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The 100 Best Places to Drink and Stay in Baltimore

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The best places to drink and stay in Baltimore, according to the experts: AAA, Forbes Travel Guide, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore comes out on top.

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Pendry Baltimore and The Ivy Hotel hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Baltimore Magazine next.

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  1. Rank 1. Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore

    The floor-to-ceiling windows in the guest rooms frame Inner Harbor views that do most of the decorating for you. This Forbes Four Star hotel is a waterfront glass tower with a lobby art collection serious enough to slow you down before check-in. The fourth floor holds a 10,000-square-foot spa and the city's only waterfront infinity pool, which is the kind of amenity that makes it hard to remember there's a city outside.

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    200 International Dr, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  2. Rank 2. Pendry Baltimore

    The hotel lives inside a grand old pier building in Fell's Point, Baltimore's densest stretch of bars and restaurants, with the harbor right outside and a rooftop pool that feels improbably right. Guest rooms lean design-forward, there's a steakhouse on site, and the whole place hums with the neighborhood's energy rather than hiding from it. One Michelin Key for those keeping score.

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    1715 Thames St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  3. Rank 3. The Ivy Hotel

    Gas fireplaces, four-poster beds, and heated limestone floors set the register at this boutique hotel tucked into a red-brick Mount Vernon mansion. One of the few Black-owned boutique hotels in the country, it holds a Michelin two-key distinction. A courtyard handles breakfast and afternoon tea; the on-site restaurant, Magdalena, draws its own following. The spa is small and the whole operation is quiet, which is rather the point.

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    205 E Biddle St., Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  4. Rank 4. The Coral Wig

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    2 E Read St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  5. Rank 4. Ulysses

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    2 E Read St., Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  6. Rank 6. Clavel

    Sinaloan Taqueria

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    225 W 23rd St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 33 min

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  7. Rank 6. Dylan's Oyster Cellar

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    3601 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  8. Rank 6. Hotel Revival Baltimore

    The Walters Art Museum is around the corner and the Peabody Institute just beyond, so the boutique hotel that landed in Mount Vernon clearly knew its audience. Joie de Vivre filled Hotel Revival with enough art and design that the rooms themselves feel curated rather than decorated. Mount Vernon is one of Baltimore's oldest and most quietly creative neighborhoods, and the hotel leans into that identity without making you feel like you wandered into a gallery opening.

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    101 W. Monument Street, Mount Vernon, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  9. Rank 6. Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore Inner Harbor

    Original Tiffany fixtures and marble staircases lined with balustrades set the tone at this Kimpton hotel in a restored Beaux Arts building that used to be a railroad headquarters. The Gilded Age bones are everywhere, from statuary over the entrance arch to the preserved period detail inside. A Michelin Selected Hotel, it sits at the edge of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, which means the views are there if the history isn't enough.

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    2 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  10. Rank 6. The Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore

    Arched windows framing the Inner Harbor put the waterfront front and center at this full-service hotel on Baltimore's Light Street. Dark wood and gold tones run through the rooms, and the upper suites lean into the view. An indoor lap pool, whirlpool, sauna, and rooftop deck give it a self-contained feel that's unusual at the price. Camden Yards and the National Aquarium are both an easy walk, and crab cakes are a few minutes on foot at Harborplace.

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    550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  11. Rank 11. Canopy by Hilton Baltimore Harbor Point

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    1215 Wills St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  12. Rank 11. Hampton Inn & Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor

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    131 E Redwood St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  13. Rank 11. Hotel Indigo Baltimore Downtown

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    24 W Franklin St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  14. Rank 11. Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel

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    202 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  15. Rank 11. Residence Inn by Marriott-Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor

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    17 Light St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  16. Rank 11. Sonesta Hotel Baltimore Inner Harbor

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    1 E Redwood St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  17. Rank 11. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Baltimore Downtown Inner Harbor

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    120 E Redwood St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  18. Rank 11. The Inn at Henderson's Wharf, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member

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    1000 Fell St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  19. Rank 11. The William Fell Baltimore, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

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    888 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  20. Rank 20. Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards

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    110 S Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  21. Rank 20. Courtyard by Marriott Baltimore Downtown/McHenry Row

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    1803 Porter St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  22. Rank 20. Hampton Inn by Hilton Baltimore-Downtown Convention Center

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    550 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  23. Rank 20. Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor

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    401 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  24. Rank 20. Inn at The Colonnade Baltimore - A DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel

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    4 W University Pkwy Pkwy, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  25. Rank 20. Residence Inn by Marriott Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus

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    800 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  26. Rank 20. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Baltimore Downtown Convention Center Area

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    100 N Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  27. Rank 20. The Study at Johns Hopkins

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    3215 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  28. Rank 28. Ash Bar

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    2 E Read St, Ste 6, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

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  29. Rank 28. Bloom's

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    Hotel Ulysses, 2 E Read St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  30. Rank 28. Delta Hotels Baltimore North

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    5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  31. Rank 28. Holiday Inn Express Baltimore at the Stadiums

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    1701 Russell St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  32. Rank 32. Hampton Inn by Hilton Baltimore Bayview Campus

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    6571 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  33. Rank 32. Hampton Inn by Hilton Towson

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    21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD · Towson
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  34. Rank 32. Home2 Suites by Hilton Towson

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    21 W Susquehanna Ave, Towson, MD · Towson
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  35. Rank 32. Pink Flamingo

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    300 W 30th St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closes soon, 10:30 PM, in 3 min

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  36. Rank 32. Southpaw

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    529 S Bond St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  37. Rank 37. Courtyard by Marriott Baltimore BWI Airport

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    1671 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  38. Rank 37. DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore North-Pikesville

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    1726 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, MD · Pikesville
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  39. Rank 37. Embassy Suites by Hilton Baltimore at BWI

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    1300 Concourse Dr, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  40. Rank 37. Fairfield Inn & Suites Baltimore BWI Airport

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    1020 Andover Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  41. Rank 37. Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport

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    1739 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  42. Rank 37. Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport

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    1516 Aero Dr, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  43. Rank 37. Holiday Inn Columbia East-Jessup

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    7900 Washington Blvd, Jessup, MD · Jessup
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  44. Rank 37. Holiday Inn Express Towson-Baltimore North

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    1100 Cromwell Bridge Rd, Towson, MD · Towson
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  45. Rank 37. Homewood Suites by Hilton Columbia

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    8320 Benson Dr, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  46. Rank 37. Hyatt House BWI / Airport Baltimore

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    857 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  47. Rank 37. Residence Inn by Marriott BWI Airport

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    1301 Winterson Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  48. Rank 37. Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel

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    903 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD · Towson
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  49. Rank 37. Sheraton Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel - BWI

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    1100 Old Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  50. Rank 37. Sonesta Select Columbia

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    8910 Stanford Blvd, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  51. Rank 37. TownePlace Suites by Marriott Baltimore BWI Airport

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    1171 Winterson Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD · Linthicum Heights
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  52. Rank 52. Cambria Hotel Arundel Mills-BWI Airport

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    7700 Milestone Pkwy, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  53. Rank 52. Candlewood Suites Arundel Mills / BWI Airport

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    1525 Dorsey Rd, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  54. Rank 52. Courtyard by Marriott Baltimore/Hunt Valley

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    221 International Cir, Hunt Valley, MD · Cockeysville
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  55. Rank 52. Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Inner Harbor

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    1000 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  56. Rank 52. Courtyard by Marriott Fort Meade BWI Business District

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    2700 Hercules Rd, Annapolis Junction, MD · Annapolis Junction
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  57. Rank 52. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbia

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    5485 Twin Knolls Rd, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  58. Rank 52. Embassy Suites by Hilton Baltimore North/Hunt Valley

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    213 International Cir, Hunt Valley, MD · Cockeysville
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  59. Rank 52. Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Baltimore/White Marsh

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    8477 Cordon Way, White Marsh, MD · Nottingham
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  60. Rank 52. Hampton Inn & Suites Arundel Mills/Baltimore

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    7027 Arundel Mills Cir, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  61. Rank 52. Hampton Inn & Suites Columbia/South

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    7045 Minstrel Way, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  62. Rank 52. Hampton Inn by Hilton Columbia

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    8880 Columbia 100 Pkwy, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  63. Rank 52. Hampton Inn by Hilton Owings Mills

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    10521 Red Run Blvd, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
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  64. Rank 52. Hilton Garden Inn-Baltimore/White Marsh

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    5015 Campbell Blvd, White Marsh, MD · Nottingham
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  65. Rank 52. Hilton Garden Inn-Owings Mills

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    4770 Owings Mills Blvd, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
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  66. Rank 52. Holiday Inn Express Baltimore BWI Airport West

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    7481 Ridge Rd, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  67. Rank 52. Holiday Inn Timonium

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    9615 Deereco Rd, Timonium, MD · Lutherville Timonium
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  68. Rank 52. Home2 Suites by Hilton Arundel Mills BWI Airport

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    7545 Teague Rd, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  69. Rank 52. Home2 Suites by Hilton Owings Mills Baltimore

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    4514 Painters Mill Rd, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
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  70. Rank 52. Residence Inn by Marriott Baltimore Hunt Valley

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    45 Schilling Rd, Hunt Valley, MD · Hunt Valley
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  71. Rank 52. Residence Inn by Marriott Baltimore Owings Mills

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    10620 Red Run Blvd, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
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  72. Rank 52. Residence Inn by Marriott Columbia

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    4950 Beaver Run Way, Ellicott City, MD · Ellicott City
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  73. Rank 52. SpringHill Suites by Marriott Arundel Mills BWI Airport

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    7544 Teague Rd, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  74. Rank 52. SpringHill Suites By Marriott Columbia Fort Meade Area

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    7055 Minstrel Way, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  75. Rank 52. The Hotel at Arundel Preserve

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    7795 Arundel Mills Blvd, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  76. Rank 52. Tru by Hilton Baltimore Harbor East

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    411 S Central Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  77. Rank 77. Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Edgewood/Aberdeen South

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    2110 Emmorton Park Rd, Edgewood, MD · Edgewood
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  78. Rank 77. Holiday Inn Express Edgewood

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    2118 Emmorton Park Rd, Edgewood, MD · Edgewood
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  79. Rank 79. Live! Casino & Hotel

    A hotel where the casino floor hums around the clock and the day spa exists, heroically, just down the hall. Live! is a AAA Four Diamond property near BWI and Arundel Mills, and the draw is the sheer volume of things happening under one roof: thousands of slots, live table games, a sportsbook, and headline concerts. Rooms run to pillow-top mattresses and plush robes, for when you need to remember you're at a hotel.

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    7002 Arundel Mills Cir, Suite 7777, Hanover, MD · Hanover
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  80. Rank 79. Merriweather Lakehouse, Autograph Collection

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    10209 Wincopin Cir, Columbia, MD · Columbia
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  81. Rank 81. Marriott Owings Mills Metro Centre

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    10101 Grand Central Ave, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
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  82. Rank 82. Garner Hotel Glen Burnie-BWI Airport Area

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    6323 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD · Glen Burnie
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  83. Rank 83. Best Western Plus BWI Airport Hotel - Arundel Mills

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    6755 Dorsey Rd, Elkridge, MD · Elkridge
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  84. Rank 83. Hampton Inn Baltimore Glen Burnie

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    6617 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD · Glen Burnie
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  85. Rank 85. Graduate by Hilton Annapolis

    The Graduate brand has a formula: find a college town with a forgettable hotel scene and replace it with something that actually knows where it is. In Annapolis, home to the Naval Academy and St. John's College, that means a colorful, niche-focused hotel that wears its setting without apology. The Michelin Guide has it in their Selected Hotels list, which tracks.

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    126 West St, Annapolis, MD · Annapolis
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  86. Rank 85. Hampton Inn by Hilton at White Marsh

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    8225 Town Center Dr, White Marsh, MD · Nottingham
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  87. Rank 85. Holiday Inn Express-Hunt Valley

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    11200 York Rd, Hunt Valley, MD · Cockeysville
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  88. Rank 85. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Gambrills

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    2525 Evergreen Rd, Gambrills, MD · Gambrills
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  89. Rank 85. Wingate by Wyndham Bel Air I-95 Exit 77A/APG Area

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    1807 Edgewood Rd, Edgewood, MD · Edgewood
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  90. Rank 90. 29th Street Tavern

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    398 W 29th St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  91. Rank 90. Dutch Courage

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    2229 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 33 min

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  92. Rank 90. Fadensonnen

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    3 W 23rd St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  93. Rank 90. Mama Koko’s

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    100 E 23rd St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  94. Rank 90. Meander Art Bar

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    1801 E Lombard St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  95. Rank 90. Melanie’s @ Griffith's Tavern

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    3631 Hickory Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  96. Rank 90. Mount Royal Tavern

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    1204 W Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  97. Rank 90. Old Major

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    900 S Carey St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  98. Rank 90. Sisu Bar & Bottles

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    313 S High St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  99. Rank 90. The Back Yard

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    131 S Schroeder St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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  100. Rank 90. The Club Car

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    12 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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