Independence National Historical Park
Check the park’s current tour and entry arrangements before planning Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell or other historic buildings.
Visitor details ↗Philadelphia & Countryside / Find your place
Philadelphia
Historic streets · Market food · Museum days
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Philadelphia.
Start with a historic neighborhood, choose a museum or garden, then follow your appetite to a local market. Philadelphia rewards a day with a little breathing room between its many landmarks.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Reading Terminal Market
Browse the market’s independent food merchants and choose a meal. Individual merchant schedules can differ.
Visitor details ↗Philadelphia Museum of Art
Choose a collection or exhibition visit and confirm admission, accessibility and the correct museum location.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Choose a local food stop around Philadelphia using the visitor dining directory. Confirm menus, opening days and reservations with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Philadelphia. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Local places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Philadelphia. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Pennsylvania photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Exterior of the Independence Hall, Aug 2019.jpg — Mys 721tx. Own work CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge, spanning the Delaware River that connects the city of Lambertville, New Jersey with New Hope, Pennsylvania — Carol M. Highsmith. Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
Independent visitor sources; inclusion is not a paid placement or an endorsement by the source.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Pennsylvania FIPS42. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.