Philadelphia Tourist Sites for Kids
Philadelphia is today a vibrant hub for city tourism, its landscape bustling with distinctive attractions for any brand of visitor. For its youngest tourists specifically, Philly is nothing short of a playground of urban activity, in scope and variety to engage, excite, and educate kids of all ages and interests. From ballparks to museums, food fairs to historical landmarks, these sites will assuredly win your kid's affections in the authentic tradition of the town proudly dubbed "The City of Brotherly Love."
Other People Are Reading
-
Citizens Bank Park
-
Take your kids out to a Phillies ballgame at Citizens Bank Park, where the kid-centric stadium action and celebrated eats are as enticing as the game itself. The proudly revamped home of the beloved Phillies, Citizens Bank Park is a must-have kids' experience, for baseball fans or otherwise. This newfangled ballpark is distinctively family-friendly, in conscious opposition to the Phils' former ballpark, the notoriously wild Veterans Stadium. Come here to watch the team, of course, but come also for the ballpark action, tailor-made to provide kids one of the most memorable stadium experiences imaginable. They'll dance along with the famed mascot Philly Phanatic, get their own games on at the Phanatic Fun Zone--a large in-stadium kids' entertainment complex--and chow their hearts out on the MLB's "Best Ballpark Eats," according to Food Network experts.
Please Touch Museum and Franklin Institute
-
Please Touch Museum and Franklin Institute are two of of Philadelphia's--and indeed the country's--leading children's museums. Innovative and meticulously designed for their respective audiences. Please Touch, the nation's first to cater specifically to families of kids age 7 and below, is now professionally recognized as expert in play as learning opportunity for this age group. As its name declares, Please Touch's hallmark concept is actively encouraging physical engagement with its attractions. It features six hands-on exhibit zones, each creatively conceived to invite experimentation and cultivate learning in fields of history, science, and urban development.
In contrast to Please Touch, notable for its specialty concentration in young children, the Franklin Institute is known for its comprehensive approach, optimized for kids of all ages, tykes to teens. Indeed, it's Pennsylvania's most visited museum, testament to its wide-ranging demographic appeal. Like Please Touch, the Institute's approach is exceedingly interactive, albeit on grander, flashier scales for discriminating older audiences. The evolving exhibit is replete with innately touchable attractions, incorporating high-tech media and focused on exploratory sciences in fields ranging from space to sports to the human body.
-
Reading Terminal Market
-
For firsthand ogling and tasting of the plethora of Philly's finest ingredients making up its signature cuisines, get your kids to Reading Terminal Market. Reading Terminal Market is a year-round culinary jamboree for kids and parents alike, as eclectic, and welcoming a food fair as you'll find anywhere in the world. Simultaneously an authentic farmer's market, fine-dining stand-maze, and entertaining arts festival, this market is a feast for your kid's palettes, of course, but also for their cultural mind banks. Here you'll find regional classics such as fresh-baked Philly pretzels and homemade mustard, mountainous meaty hoagies, water ice and custard, Jewish deli favorites, Amish bakery delicacies and the freshest of seasonal produce, jams, pies and cheeses from surrounding community orchards and farms. Add to this live music events, historical market tours and family-oriented cooking classes, and you've got your family an altogether enlightening single-site experience.
All-In-One Historical Philadelphia Siteseeing: The Duck-Tour
-
Philly is a city of unparalleled historical and cultural richness, geographically the site of numerous buildings, conferences and events changing the face of both U.S. and world history. Fortunately, you can give your kid a quality eyeful and earful sensory experience of all of them simply by boarding this singular vessel--the city Duck-Tour boat. Kids can get up close and personal with landmarks including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross House, National Constitutional Center and myriad more, and all the while party to the educationally engaging narration of kid-oriented experts in all-things Philly. Pack your kid a soda pop and pierogi and be off!
-
References
Resources
- Photo Credit Boathouse Row image by skidme from Fotolia.com baseball image by CraterValley Photo from Fotolia.com healthy foods image by Steve Lovegrove from Fotolia.com
