At the Inner Harbor, visitors explore and enjoy all things nautical. Since water comprises 65 percent of the human body, it's not surprising that 13 million of those bodies are drawn to the Inner Harbor every year. Here, at the highest reach of the Patapsco River, most things are about, near or within sight of water.
Pleasure boats float next to red brick promenades.
Alfresco diners dawdle over coffee and inhale briny breezes. Armadas of kid-powered paddleboats lurch toward shore. Lines of eager pedestrians snake onto historic sailing vessels. Weary tourists drop their feet toward the water and gape as the sun dives behind silver skyscrapers. Before 1980, the Inner Harbor was hardly a leisure destination.