Monday, September 8 8:00AM - 4:00PM This full-day tour takes you to the beautiful countryside of nearby LancasterCounty, home of one of the largest Amish communities in the United States. Tour includes: farmlands and Amish cottage-industries tour, tour of Amish Homestead and sit-down family-style lunch.
The most comprehensive full-city tour, The Philadelphia Story, is a fully guided tour via deluxe transportation through four centuries of art, architecture and Philadelphia's growth to the 2nd largest city on the east coast.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Tourgives us a glimpse into the world of local Philadelphia artists, many of whom are amateur and not formally trained, and some of whom were former graffiti artists who have turned their once destructive work into meaningful and celebrated art.
Filled with anecdotes and stories the Mural Arts Tour will leave you with a deeper appreciation for the complexities of mural making, and more important, with "a renewed faith that art still has the power to transform lives."
Picture Perfect Countryside takes you through the rolling hills of Philadelphia's spectacular countryside. Less than an hour's drive from Philadelphia lays the beautiful BrandywineValley, immortalized on canvas by many artists, including the Wyeth family.
Founding Fathers ... and Mothers Tuesday, September 99:00AM - 1:00PM
We'll get up close with the founding fathers . and mothers with this tour experience.We'll explore the lives of such notable women as Martha Washington, Betsy Ross and Dolley Madison and contrast their contributions to the growth of the young nation to their counterparts Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton and lesser-known Barry, Morris and Kosciuszko.
As the First "planned city" in North America, Philadelphia has many firsts . as well as many "biggest, best and only" sites and attractions. Join us for this 4-hour journey through the city and learn about:
§The first bell ever cast in this country (the Liberty Bell), first daily paper published in the United States, first hospital, "First President" (and we don't mean George!), First Bank, first US flag, first Mother's Day celebration, first Thanksgiving Day parade, largest landscaped municipal park in the world, first modern skyscraper, largest working musical instrument and so much more!
§Tour includes the following off-coach opportunities: a visit to the LibertyBellCenter, photo opportunity at Elfreth's Alley and a tour of the Betsy Ross House
Many "insurance firsts" in America also happened in Philadelphia.See more details!
Tuesday, September 91:30PM - 4:30PM See the actual movie sites and familiar scenes while watching the actual movie clips from Witness, 12 Monkeys, The Sixth Sense, Blow Out, Trading Places, Philadelphia, Rocky, Mannequin, Beloved, Up Close and Personal, The Age of Innocence, In Her Shoes, The Italian Job, National Treasure, Rocky Balboa and Shooter among others.
