Top Baltimore Cultural Tours

Explore Baltimore's Inner Harbor on a captivating 45-minute narrated sightseeing cruise. This journey unveils the rich history and vibrant culture of Charm City while gliding past iconic neighborhoods like Federal Hill and Fells Point. Experience the significance of landmarks including Fort McHenry and the famous Domino Sugar sign, all while enjoying insightful live commentary from a guide. Departing daily from the Baltimore Finger Piers, this family-friendly cruise offers a smooth and enjoyable way to experience the city's waterfront from the water.

From the National Aquarium to one of the wildest Super Bowls ever played, a mayor who swam in a seal pond to the only Outsider Art Museum in the country, the Civil War to a sinking hill Baltimore's Inner Harbor riches to rags to riches story has something for everyone. Starting at The Civil War Museum this walking tour ends at The American Visionary Art Museum, whose gift shop John Waters says is the best anywhere. Chock-a-block full of all-ages history and things to see and do and eat

This tour is all about the real Baltimore, the one shaped by sports, industry, invention, authors and community. Along the way, you’ll see statues that celebrate hometown heroes, a clock tower that once guided the city’s time, a dental museum that’s more fascinating than it sounds, a historic market, and yes — Edgar Allan Poe’s grave. All not to be missed sites. And for this price? It's the best deal in town. This tour is on our walking tour app, it's location aware, smartphone guided, hands free, go at your own pace, not big groups, and go anytime.

Discover 300 years of American history on the waters of Baltimore’s renowned Inner Harbor during this live-narrated boat tour. Cruise past some of the city's most significant waterfront landmarks while learning how Baltimore shaped the nation’s story, from the Battle of Baltimore to Frederick Douglass’s escape from slavery and modern watershed restoration efforts. This sightseeing experience combines history, nature, and outdoor exploration as travelers enjoy unique views of the harbor and Fort McHenry from the water aboard a Baltimore Water Taxi vessel.

Baltimore is a city of diverse neighborhoods but, for visitors, it can be tricky to know which to visit. This small-group guided tour takes the guesswork out of your trip. Your guide will take you to several neighborhoods including a 15-minute stop at Baltimore Visitor Center and a 20-minute visit to Fort McHenry, filling you in on Baltimore's rich history and culture for a fuller understanding of the city.

Cruise Baltimore and learn all about its rich history from the comfort of your own car with this self-guided audio driving tour. This app-based tour works with your smartphone to send you on a sightseeing route, aided by a live GPS map. Drive past sites like the USS Constellation, Fells Point, and Baltimore City Hall while listening to riveting tales of Baltimoreans such as Frederick Douglass and Edgar Allen Poe.

Discover Chesapeake Bay cuisine and other dishes on a 3.5-hour small-group walking tour of Fells Point, Baltimore's historic waterfront district. Your guide shares commentary on the history and architecture of the city as you walk through the neighborhood. You'll stop for tastings at four restaurants, and sip a signature alcoholic drink at a fifth establishment. The tour features small local businesses that are popular in the area, and includes one drink and enough food samples to make up a meal. Additional drinks are available for purchase.

Step into Baltimore’s darker side on Devil in the Harbor, an adults-only ghost tour through historic Fells Point where the city’s sins, scandals, and spirits come out after dark. Explore one of the city’s oldest waterfront neighborhoods through the theme of the Seven Deadly Sins. Along the route, you’ll hear stories of pride, greed, lust, gluttony, wrath, envy, and sloth — not as a sermon, but as a chilling look at the ambition, corruption, violence, vice, and weakness that shaped Baltimore’s harbor. Atmospheric, mature, and historically inspired, Devil in the Harbor is perfect for adults who want a ghost tour with sharper edges, darker storytelling, and a deeper look at the sins that still haunt Baltimore after dark. Guests must be age 16+.

Step into the shadows of historic Fells Point on the Baltimore Ghost Tour, where the city’s haunted past is tied to the harbor that built it. Led by an engaging Ghost City Tours Ambassador, this tour takes guests through one of Baltimore’s oldest waterfront neighborhoods, a place once filled with sailors, shipbuilders, dockworkers, taverns, boarding houses, and travelers from around the world. As the streets grow darker, you’ll hear chilling stories of haunted hotels, vanished sailors, mysterious figures near the water, and the restless spirits said to linger along Baltimore’s historic harbor. Along the way, explore stories connected to the Admiral Fell Inn, the Thames Street waterfront, The Horse You Came In On Saloon, and walk through the lasting mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s final days in Baltimore. This tour blends spooky storytelling, local legend, and historically inspired tales into an atmospheric walk through one of the city’s most character-filled neighborhoods.

Baltimore's sassy seaside town played a critical role in defeating the British Navy (twice!) and has become our go-to neighborhood for live music, vintage shopping, and great eating. Meet sailors and sinners, Frederick Douglass and the woman who took over the town, the hotel that Under Armour built and the oldest house in Baltimore. Hear insider stories from a born and raise Baltimorean who loves Charm City. Fells Point history is as engaging as its architecture is charming. Crazy stone streets alert: wear sensible shoes!

Step inside some of Baltimore's most haunted sites on a Fells Point pub crawl that delivers far more than drinks. Hear ghost stories from your guide as you make your way around the historic maritime neighborhood and in and out of 3–4 historic taverns, each known for their ghostly experiences.

Stroll through Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood while hearing ghost stories on this spooky tour. With a guide providing eerie tales as you walk, stop at some of the most historic and haunted landmarks in the neighborhood. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of the neighborhood's history and its grisly past, facts you might not otherwise learn on traditional tours.

Patterson Park is a rare blend of natural beauty, history, and everyday neighborhood life, often called the city’s “Best Backyard.” On this self-guided walking tour, you’ll find out how the park – which stretches across more than 130 acres in the heart of East Baltimore – has served Baltimoreans for over two centuries. You’ll also hear how it began as farmland, then became a defensive stronghold during the War of 1812, and why today it remains one of Baltimore’s most cherished public spaces. You’ll pass the Monument honoring Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski, and wind your way over Harris Creek, one of Baltimore’s “ghost rivers” that’s now hidden underground. You’ll see the mile-long earthworks built by residents to prevent the British from attacking the city. You’ll also walk where President Abraham Lincoln ordered troops to camp while keeping peace after pro-Confederate residents threatened more violence after the Pratt Street Riot of 1861.

Discover the highlights of Washington D.C. during this four-hour private tour. Follow a customizable itinerary with a seasoned guide and long-time local resident. Understand the history and significance of iconic landmarks like the White House, Supreme Court, Lincoln Memorial, and more—with plenty of get-down photo stops along the way. Enjoy complimentary bottled water and door-to-door transfers from the airport or your DC Metro Area hotel.

Find out all about the haunted side of Baltimore and its dark history on this walking tour of the Fell’s Point neighborhood. Learn about the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe and his mysterious death along the way. You’ll be stopping at several pubs/bars/saloons, the cemetery, and a hotel, where you’ll hear tales of the haunted places from your guide along the way.

Ages 5-12 recommended for scavenger hunt sheets All ages for audio portion of the tour. This tour allows adults to hear the in-depth history of some of the best stops along Baltimore's Inner Harbor while providing activities to keep young guests occupied. Starting at American Visionary Art Museum and it's very affordable gift shop provides items to keep little ones engaged when the grown ups are talking too much. The second stop at the beautiful Rash Fields lets kiddos do some swinging, sliding, and climbing to get out excess energy. The massive USS Constellation and brightly colored dragon paddle boats, looking out for dolphins and oysters, and finding homophones on the wordwalk are all part of this engaging two hour tour that leaves plenty of time to revisit the sites we explore. All youth guests receive a scavenger hunt sheet to make history fun and engaging. Grown ups are allowed to help kids complete the sheet!

Step onto Baltimore's waterfront to discover how a shallow industrial basin transformed into a global icon of urban renewal. Explore shipyards, festival marketplaces, high-tech piers, and grassroots battles that saved historic streets. - A 3.2 km self-guided tour with 7 stops over 111 min - Ideal for travelers interested in Urbanism, Infrastructure & Innovation and History & Memory - Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Baltimore’s Black history hidden in plain sight. Walk the actual streets where slavery, freedom-seeking, resistance, Black institution-building, and the first blood shed in the Civil War collided. Through expert storytelling, archival context, and place-based interpretation, discover Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Nicholas “Nick” Biddle, and the free Black communities that helped shape the nation.

Pull up a chair to Baltimore's most enduring communal ritual. This walking journey traces the Chesapeake blue crab from morning fish auctions and refugee spice grinders to waterfront shipyards, corner taprooms, and industrial canning lines. Discover how a German-Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi Germany invented Old Bay seasoning, how Black maritime caulkers financed their own docks, and why the messy, mallet-cracking feast on brown paper became the heartbeat of Charm City. - A 4.8 km self-guided tour with 8 stops over 161 min - Ideal for travelers interested in Foodways & Culinary Identity and Social Fabric & Everyday Life - Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Discover the top highlights of Washington DC in just three hours with this private tour. Travel by private vehicle and see more in less time with less effort. Customize your itinerary to see what interests you, including the US Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, White House, and the Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, and Martin Luther King, Jr. memorials, and more.

Our Baltimore Cultural tour allow you to get a personal perspective of why Baltimore is called "Charm City".

Trace David Simon's scathing critique of American urban governance on foot across Baltimore. Contrast the marble domes of downtown political power, courthouses, and legacy newsrooms with the physical realities of West Baltimore's low-rises, classrooms, boxing rings, and social clubs. Experience how municipal budgets and institutional self-preservation shape the daily rhythm of life on the street corners. - A 6.9 km self-guided tour with 8 stops and 1 audio interlude over 183 min - Ideal for travelers interested in Power, Protest & Civic Spaces and Social Fabric & Everyday Life - Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app