help planning a philadelphia trip

dh and i have never been, but may make this our anniversary road trip next month. i've heard there is a haunted prison tour, a zoo, an aquarium, science museum, obviously gotta see the liberty bell... can anybody give me any recommendations or stay away froms? places to eat? places to stay? things we gotta check out? websites that may help? i'd appreciate it all. thank you

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anyone?

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We just went July 4th

I'll post our itinerary tonight, once I get home from work

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This website is very helpful. Sometimes they offer great hotel deals! If anything it can give you things to do! DH and I went and stayed in old city. Very nice and romantic down there...

Philadelphia

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FM me if you are interested but there is this italian restaurant in old city where they have a room for 2 (you have to make special reservations) in their wine room and its a table for 2 and it is just you...very romantic :)

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i grew up right outside philly in south jersey
the franklin institute is a cool science museum to go to....
the NJ state aquraium is right over the bridge in camden, NJ... i think theres even a ferry that takes you over there from philly. its been redone, and its pretty cool to see!
you can also be all "Rocky" and run up the steps of the art museum LOL
and definitely check out old city with the liberty bell, constitution hall, the Reading (red-ing) terminal market

ETA: the haunted prison tour is REALLY cool- its at east state penitentiary (sp???) not sure when in october they start doing it, but its around halloween-- its a pretty cool thing to do!
philly zoo is nice, too- nothing TOO amazing though, but worth checking out

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thank you to everyone... i would love some restaurant recs!

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Posted by Shorty

We just went July 4th

I'll post our itinerary tonight, once I get home from work

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ok i'm back

I've been kinda out of it since Fri! :cough cough cough:


here's the thread i posted when we got back

we stayed at the Westin Philadelphia - got a great rate through hotels.com. The hotel is beautiful and the beds are AMAZING. Nice location too - definitely walking distance to everything you'd want to see. Attached to a mall/shops, right across the street from a 24 hr rite aid, etc.

We had a fantastic meal at Fogo de Chao - a brazilian steakhouse. It's $40 per person and all you can eat. Includes salad bar, side dishes, and like 15 different meats. yum! It's maybe 3-4 blocks from the hotel.
link to restaurant site

We did the typical constitution hall, liberty bell, the rocky steps, walked through the free part of the art museum, etc. DH had never been to philly and being a teacher, he was was pretty amused. John Legend gave a free July 4th concert on the steps of the museum with some fireworks at the end.

We also went to a Mets game one night.

It was a relatively inexpensive weekend trip - a great little getaway!

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We wanted to do the penitentiary, but we didn't have time!

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thank you shorty i ate at a brazilian steakhouse once in the city and loooved it and know dh would too- but he's not a fan of going to manhatten. maybe i'll take him to that one for our anniversary, we'll be there. any chance you saw any nice bed and breakfasts around, or is that more of a "hotel" area?

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Posted by MrsKelly

thank you shorty i ate at a brazilian steakhouse once in the city and loooved it and know dh would too- but he's not a fan of going to manhatten. maybe i'll take him to that one for our anniversary, we'll be there. any chance you saw any nice bed and breakfasts around, or is that more of a "hotel" area?