Luxury and boutique hotels in Baltimore

When to go

B’more is particularly pleasant in the summer, from June to August. In July creatives of all kinds arrive to partake in the annual Artscape estival, but – from barbecues to live jazz – there’s always something going on.

Getting there

• Planes

  Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport is the city’s international hub; you can get direct flights from major cities in America and from the UK too. From further afield, you’ll be required to stopover in the US. The airport is a 20-minute drive from the city centre.

• Boats

  Baltimore’s water taxis (https://baltimorewatertaxi.com) are a fun, cheap way to zip from A to B. Hop-on, hop-off passes start from US$9.

• Automobiles

  Google ‘driving in Baltimore’ and you’ll see some hair-raising headlines, but a car could come in handy for covering the most ground in a short time. You can hire some wheels at the airport; to reach the city, travel along the I-95 route. If you’re road-tripping down the Atlantic coast, New York is a four-hour drive, Philadelphia a two-hour drive, and DC is just an hour away.