Baltimore Attractions

Shopping in Baltimore
Baltimore weighs in as a hot spot for shopping, from the latest rages and classic favorites to antiquities. Founded in 1700, Fells Point’s cobblestone streets are lined with quaint shops, galleries, pubs and restaurants, with the Fells Point Antique Dealers Association representing more than 40 neighborhood dealers.

Federal Hill’s Antique Center houses 30-plus shops selling exquisite paintings, clocks, collectibles, and fine porcelain, and Antique Warehouse at 1300, Baltimore's largest antique center, has 35 independent dealers offering crystal, silver, estate jewelry, and more.

Lexington Market, America's oldest municipal market, provides lunchtime ambiance with more than 140 merchants selling crab cakes to mideast fare. Near Fells Point is Canton, Baltimore's “hottest, newest old” neighborhood, where the former American Can Manufacturing Plant brims with shops and restaurants. Harborplace and The Gallery in the Inner Harbor feature 150 shops, 40 eateries including a dozen-plus full service restaurants, and live outdoor waterfront entertainment.

As a major travel destination attracting nearly 13 million visitors annually, Baltimore’s crown jewel -- its Inner Harbor -- serves as a scenic waterfront magnet with dozens of retail enterprises, eateries and attractions. The harbor’s fun, festive atmosphere is enhanced by street entertainers, open-air concerts, fireworks, parades, paddle boats, cruise boats and outdoor ice skating. Historic neighborhoods, many within walking distance of each other, surround the Inner Harbor, offering stylized character, history and cuisine.

Little Italy a pasta lover's paradise with outdoor movies on summer weekends, festivals of San Gabriel and St. Anthony, and two bocce ball courts.

Fells Point, the oldest section of Baltimore, retains the feel of an old English neighborhood with cobblestone streets, and plentiful pubs and restaurants.

The best view of the city is from the top of Federal Hill on the south side of the Inner Harbor. Baltimore has restaurants to satisfy nearly every craving, especially for fresh seafood from Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is known for fabulous crabs, and it’s only a short leap from the water to tasty crab cakes or a mouth-watering crab imperial.

Things to do and places to be in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

Attractions in Baltimore

National Aquarium in Baltimore
Babe Ruth Birthplace
Baltimore Aquarium
Baltimore Market Center
Baltimore Zoo
Camden Yards
National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Baltimore Maritime Museum
Maryland Science Center
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Ride the Ducks of Baltimore

Just outside the city of Baltimore are malls and outlets, including White Marsh Mall, Maryland’s fourth largest shopping center with Macy’s, and Boscov’s, easily accessed from I-95 from north or south.

Towson Town Center, Baltimore's premier shopping destination, features Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Hecht's, and some 200 smaller retailers.
The Mall in Columbia, on Patuxent Parkway, has Lord & Taylor and Hecht’s. As the dominant regional mall for Baltimore’s northwest region, Owings Mills Mall houses Macy’s, Hecht’s, JCPenney and an AMC 17-screen theater.

Anchors at the 120-store Security Square Mall, off the beltway at Exit 17 West, include Burlington Coast Factory and Modell’s Sporting Good Store.

The enormous Arundel Mills Mall boasts more than 200 stores from the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World to designer outlets.

On the eastern shore, Prime Outlet markets name brands at tremendous savings.

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