Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
One of America’s oldest seaports and one of the world’s newest travel destinations, Baltimore Harbor was established in the seventeenth century. Baltimore Harbor has a rich maritime heritage and today is complemented by exciting attractions such as the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center.

The Inner Harbor is close to Fells Point and Little Italy with water taxis providing the opportunity to view Baltimore’s dramatic skyline on a leisurely cruise as well as transport to other exciting city locations.

The BSO at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, Md. 20852
1-877-BSO 1444
www.BSOatStrathmore.com
Metro: Grosvenor Center-Strathmore
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has astonished audiences around the globe, and in February of 2005, under the leadership of legendary maestro Yuri Temirkanov, they will play year-round at the new Music Center at Strathmore. The Center’s dazzling architecture is nothing short of captivating. Its 2,000-seat concert hall houses the highest caliber acoustics, and its location is convenient and easy to get to with plenty of complimentary parking available for ticketed events. It’s clear this concert hall for the BSO at Strathmore is becoming the cultural center of Montgomery County.

National Aquarium in Baltimore
501 East Pratt Street Pier 3
Baltimore, Md. 21202
410-576-3800
www.aqua.org
Visit the Nation’s premier aquarium, the National Aquarium in Baltimore. With an exciting all-new Dolphin Show ‘‘PLAY!” now open and more than 10,500 marine and freshwater animals, this is one stop that you can’t miss! Journey deep into the heart of the Amazon River Forest, come face to face with the stunning creatures that make a home in the Atlantic Coral Reef, glance into the eye of a menacing shark in our Open Ocean exhibit, and so much more! Best time to visit is before 11 a.m. Discount tickets may be purchased through recreation⁄ticket offices on local military bases.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards
333 West Camden Street
Baltimore, Md. 21230
410-685-9800
www.theorioles.com
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the beautiful baseball-only facility in downtown Baltimore, became the official home of the Orioles on April 6, 1992. Oriole Park is state-of-the-art yet unique, traditional and intimate in design, blending with the urban context of downtown Baltimore while taking its image from baseball parks built in the early 20th century. The ballpark seats 48,876. A light rail system bring fans directly to the park.

Baltimore Ravens
410-261-RAVE800-551-7328 (ticketmaster)
www.ravenszone.net
This professional football team, established in 1996, is a new addition to sports in Baltimore. Built in 1998, the stadium is located just south of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Bowie BaySox Baseball
4101 NE Crain Highway
Bowie, Md. 20716
301-805-6000 or 1-800-956-4004
www.baysox.com
The Baysox, the AA Baseball farm team for the Baltimore Orioles, play at beautiful Prince George’s Stadium. Baysox season runs Apr-Sep. Call for information, game schedule and special events.

The Baltimore Zoo
Druid Hill Park
Baltimore, Md. 21217
410-366-LION (recording)
410-396-7102
www.baltimorezoo.org
The Baltimore Zoo is located in northern Baltimore. See the more than 2,000 animals while learning more about the animal kingdom. Learn about endangered wildlife at Keeper Encounters, EdZOOcation classes, behind-the-scenes tours, and Zoo camps. The main zoo features a three-acre African elephant park and a hippo and African flamingo exhibit Take a safari through Africa. Discover hands-on adventures at the #1-rated Children's Zoo. And explore the winding path through the Lyn P. Meyerhoff Maryland Wilderness. Open every day except Christmas.

Drum PointLighthouse at Calvert Marine Museum
Solomons, Md. 20688
410-326-2042; weekdays410-326-8217 weekends
Drum Point Lighthouse dominates the museum's waterfront. This screwpile, cottage-type light is only one of three remaining from forty-five that once served the Chesapeake Bay at the beginning of the twentieth century. Beautifully restored, complete with furnishings of the early twentieth century, it has become the waterfront’s main attraction and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours are guided, and the schedule varies seasonally. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for admission prices.

Maryland Renaissance Festival
Crownsville, Md.
www.rennfest.com
The Maryland Renaissance Festival is a recreation of a 16th century English village. Our village is named Revel Grove, and is set on a beautiful 25-acre wooded site with 85 acres of free parking. The village consists of craft and food booths, five pubs, eight major stages, a Jousting Arena and lots of games. The Festival is a perfect family outing, in easy reach from both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We are in operation from 10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Ocean City
Maryland’s 30 miles of Atlantic Ocean seashore include a large resort center, Ocean City, and two oceanside parks, Assateague National Seashore Park and Assateague State Park, both located a few miles south of Ocean City.

Virginia’s nickname is the ‘‘Old Dominion,” but it could just as well be called Old Curiosity State. Its claim to fame includes the first legislative assembly and the first whiskey distilled in the New World.

Six Flags America
Newest attractions and information
301-249-1500 or 301-981-4413 (for discount tickets)
Family fun and excitement can be found only minutes from Andrews at Six Flags America. Featuring more than 100 rides, shows and attractions. From the Wild One wooden roller coaster to the newest Typhoon sea coaster. Cool off during the summer heat in the wave pool. Paradise Island, features water slides and jungle gyms and swimming areas for all ages. The park also features a four-chute Rainbow Zoom–a one-half mile water slide. Nearly 300 acres, offering everything from animal acts to magic shows, puppet plays to marching bands. Located off the Capital Beltway, Exit 15A.

Washington Redskins
Landover, Md.
202-432-SEAT
http:⁄⁄www.redskins.com
National Football League’s Washington Redskins home stadium FedEx Field, is located, one half mile inside the beltway.

WASHINGTON D.C.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
900 Ohio Drive S.W., Washington, D.C.
Metro: Smithsonian
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a landscape of four outdoor rooms with granite walls, statuary, inscriptions, waterfalls and thousands of plants, shrubs and trees along the famous cherry tree walk on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park. Each of Roosevelt’s four terms in office is portrayed by American sculptors whose works in bronze bas-relief and sculptured figures relate memories of the man and his times to an enclosed landscape emphasizing ornamental trees and shrubs native to the mid-Atlantic region. There are park rangers available from 8 a.m. to midnight every day except Christmas.

Ford’s Theater and Lincoln Center
511 10th Street N.W., between E & F Streets Washington, D.C.
Metro: Metro Center (Closest)
202-347-4833 Tickets or 202-426-6924
www.fordstheatre.org
Tours are given daily, except when rehearsals or matinees are in progress. Admission is free, except for theater performances.

Georgetown
Metro: Foggy Bottom (Closest)
West of Rock Creek Park from thePotomac River and North toMassachusetts Avenue
www.georgetowndc.com
Georgetown is located in the old Colonial section of Washington, D.C. and is the oldest part of the city. This area will delight you with its shopping boutiques, restaurants and nightclubs. Be sure to visit the Old Stone House on M Street – the oldest standing house in Washington, as well as Georgetown University and the historic C&O Canal.

Holocaust Museum
South of Independence Ave., S.W., between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place
Metro Stop: Smithsonian
202-488-0400
www.ushmm.org
This impressive museum was built to remember and pay tribute to the millions of victims of the Holocaust, and to tell the story of this tragic era. The largest of its kind in the world, the Holocaust Museum uses authentic artifacts, oral histories and interactive displays to trace the story of Jewish persecution under the Nazi regime from its beginnings to liberation in 1945. Free admission, but tickets are required.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU
(Shuttle available)
202-467-4600 or 202-416-8341
www.kennedy-center.org
Overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. the the nation’s busiest arts facility, presenting more than 3,300 performances each year for audiences numbering more than 2 million, the Kennedy Center continues to fulfill his vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular and folk music, and multi-media performances for all ages.

The Kennedy Center contains the Opera House, Concert Hall, Eisenhower Theater, the Terrace Theater, Hall of Nations, and the American Film Institute Theater. The Millennium Stage presents free performances in the Grand Foyer every night at 6 p.m. Open daily to the public, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Shuttle available from Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro.

Jefferson Memorial
Ohio Drive on the south bank of the Tidal Basin at the south end of 15th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
202-426-6821 or 202-619-7222
A monument to our third president, this 19-foot bronze statue stands beneath a rotunda inscribed with passages from the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson's other famous writings. Open daily except Christmas. Park rangers are in attendance from 8 a.m. - midnight.

Washington Nationals
RFK Stadium
2400 East Capitol Street, S.E., Washington, D.C.
866-800-1275
washinton.nationals.mlb.com
Baseball is back! The newest major league baseball team is centered right here in Washington, D.C.

Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Bridge and Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Va.
Metro: Arlington Cemetery
703-607-8052
Arlington National Cemetery has a number of fascinating sites to visit, including the Tomb of the Unknowns, the Amphitheater, Arlington House, and the grave of President John F. Kennedy. Outside of the Tomb of the Unknowns, there is a changing of the guard every half hour in the summer and every hour the rest of the year.

VIRGINIA

Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Va.
www.buschgardens.com
757-253-3350
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is an action-packed, European-themed park with 17th century charm and 21st century technology, boasting more than 100 acres of unparalleled fun and adventure for the entire family. ‘‘America’s Most Beautiful Theme Park” is home to the world’s top-rated roller coasters, more than 40 thrilling rides and attractions, eight mainstage shows, a wide variety of award-winning foods and world-class shops, and a magical children’s area.

Located three miles east of historic Williamsburg, Va., and 150 miles from Washington, D.C., the park is open weekends in March, daily April 6 through Sept. 3 and then weekends until end of October.

Luray Caverns
970 U.S. Hwy. 211 West, Luray, Va 22835
540-743-6551
www.luraycaverns.com
Located near the ShenandoahNational Park, the Luray Caverns is one of the largest caverns in the East. The caverns feature the world’s only ‘‘stalacpipe” organ, which produces music of symphonic quality from the rock formations.

The temperature in the caverns averages 54 degrees, so be sure to dress appropriately. Open every day of the year. Guided tours depart about every 20 minutes. Open daily: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Marine Corps Memorial Iwo Jima Statue
Route 50 at Arlington Boulevard & Ridge Road, Arlington, Va.
Metro: Rosslyn
202-619-7222
Based on Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of six Marines raising the stars and stripes American flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, this 78-foot memorial, created by Felix de Weldon, commemorates all the Marines who have died in battle since 1775. Open daily, 8 a.m.- midnight.

Monticello
Charlottesville, Va.
434-984-9800 (recorded information)
434-984-9822 (public affairs)
www.monticello.org
Explore Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home, gardens, and plantation. Located in the Virginia piedmont, Monticello is about two miles southeast of Charlottesville and approximately 125 miles from Washington, D.C.; 110 miles from Williamsburg, Virginia; and 70 miles from Richmond, Virginia.

Mount Vernon
George Washington Memorial Pkwy,
16 miles south of Washington, D.C.
703-780-2000
www.mountvernon.org
Mount Vernon was the beloved home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until General Washington’s death in 1799. Visitors are invited to tour the Mansion house and more than a dozen outbuildings including the slave quarters, kitchen, stables, and greenhous