baltimore or Prince Charming. The Clipper City (tel: (410) 837 6700; website: www.clippercity.com) offers tours around the harbour on a replica 1850s topsail schooner. Tours depart from the dock near Harborplace, Inner Harbor. Though the water taxi (tel: (410) 563 3901 or 1 800 658 8947; website: www.thewatertaxi.com) is more of a shuttle, it is a fine way to catch a glimpse of the harbour.
The Preservation Society gives architecture, maritime, African American and immigration history tours. Tours start at the Fells Point Visitor's Center, 812 South Ann Street (tel: (410) 675 6750; website: www.preservationsociety.com) and are intermittent. Check for times. A self-guided Federal Hill neighbourhood walking tour brochure is also available at the visitor's centre. Tours of Baltimore's architecture and history are led by Wayne Schaumburg (website: http://home.earthlink.net/~wschaumburg) on Saturdays May-December.
Bus Tours
Baltimore does not offer much in the way of regularly scheduled city bus tours, except for Baltimore Trolley Tours (tel: 1 888 848 3822; website: http://baltimoretours.net) aboard a climate-controlled tram. Visitors can also explore the city aboard a Baltimore Duck - a WWII amphibious vehicle. The tour is a bit silly but it covers land attractions and then takes a splash in the Inner Harbor for a watery view of the city (tel: 1 877 887 8225; website: www.baltimoreducks.com). Departs from the intersection of Conway Street and Light Street.
Water Tours
For cruises of the harbour area and Chesapeake Bay, a key tourist attraction in its own right, contact Harbor Cruises (tel: (410) 727 3113 or 1 800 695 2628; website: www.harborcruises.com). They offer breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or moonlight cruises, the Bay Lady, Lady Baltimore or Prince Charming. The Clipper City (tel: (410) 837 6700; website: www.clippercity.com) offers tours around the harbour on a replica 1850s topsail schooner. Tours depart from the dock near Harborplace, Inner Harbor. Though the water taxi (tel: (410) 563 3901 or 1 800 658 8947; website: www.thewatertaxi.com) is more of a shuttle, it is a fine way to catch a glimpse of the harbour.
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