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Toll-free: 866-611-4647
Local: 717-509-6800
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~ Area Attractions ~
We are located in Lancaster County, PA, the heart of the Amish country.
We are two miles from Historic Downtown Lancaster, and just around the corner from Lancaster County Central Park—easy access to these and other area attractions.
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Museums and Local Culture
Golf Courses
Within 1–2 Hour's Drive
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Click on the categories above for listings and descriptions.
Your innkeepers will be happy to help with directions once you arrive. |
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Amish Life:
- The People's Place: Intercourse, PA (717) 768-7171
Animated presentation of authentic Amish life.
www.thepeoplesplace.com
- Plain and Fancy Farm: Bird-In-Hand, PA (717) 768-4400
Authentic food, authentic Farmland and Homestead tours, and the
Amish Experience Theatre.
www.plainandfancyfarm.com
- Riehl's Quilts & Crafts: 247 East Eby Road, Leola, PA 17540 (717) 656-0697
Amish owned and operated, featuring 200+ quilts and locally made goods on a working Amish farm.
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Downtown Lancaster, historic and otherwise:
- Central Market: Penn Square (717) 291-4723
Open Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday mornings. America's oldest farmers market, full of local foods, produce, and crafts.
- Cultural History Museum: King Street (717) 299-6440
A preservation and interpretation of Lancaster County's history and decorative arts.
www.lancasterheritage.com
- Fulton Opera House: Prince Street (888) 480-1265
America's oldest theater in continuous operation featuring musicals, operas, and symphony orchestra performances.
www.atthefulton.org
- Lancaster Barnstormers: Minor League Baseball.
Losts of relaxing family fun—and very popular among the local citizenry.
www.lancasterbarnstormers.com
- Quilt and Textile Museum: West King Street (717) 299-6440
www.lancasterheritage.com
- Historic Lancaster Guided Walking Tour: Queen Street (717) 392-1776
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Theater:
- American Music Theatre: Lancaster, PA (800) 648-4102
Musical reviews and celebrity concerts.
www.AMTshows.com
- Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre: Lancaster, PA (717) 898-1900
Dinner and a Broadway musical with a live orchestra.
www.dutchapple.com
- Fulton Opera House: Lancaster, PA (888) 480-1265
America's oldest theater in continuous operation featuring musicals, operas, and symphony orchestra performances.
www.atthefulton.org
- Sight and Sound Millennium Theatre: Strasburg, PA (717) 687-7800
Live, large-scale musical productions of Biblical stories with live animals on an engulfing stage environment.
www.bibleonstage.com
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Museums and Local Culture:
- Cultural History Museum: Lancaster, PA (717) 299-6440
A preservation and interpretation of Lancaster County's history and decorative arts.
www.lancasterheritage.com
- Ephrata Cloister: Ephrata, PA (717) 733-6600
One of America's earliest religious communities (1732).
www.ephratacloister.org
- Historic Rock Ford Plantation: Lancaster, PA (717) 392-7223
Located in Lancaster County Central Park—within hiking distance of Rocky Springs B&B. This is Lancaster's only preserved residence (1794) of a Revolutionary War Patriot, Edward Hand, Adjutant General and personal friend of George Washington.
www.rockfordplantation.org
- Hans Herr House & Museum: Willow Street, PA (717) 464-4438
The oldest existing Euopean dwelling in Lancaster County (1719) and the oldest surviving Mennonite meetinghouse in the Western Hemisphere.
www.hansherr.org
- Kitchen Kettle Village: Intercourse, PA (800) 732-3538
World-famous jams, as well as 30 shops and restaurants of local fare.
www.kitchenkettle.com
- Mount Hope Estate & Winery and the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire:
Manheim, PA (717) 684-8261
www.parenfaire.com
- National Watch and Clock Museum: Columbia, PA (717) 684-8261
www.nawcc.org
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Strasburg, PA (717) 687-8628
www.rrmuseumpa.org
- Wilbur Chocolate Factory: Lititz, PA (888) 2-WILBUR
Free tour and candy shop...with free samples! Yum!
www.800padutch.com/z/wilbur.htm
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Within a Short Drive:
- Herr's Snack Factory: Nottingham, PA (800) 63-SNACK
Free tour, samples, café and gift shops.
www.herrs.com
- Hershey's Chocolate World: Hershey, PA (717) 534-4900
Free tour, samples, chocolate shop and food court.
www.hersheyschocolateworld.com
- Historic Gettysburg: Gettysburg, PA
The town itself offers many quaint shops and restaurants with a lot of local color, surrounded by one of the largest, most documented and faithfully preserved battlefields in the world. It is the site of the Confederate "High Water Mark", the most important turning point of the American Civil War.
www.gettysburg.com
- Longwood Gardens: Kennett Square, PA (610) 338-1000
The world’s premier horticultural display garden offering 1,050 acres including 20 outdoor gardens; 20 indoor gardens within 4 acres of heated greenhouses; 11,000 different types of plants; spectacular fountains, and 800 horticultural and performing arts events each year. Open year round.
www.longwoodgardens.org
- National Civil War Museum: Harrisburg, PA (717) 260-1861
www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org
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For more information:
Visit the Lancaster County Visitor Bureau's Web Site:
www.padutchcountry.com |
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