Shane`s Way Of Beauty

Escape the city for a while on one of Watermark's Cruises on the Bay. Watermark offers a variety of different tours and cruises, suitable for any party. Rent a private yacht or take a 45 or 90-minute cruise on the Annapolitan II in Inner Harbor. You can even take a romantic twilight cruise and see Baltimore´s city skyline lighting up the night.

Get some fresh air as you take an outdoor nature walk through the Ladew Topiary Gardens. This 22-acre garden, built around a manor house from 1747, presents one of the most outstanding topiary gardens in the country. Walk though the extensively groomed and molded shrubbery and explore the 15 garden rooms, each dedicated to a single plant, color, or theme.

Dine in style on the waterfront at the nautically themed Captain James Crabhouse & Restaurant. Feast on fresh crab, fish and shrimp at this seafood restaurant. You´ll have no trouble distinguishing this restaurant, located in Fell´s Point - simply keep an eye out for the building shaped like a large ship.

The Mount Vernon neighborhood in Baltimore, distinctly separate from the plantation in Virginia, is one of the city´s oldest neighborhoods and serves as the city´s cultural district. This National Landmark Historic District is named after the home of George Washington, and contains the original Washington Monument.