Philadelphia

From GRA

1 How to get there
- 1.1 Bus
- 1.2 Train
2 What to see
3 Useful Links

How to get there

Bus

Greyhound - http://www.greyhound.com/
http://www.2000coach.com/phillydcrt.html ($28 for RT)
http://www.apexbus.com ($28 for RT)

Chinese buses drive all your through (including Thanksgiving Day, etc).

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Train

Amtrak - http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage

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What to see

Philly

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 Main Museum Number: (215) 763-8100 http://www.philamuseum.org/main.asp The museum has an amazing number of collections - one of the most impressive being the modern and comtempary art collections where you can find three Dali pieces as well as paintings from Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, Henri Matisse, and Joan Miró.

Hours Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday evenings until 8:45 p.m. Closed Mondays and legal holidays

General Admission Adults: $12 Seniors (62+): $9 Students (with valid ID): $8 Children (ages 13-18): $8

The thinker

Rodin Museum

Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street P.O. Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646 tel: 215.763.8100

http://www.rodinmuseum.org/visit.shtml

Hours Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and legal holidays

General Admission Contribution of $3 suggested

The Franklin Institute Science Museum

222 north 20th street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-448-1200 http://sln.fi.edu/index.html

Home to the Benjamin Franklin Memorial

liberty bell

Independence National Historical Park

Independence National Historical Park, located in downtown (called "Center City"), Philadelphia, is often referred to as the birthplace of the nation.

Independence Hall Museum

Independence Hall, a World Heritage Site where both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were created.

Open All Year 9 am - 5 pm: Tickets Required Mar - Dec

Liberty Bell Center Museum

Open All Year 9 am - 5 pm

Down town Philly

Independence Visitor Center

Open All Year 8:30 am - 5 pm

South Street

http://www.southstreet.com/ No trip to Philly is complete without a trip to south street, home to an ecletic number of shops, some excellent bars and resturants and a great Philly cheese steak!!!!!!!!! Along South Street, visitors and residents, teenagers and adults, preppies and punk rockers, artists and attorneys all mix seamlessly together. The street is always buzzing no matter if you visit on a Tuesday afternoon or a Friday night.

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