In the Gayborhood check Locust at 13th, Locust at Hutchinson, or 11th at Pine. Less frequent local riders and visitors can buy single IndegoFlex trips using a credit card at any station kiosk, for $4 per 60 minutes. Passholders use bikes at no additional cost for the first half hour, and $4 per half hour thereafter.
The Indego bike share program has hundreds bikes at more than 100 city stations with 24/7 access. See details and purchase locations or buy direct at their website. The SEPTA Key Card smart card can be reloaded online or at machines using cash, credit or debit card. Transfers are an extra $1, and basic fares for travel outside the downtown zones may cost more, depending on the destination. Trains operate every 30 minutes to the 30th Street station, which is also the Amtrak hub if you're arriving by train from another city.Ī TransPass for SEPTA buses, trollys and subways within the city costs $9 a day (eight rides during one calendar day), or $25.50 per week (good for 56 rides). The SEPTA regional rail service's Airport Line (formerly R1) connects you to downtown for $6.75.
Pride also sponsors the Annual Reminders Block Party in July, and the OutFest October festival each year in these streets, the largest National Coming Out Day event in the world.įrom Philadelphia International Airport, taxi fares are a flat rate of $28.50 for the first person, plus $1 for each additional person. The Philly Pride Parade and Festival takes place here on a mid-June Sunday each year, preceded by the Saturday Philly Dyke March. Within a few blocks of Camac Street (once the heart of the red-light district) is a cluster of establishments bedecked with rainbow flags, often called the Gayborhood. Philadelphia's gay life is centered in the Center City area. Each has contributed, giving this city one of the largest and most diverse selections of restaurant anywhere, and the Reading Terminal Market has mouth-watering baked goods, fresh flowers and foods from all around the world. The Wilma Theatre and Philadelphia Theatre Company are also on the avenue, and nearby are the Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest American theater, and the Lantern Theatre.Ī varied restaurant scene exists thanks to the many immigrants who have settled here first the Irish and Germans, then Russians, Eastern Europeans, Italians, and African Americans, and more recently South Americans and Asians of every nationality. On Avenue of the Arts in Center City are theaters such as the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Academy of Music, the nation's oldest continually operating opera house, now home to Opera Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet. A great collection of public art, and some of the country's most interesting architecture are also part of any trip to Philadelphia. With Fairmount Park's 9,200 acres, the city has the nation's largest landscaped urban park, with winding creeks, rustic trails, and cruisy areas. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, is among the largest American art museums. The city continued to grow in the nineteenth century as a major textiles and industrial center.īesides the many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States, such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, there are history museums to see, such as the National Constitution Center, the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Īrt museums include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Rodin Museum, with the largest collection of work by Auguste Rodin outside France.
Following independence it remained the most important American city, and capital of the new United States until 1800, while Washington DC was built. Relatively good relations with local Native tribes and a central location helped Philadelphia to grow rapidly after its 1682 founding, to become by the 1750s the second largest British city after London. William Penn, a Quaker who'd experienced religious persecution, wanted his colony to be a place where anyone could worship freely. See the CDC website for details and updates.įor the latest Philadelphia information see the City of Philadelphia Health Dept and Pennsylvania DOH websites. There are restrictions on the entry of some travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19: