| check-in time: 4:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. social spaces include a living room-style lobby and an american restaurant serving starbucks coffee. contemporary rooms offer free wifi and flat-screen tvs with premium cable channels, plus desks and coffeemakers. this modern little italy hotel is a block from the harbor and a 4-minute walk from the shot tower metro station. some rooms feature pull-out sofas, as do suites, which also offer separate living areas, microwaves and minifridges. other amenities include an exercise room, a business center and meeting space
Dulles International Airport 1 hr 12
Baltimore Museum of Art (11 min)
The collection of Matisses & Picassos, Impressionist works & a sculpture garden are some highlights. George Peabody Library (8 min)
300,000-volume 19th-century library at Johns Hopkins University, with ornate Greek Revival interior. B&O Railroad Museum (13 min)
National Historic Landmark highlighting nearly 200 locomotives, a model train display & train rides. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore (12 min)
More than 1,500 birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles at this zoo in Druid Hill Park since 1876. Oriole Park at Camden Yards (10 min)
Retro design meets modern eats at this stadium where MLB's iconic Baltimore Orioles take the bases. Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place (8 min)
Centerpiece of Mt. Vernon Place, this historic monument offers a gallery & walking tours to the top. Historic Ships in Baltimore (12 min)
Maritime museum with 1850s sloop-of-war & lighthouse, plus a submarine, Coast Guard cutter & more. Port Discovery Children's Museum (7 min)
Kid-powered museum with three floors of exhibits, many designed by Walt Disney Company Imagineers. The Walters Art Museum (8 min)
Historic 3-building gallery with paintings & artifacts from the past 55 centuries plus films & more. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore (13 min)
This contemporary establishment features slots & table games, plus bars & a variety of restaurants. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (17 min)
Fort whose War of 1812 victory inspired The Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S. national anthem. Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum (14 min)
Compact preserved site & museum featuring historic Edgar Allan Poe memorabilia & events. American Visionary Art Museum (12 min)
Small museum with unusual rotating exhibits by self-taught artists, 2 sculpture plazas & a garden. National Aquarium (11 min)
Iconic landmark offering marine-life exhibits, a dolphin show, shark tank & walk-through rainforest. Maryland Science Center (14 min)
Interactive exhibits at this museum featuring an IMAX theater, planetarium & rooftop observatory. | 
