Philadelphia

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Elizabeth H

Philadelphia

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These are the places from the bridal shower gift

Image - 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Elizabeth:This is the Barnes Foundation. Paintings by artists including Picasso & Renoir, African sculpture, Native American textiles & more. The tickets for the two of you are on the visa gift card.
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Image - Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
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Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Elizabeth:This 134-acre wildflower preserve features over 800 plant species native to the Delaware Valley. this gift card accidently contains enough money for three tickets so its up to you how to spend the last one.
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Image - New Jersey State Museum
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New Jersey State Museum
Elizabeth: Museum with a planetarium & areas dedicated to fine art, cultural & natural history & archeology. The museum is completely free and the planetarium cost for the two of you in included in your visa gift card.
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Image - Longwood Gardens
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Longwood Gardens
Elizabeth:This place looks really cool. There's over 1,000 acres of land to explore and the have a little beer garden with brick oven pizzas that don't seem too expensive. There's two tickets for the both of you on here.
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Touristy Things

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Image - 526 Market St
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526 Market St
Elizabeth: It has a crack in it
Image - LOVE sign
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LOVE sign
Elizabeth:This sign represents the love between you both
Image - Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Elizabeth:The steps in front of this bad boy are in the rocky movie
Image - Elfreth's Alley
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Elfreth's Alley
Elizabeth:This is just an old alley websites are obsessed with for some reason

Food

Where you can eat

Image - 919 S 9th St
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919 S 9th St
Elizabeth: This is the Italian Market on 9th street. A historic market in the heart of South Philadelphia that features food vendors and a visitor center. The market is open year-round and is the beating heart of the neighborhood, which has become home to pockets of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants in recent years.
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Image - Art in the Age
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Art in the Age
Elizabeth:Boujee liquor store but like a cute place to get something cool when hosting a dinner party
Image - Matines Café
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Matines Café
Elizabeth:Cute French café for brunch with indoor and outdoor seating
Image - Reading Terminal Market
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Reading Terminal Market
Elizabeth:This place seems to be on every website I look at so hopefully its good. Famous indoor farmer's market offering diverse fare, housewares & area specialties since 1893.
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Free Places

These places cost no money These ones are mainly parks

Image - The Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph’s University
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The Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph’s University
Elizabeth:This place seems really nice. Its a cute arboretum in the middle of Philly.
Image - Fairmount Park Horticulture Center
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Fairmount Park Horticulture Center
Elizabeth:This place is a really cute place to have a picnic on a nice day and they have events there like Sunday morning yoga and intro to dragon boating(unfortunately those parts are not free) and in the winter they still have their green houses open
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Image - Wagner Free Institute of Science
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Wagner Free Institute of Science
Elizabeth:this is a place that I think is cool but you guys might not love. Its a bunch of bones, shells, minerals and stuff in glass cases but its free.
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Image - Ringing Rocks County Park
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Ringing Rocks County Park
Elizabeth:This ones another day trip. Its a bring your own hammer kind of thing. You hit rocks and they play different notes. Its cause from the high pressure they endured when forming from lava.
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Honorable Mentions

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Image - Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Elizabeth:Although this is in the touristy places I found that on Fridays after 5 and on every first Sunday of every month is pay what you'd like so it only be like two dollars for the both of you. I cant find too many picture of the inside it might be a little gamble but I thought it would be a cute place to go after church and on Fridays hey say the serve drinks.
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Image - Independence Blue Cross RiverRink
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Independence Blue Cross RiverRink
Elizabeth:this looks like a cute place to go ice skating in the winter time next to the water side. and in the summer time they have roller skating there too. for roller skating its 15 dollars for admission and rentals and 18 dollars for ice skating per person.
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Image - House of Our Own Books
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House of Our Own Books
Elizabeth:There are a lot of books here but that's kind of what you're looking for in a book store I guess. Its used and new books (mainly used) and the reviews all say how sweet the owner is. Its also two stories. Just be prepared for the large amount of books in here.
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Image - Styer Orchard Inc.
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Styer Orchard Inc.
Elizabeth:This place is thirty minutes away form the center of Philly and they have U-pick crops like apples, nectarines, blackberries, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, and pumpkins.
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Wonderguide map

  1. 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
  2. Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
  3. New Jersey State Museum
  4. Longwood Gardens
  5. 526 Market St
  6. LOVE sign
  7. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  8. Elfreth's Alley
  9. 919 S 9th St
  10. Art in the Age
  11. Matines Café
  12. Reading Terminal Market
  13. The Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph’s University
  14. Fairmount Park Horticulture Center
  15. Wagner Free Institute of Science
  16. Ringing Rocks County Park
  17. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  18. Independence Blue Cross RiverRink
  19. House of Our Own Books
  20. Styer Orchard Inc.

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