Take a side trip to Lancaster County, where you can arrange to enjoy a meal in an Amish home. See chapter 12. Detailed maps throughout Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife Itineraries, walking tours, and trip–planning ideas Insider tips from local expert authors
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Take a side trip to Lancaster County, where you can arrange to enjoy a meal in an Amish home. See chapter 12. Detailed maps throughout Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife Itineraries, walking tours, and trip–planning ideas Insider tips from local expert authors
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Lauren McCutcheon was born in, grew up outside of, and currently lives in Philadelphia. She loves it here. She is an editor at Philadelphia magazine, author of A Virgin’s Guide to Everything (Warner Books, 2005) and The Right Way (David & Charles, 2006), former restaurant critic for Philadelphia Weekly, and former editor for the Philadelphia site of www.citysearch.com. Some of her favorite things to do in the city include breakfast at Parc on Rittenhouse Square (or, if in a rush, a cappuccino at La Colombe), visit the Perelman′s design exhibits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, shop at Vagabond in Old City, do yoga at Practice in Queen Village, and consume oysters and Cava at the Oyster House. In that order. Carrie Havranek writes about travel, food, and culture from her home in Easton, PA, and uses the marble rolling pin from her Pennsylvania Dutch great aunt nearly every day.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this book. My friend took the dependable Dorland Kindersley which is a good guide, but this one had the edge for sheer quirkiness and a greater sense of the flavour of the place. I loved all the little written asides. At first it seemed to be an awful lot of closely typed print, but it was well worth the read for all the extra information, and the sense of place that it brought to the guide. Well worth the money.
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A bog-standard travel guide, whilst giving the expected information, hotels, restaurants, how to get there, tours, walks, etc. gives little substance about the nightlife, arts, theater or other diversions to make a visit to Philadelphia stand out in your memory.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Very useful for a recent trip
1 Nov 2008
By violinmike
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I looked at a few different travel books for Philadelphia before selecting this one. I really liked the book's layout -- very logical and straightforward, with useful itineraries, accurate descriptions of sights, and interesting walking tours. The food suggestions I tried panned out nicely, with the ranking/discussion of cheesesteak spots much appreciated. And I found a place to stay that was reasonably priced, clean, and centrally located through this book. Very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Useless Without Map
16 Jun 2012
By G. Peck
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I have purchased several Frommer's books in the past and always found them quite useful. However, this book does not have the pull out map that is usually included in Frommer's books. Philadelphia was an extremely difficult city to drive in and not having the map made it nearly impossible to get around the city.
The index is also extremely poor. Most important Philadelphia sights are covered in the book but good luck finding them in a hurry. I was also surprised that "Valley Forge" isn't listed in the "Side Trips" chapter even though it's just outside the city. Save some money and just pick up some free maps and brochures at the Independence Hall visitor's center.
If you are planning a trip to Philadelphia I highly recommend a stop at City Tavern. The restaurant has outstanding food and beer all made the way they were during Revolutionary War times. The staff wear period costumes and chef Walter Staib is the friendliest host you could ever meet. Walter is host of the PBS series "Taste of History."
The index is also extremely poor. Most important Philadelphia sights are covered in the book but good luck finding them in a hurry. I was also surprised that "Valley Forge" isn't listed in the "Side Trips" chapter even though it's just outside the city. Save some money and just pick up some free maps and brochures at the Independence Hall visitor's center.
If you are planning a trip to Philadelphia I highly recommend a stop at City Tavern. The restaurant has outstanding food and beer all made the way they were during Revolutionary War times. The staff wear period costumes and chef Walter Staib is the friendliest host you could ever meet. Walter is host of the PBS series "Taste of History."
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
all the info you need
19 Aug 2010
By emptywallet
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great travel book w all the info you need. phone numbers, addresses, tips, operating hours...it's all there. i always read one fodor's travel book and one frommers to be sure everything is covered. i have both and one is as good as the other. i didn't really need both, but love reading them. i find the moon series to also be very informative. check the dates of publication before you buy. they are still selling the older ones and you want to be certain to get the most recent edition. skip the insiders travel guide and get that one from the library if you want to read it. those books are always thicker but never as comprehensive despite their page numbers.
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