BALTIMORE - The Renaissance Harborplace Hotel is located just steps
from the harbor's waterfront here and is a convenient home base for
a visit to the city.
The property, built above a four-story shopping mall, has 622
guest rooms on eight floors, including 38 suites throughout and 94
guest rooms on the restricted- access Club Level floor.
My sister Allie and I stayed in a double room on the Club floor
during a weekend visit. It 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 TV and a phone connected directly to the
front desk.
Guests on the Club floor have use of a lounge throughout the
day, which serves 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,
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 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 Baltimore-Washington Airport, 10
minutes from Baltimore's Penn Station and six blocks from access to
light rail service to Washington.
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Phone: (800) HOTELS-1 or (410) 547-1200
Fax: (410) 539-5780
Web: www.renaissancehotels.com
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