Ready to get away to it all? Then hop in your car or boat and head to Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. From the moment your feet hit the brick-lined streets of Annapolis’ Historic District or the wind catches your sails at City Dock, you will feel miles away and centuries removed from the day-to-day world of quotas and deadlines.
Don your docksiders and captain a boat or unwind on a cruise. Head for your favorite restaurant and relax over fresh from the Bay seafood. Rediscover life’s simple pleasures with a visit to the villages of South County. Drink in the beauty at one of our many art galleries. Satisfy the shopper in you at our one-of-a-kind antiques, crafts, and specialty shops. Our Colonial history will embrace you every step of the way.
Headed to the U.S. Naval Academy? A new visitors entrance at Gate One on King George Street makes accessing The Yard all the easier. If you stop by the Naval Academy Chapel, notice the new organ console that took more than 1,000 hours to build. A gift of the Academy’s 1951 graduating class, the console is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County’s robust tour and charter industry includes everything from 40-minute cruises around the Annapolis Harbor, to Day on the Bay journeys to the Eastern Shore. The last screwpile lighthouse left in its original location is 1.5 miles offshore in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the South River.
Southern Anne Arundel County is intrinsically linked to the water. Maritime villages including Deale, Galesville, Mayo, and Shady Side invite you to escape to a simpler time.
No day in Annapolis and Arundel County is complete without a visit to the largest ongoing archaeological dig in Maryland at Historic London Town and Gardens.
If you are flying into or out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, you are just minutes from popular museums and attractions.
Forever evolving, the shopping experience in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County is an attraction in itself. Ranked among the top three shopping attractions in the nation by U.S. Family Travel Guide, Arundel Mills Mall is a 1.3 million square foot shopper-tainment complex that boasts more than 225 stores.
Amidst four centuries of architecture, Annapolis is a thriving, upbeat, contemporary city featuring dozens of restaurants offering worldwide cuisine in elegant to down-to-earth settings.
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County are still at the top of the list when it comes to Maryland steamed crabs. Restaurants serving up nature’s bounty dot the more than 400 miles of shoreline that weave their way throughout Anne Arundel County. |
