Make Plans to Visit Annapolis
We are excited to welcome you to Annapolis. It’s never too early to start making plans to come to the show. Below is information to help with your travel plans and for what you can enjoy in Annapolis while you are at the show.
WHERE TO STAY
Extend your stay by making overnight accommodations at a waterfront hotel, quaint bed and breakfast, or full-service luxury hotel. Annapolis has every accommodation you can imagine, and some you’ve never thought of.
Visit our Boat Show Hotels page for a list of official show hotels.
Our friends at the Annapolis Waterfront Hotel, which is connected to the Show, have a few more rooms available. Click here for availability.
They are also offering a special VIP package that includes a room at the hotel and VIP tickets to the Show. Click here to learn more.
For additional options Visit Annapolis has all the lodging options:
BOOK YOUR TRAVEL
There are three major airports near Annapolis.
- BWI Thurgood Marshall is the closest and most convenient.
- Reagan National
- Washington Dulles International
Should train travel be an option for you, BWI and New Carrollton stations are the closest stations to the Show. There are both public and private transportation options. As you make travel plans, please reference the Visit Annapolis transportation page with information about local airports, car rental companies, and parking in Annapolis.
EXPLORE OUR TOWN
The Annapolis Boat Shows have always enjoyed calling Annapolis home. With beautiful brick-lined streets filled with art galleries, apparel, antique shops, and specialty boutiques, downtown Annapolis has plenty of fun for every visitor. Visit the many shops along Main Street and Maryland Ave, book a historic walking tour with Watermark, tour the U.S. Naval Academy, and enjoy a glorious sunset cruise aboard the Schooner Woodwind. Learn all about the great things to do in our hometown and what events are happening during the shows with the help of Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
DINE IN STYLE
Plan your must-eat stops for the show today with help from Visit Annapolis.
Restaurants surrounding and expanding beyond downtown gear up every year to host the thousands of locals and tourists that visit the fall shows. Crowd favorites like crab cakes, oysters, and pain killers are continuously on deck throughout the show days. With such a variety of dining options there is something for everyone including breakfast, lunch, dinner, happy hours, and late-night noshing. Feeling hungry already?
COME BY BOAT OR BY CAR
Boat show visitors are encouraged to park at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401) and take a free shuttle to and from the show. Shuttles will run one hour prior to show opening through one hour after the show closes. Pre-sale of Stadium parking is offered at the discounted rate of $23 pre-paid and $30 day of event parking. Oversized vehicles are $45, paid at the stadium.
Saturday, October 4th parking will be at the Board of Education: 2644 Riva Road Annapolis. $15 – CASH ONLY.
Dinghy Parking: Prince George St. Dinghy Dock will NOT be open during the Boat Shows: 9/29 – 10/15. There will be dedicated dinghy dock at the end of Shipwright St. for boaters to utilize.
Now that you have your plans in order, purchase your tickets to the show!