Living in New York has its own perks - Few hours drive to a lot of cool places like Atlantic city, Boston, Philly, Rhode Island, Washington DC and many more. After my recent trip to DC, the next in the list was Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is known for one of the major historical event - The American Revolution and of course Sports, for which they claim themselves to be the city of champions. And who can forget the famous Philly Cheese-steak?
Pre-requisites :
1) Hotel Bookings.
2) Bus Round trip tickets.
3) Winter clothing.
I booked my tickets for Greyhound bus from NYC to Philly for 9th morning and it took just 1.5 hours to reach there. The bus drops you right in the middle of the city.
To start with I would like to introduce you to the city's transportation system -
1) Subway - There are basically 2 lines, the North-South (Broad Street Orange Line) and the East-West (Market-Frankford Line). I found the Market line to me more useful to cover major points of interest. A day pass is usually useful if you make more than 4 trips a day. They have a smart card called SEPTA key (Master card) which can be loaded with value/pass too but not required for tourists.
2) Trolleys - I came across 2 types of trolleys, modern ones that run along the subways and the streets and other old style trolleys that run on street (Called the Gerard Avenue line). You can you your SEPTA pass/key here too.
3) Bus - Another option to get around quickly. SEPTA pass accepted here as well.
4) Bike - Bike share service called Indego is available in Philly but I haven't seen much people use it.
Although most of the locations are accessible by walk.
My first spot was the Reading terminal market which is 5 minutes walk from the Greyhound transport center. I was already hungry and this place had already got countless food stalls of all sorts to satisfy it.
I didn't want to go wrong the first time so decided to get the Carmen's famous Chicken Cheesesteaks. The queue is very long and they give you one of the card from the playing cards deck as a waiting token.
Right outside you can spot the One Liberty Place. If you have time you can visit the observatory on it to take a look of the city.
To reach the next stop - Magic gardens, you can board the bus 45 right from the Reading terminal market and get down at 12th St. & South St. At Magic gardens you can find the art work by world renowned mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. (Requires an entry fee)
Next to the magic gardens is the Italian market with italian stores and restaurants.
After exploring the market I took the subway back to the City hall. This structure is huge and marvelous.
There are quite few signture places around this point like the love sculpture.
A couple of subways stops to the east and you will reach the 2 important historical landmarks. First one is the Independence Hall. There is usually queue on weekends to get a free guided tour of about 20 minutes Nd is worth it. The second is the Liberty bell, for which you have to go through the security check and a long queue as well.
Philadelphia is known for one of the major historical event - The American Revolution and of course Sports, for which they claim themselves to be the city of champions. And who can forget the famous Philly Cheese-steak?
Pre-requisites :
1) Hotel Bookings.
2) Bus Round trip tickets.
3) Winter clothing.
I booked my tickets for Greyhound bus from NYC to Philly for 9th morning and it took just 1.5 hours to reach there. The bus drops you right in the middle of the city.
To start with I would like to introduce you to the city's transportation system -
1) Subway - There are basically 2 lines, the North-South (Broad Street Orange Line) and the East-West (Market-Frankford Line). I found the Market line to me more useful to cover major points of interest. A day pass is usually useful if you make more than 4 trips a day. They have a smart card called SEPTA key (Master card) which can be loaded with value/pass too but not required for tourists.
2) Trolleys - I came across 2 types of trolleys, modern ones that run along the subways and the streets and other old style trolleys that run on street (Called the Gerard Avenue line). You can you your SEPTA pass/key here too.
3) Bus - Another option to get around quickly. SEPTA pass accepted here as well.
4) Bike - Bike share service called Indego is available in Philly but I haven't seen much people use it.
Although most of the locations are accessible by walk.
My first spot was the Reading terminal market which is 5 minutes walk from the Greyhound transport center. I was already hungry and this place had already got countless food stalls of all sorts to satisfy it.
I didn't want to go wrong the first time so decided to get the Carmen's famous Chicken Cheesesteaks. The queue is very long and they give you one of the card from the playing cards deck as a waiting token.
Right outside you can spot the One Liberty Place. If you have time you can visit the observatory on it to take a look of the city.
To reach the next stop - Magic gardens, you can board the bus 45 right from the Reading terminal market and get down at 12th St. & South St. At Magic gardens you can find the art work by world renowned mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. (Requires an entry fee)
There are quite few signture places around this point like the love sculpture.
A couple of subways stops to the east and you will reach the 2 important historical landmarks. First one is the Independence Hall. There is usually queue on weekends to get a free guided tour of about 20 minutes Nd is worth it. The second is the Liberty bell, for which you have to go through the security check and a long queue as well.
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