Pennsylvania Travel Guide
In planning a trip to Pennsylvania, one of the finest travel sites anywhere is www.frommers.com. Frommer’s website has some of the best and non-biased overviews to plan your trip. His favorite experience in Pennsylvania is a trip to Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Masterpiece in the Allegheny Mountains.
Frommer’s Planning a Trip section concisely lays out the logistical factors involved in any visit.
Frommer’s Pennsylvania Events section is also a must see before defining trip dates. Bastille Day is celebrated every July 11th with a reenactment at Eastern State Penitentiary. On June 7th, NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway. Consider catching the Battle of Gettysburg Reenactment July 3-5th. The Annual Philly Pride Parade and Festival is June 14th and the Manayunk Arts Festival featuring 275 national artists runs June 27th and 28th.
Don’t miss www.visitpa.com for Pennsylvania Maps, Things to Do, and Trip Ideas. From Trip Ideas, click on “build your own road trip” to customize your travels and build your own trip on-line.
Check out the Things To Do Section. Click on History & Heritage for some fascinating destinations including the Gettysburg Battlefield, There’s a guide to covered bridges, and a Google Map spotting Historic Towns including the Amish settlement of Lancaster County.
Wikitravel.org is another great and little known site. You’ll recognize the format if you’ve ever referenced Wikipedia.com. Wikitravel gives a nice color coded county map and then an overview of some of the important cities in Pennsylvania, including Hershey, Philadelphia and Williamsport where every year the Little League World Series is held.
Other destinations featured in Wikitravel.org are the Lehigh Valley and the legendary Pocono Mountains. Wikitravel even goes into some of the local dialects you may encounter during your travels.
Don’t miss the “Eat” section on this site where you can plan your trip by the food you long to eat. A cheese steak tops the list; don’t forget. And many travelers have retold for years the peanut butter chocolate sundae they had in Hershey. Another don’t miss is Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie.
The oldest brewery in the nation can be planned into this trip as well. It’s Yuengling and tours are available at the brewery in Pottsville.
Tips on Staying Safe are clearly laid out on the Wikitravel.org site. Areas where gang activities are high is annotated. A warning about abandoned mines and quarries is an important safety note to be aware of for visitors.
