BALTIMORE -- The Renaissance Harborplace Hotel is located just
steps from the harbor's waterfront here and made the ideal home
base for our visit to the city.
The property, built over a four-story shopping mall, has a total
of 622 guest rooms on eight floors, including 38 suites throughout
and 94 guest rooms on the restricted access Club Level floor.
Our double room on the Club floor had a partial view of the
Inner Harbor and was spacious. There were two beds, a two-seat
table, a dresser and ample closet space.
In-room amenities included a minibar, a coffeemaker, an iron and
ironing board, cable television, a Sony Playstation, an alarm clock
and two phones with data ports.
The bathroom also had Bath & Body Works toiletries, a hair
dryer, a black-and-white television and a phone connected directly
to the front desk.
Guests on the Club floor have use of the Club lounge throughout
the day, serving a limited continental breakfast and afternoon and
evening drinks and hors d'oeuvres. The floor also has its own
concierge on duty.
Cigar aficionados will find a haven in the Windows Lounge, just
outside the restaurant on the fifth floor. The lounge featured a
vast selection of cigars and after-dinner drinks, served to the
accompaniment of piano music and live entertainment.
The Windows Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily,
and is known for its crab cakes, a must-have while in
Baltimore.
Meeting space in the hotel includes the largest ballroom in
Maryland, the Maryland Ballroom, with 14,650 square feet, and a
junior ballroom, the Baltimore Ballroom, with 4,070 square
feet.
Additional meeting space includes 18 meeting rooms, including 10
breakout rooms with harbor views, and a 7,000-square-foot
prefunction area.
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel is part of the Gallery at
Harborplace, a mixed-use complex with 75 shops, restaurants and an
office tower.
The hotel has direct access to the shopping mall via an open
space near its meetings facilities that connects to the escalators
in the mall. The property's location also is across the street from
and connected by a skywalk to Harborplace, a shopping area made up
of two pavilions.
Room rates at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel range from $215
for standard rooms to $235 for Harborview rooms. Club Level
accommodations start at $245. The hotel is 15 minutes from BWI
airport, 10 minutes from Baltimore's Penn Station and six blocks
from Washington, D.C., light rail access.
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Phone: (800) HOTELS-1 or (410) 547-1200
Fax: (410) 539-5780
Internet: www.renaissancehotels.com
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