Philadelphia is where the United States was invented — the Declaration of Independence was signed here, the Constitution written here, and the ideals of liberty that shaped the modern world were debated in these rooms.
The room where the Declaration was adopted (1776) and the Constitution signed (1787) — the most important room in American history.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe cracked bell with Leviticus's liberty inscription — symbol of abolition and civil rights movements.
1893 market under a train shed: Amish vendors, DiNic's roast pork, the cheesesteak and the hoagie.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide32 houses from 1728–1836 in an 8-foot-wide alley — the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in the US.
The original 1930 cheesesteak at the founder's shop — one wit Cheez Whiz, ordered at the window.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide72 steps, the bronze statue at the base, and one of the finest art collections in the US behind the Greek Revival facade.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide181 Renoirs and 69 Cézannes arranged with ironwork and African art in a pedagogical salon unlike any other museum.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideSunday gravy and chicken parmesan at the restaurant that has been serving Italian-American food in South Philly for 124 years.
The most influential prison in history — solitary confinement invented here, copied worldwide. Al Capone's furnished cell preserved.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe oldest outdoor market in the US: DiBruno Brothers cheese, homemade pasta, fresh fish and the mussels of Di Nardo's.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe largest public mural program in the United States — every neighborhood a gallery since 1984.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideJames Beard Award-winning Israeli hummusiya or the finest casual fine dining on the East Coast.
Thick baked pretzel with yellow mustard and Italian ice. The most Philly ending possible.