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Tours of the City Walking Tours Zippy Larsons Shoe Leather Safaris (tel: (410) 817 4141) operates walking tours that are well researched, usually based literary links and witty anecdotal histories. One recent example is 'The Duchess, the King and Baltimore' - about Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, who grew up in Baltimore. Zippy customises her tours, which vary in length and price, according to requirements. Concierge Plus Inc (tel: (410) 580 0350) offers walking and dine-around tours in historic Baltimore neighbourhoods, which are customised for groups of fifteen or more, with prices varying accordingly. Water Tours Cruising the harbour area and Chesapeake Bay itself are key tourist attractions in their own right. Harbour Cruises (tel: (410) 727 3113; website: www.harborcruises.com) offers breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or moonlight cruises around the harbour, on the Bay Lady or Lady Baltimore. A basic lunch cruise lasts two hours and costs US$26.50. The Clipper City (tel: (410) 539 6277; website: www.sailingship.com) offers two-hour tours around the harbour on a replica 1850s topsail schooner (cost: US$13.20). Peter Pan Pirate Ship Tours (tel: (877) 642 7678, toll free USA and Canada) operates a 90-minute tour on an amphibious pirate ship, which offers dual sightseeing on the road and the water, at a cost of US$18.90. |