Some neighborhoods you visit; Fells Point you wander. Founded in 1726 as a deep-water port, Baltimore’s beloved waterfront district keeps its 18th-century soul: cobblestone streets (Belgian block, sailors called it), brick rowhouses leaning companionably together, the old Broadway Market, and pubs in buildings that served shipwrights and sea captains.
Start at Broadway Square, then drift — Thames Street along the water, the recreation pier with its grand headhouse, side streets where maritime cottages hide flower boxes and the occasional pirate-era ghost story. The neighborhood is a National Register district with more than 160 buildings from before 1800 in its lanes, and its watering holes once made it the shore-leave capital of the Chesapeake.
Fells Point sits just east of the Inner Harbor along the promenade — walk it, or hop the free Charm City Circulator. Come for breakfast, stay for the light on the water.
