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Pennsylvania travel guide
Our route team has mapped 7 destinations in Pennsylvania across 4 curated routes, adding up to 59 places to eat, see and do. The most common route styles are cities, culture and nightlife. Trips run 3–6 days, most often 3 days.
- Destinations
- 7
- Places
- 59
- Curated routes
- 4
- Trip lengths
- 3–6 days
- Routes favor
- Dec – Jan
Where our routes go in Pennsylvania
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7 destinations in Pennsylvania
Ordered by how many of our curated routes stop there, then by how many places we have picked.
Best of Pennsylvania
Our curated picks by theme, drawn from the places our route editors chose for their routes.
Places worth planning around
A short sampler from the 59 places in Pennsylvania, starting with those featured on the most of our routes.
SeeIndependence Hall
Where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed.
DrinkMcGillin's Olde Ale House
Philadelphia's oldest continuously operating tavern, open since 1860.
EatReading Terminal Market
1893 market hall with Amish bakeries and Philly sandwich counters.
SeeBarnes Foundation
Renoirs, Cézannes and Matisses hung in the collector's original dense ensembles.
DoFancy Brigade Finale
Ticketed indoor show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center where the fancy brigades perform their full staged acts.
- Do
Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest
Seasonal rink and lodge on the waterfront; its ticketed New Year's Eve party has live music and heated cabins.
Curated routes through Pennsylvania
4 routes with at least one stop here. Some continue beyond Pennsylvania.
Best time to visit Pennsylvania
Of the 4 routes here with a recommended season, at least half point to Dec – Jan. December is the most-recommended month (3 of 4 routes).
Climate averages (NASA POWER, 2001–2025) for 4 of our destinations here: July is the warmest month, with average highs near 86°F (30°C), and January the coolest at about 36°F (2°C). June is the wettest, around 4.7 in (118 mm) of rain, and February the driest at about 2.9 in (73 mm).
NASA POWER is a gridded model (roughly 50 km cells), so coastal and mountain spots read as regional averages.
Weather by destination
Getting around Pennsylvania
Legs between consecutive stops on our routes. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
- Philadelphia → Kennett Squareabout 48 km (30 mi) straight-line
- Kennett Square → Lancasterabout 55 km (34 mi) straight-line
Planning a trip to Pennsylvania
How many days do you need for a trip to Pennsylvania?
Our 4 curated routes with stops in Pennsylvania run 3–6 days, and 3 days is the most common length. Some of those routes also cover places outside Pennsylvania, so a trip focused only here can be shorter.
What are the best places to visit in Pennsylvania?
Going by how often our route team includes them, the most-featured destinations in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia, Center City & Penn's Landing, Lancaster, Broad Street & South Philly and Downtown & the Cultural District. Philadelphia alone has 15 hand-picked places in our guides.
When is the best time to visit Pennsylvania?
At least half of our routes here recommend Dec – Jan. NASA POWER averages put the warmest weather in July and the most rain in June.
Where can I find the best restaurants in Pennsylvania?
See our curated picks: best restaurants in Pennsylvania, chosen from 11 places in our curated routes. We also have lists for things to do.
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Take your crew to Pennsylvania
Start from one of our Pennsylvania routes in TripsCircle, then shape it together: shared itinerary, polls for the big decisions, split expenses and packing lists.