Philadelphia is known as the "City of Brotherly Love" and you'll love what this historic city has to offer. Museums, great dining, and a wonderful atmosphere, Philadelphia has a wide variety of family friendly entertainment.

For a historical journey, you can visit the Liberty Bell Center which is home to America's favorite bell. Here you can learn all that you ever wanted to know about the Liberty Bell. From viewing historical photographs, x-rays of the bell's crack and inner workings, to hearing a history of how the Bell's image was used on everything from ice cream molds to wind chimes, visitors will become experts on the bell. Throughout Liberty Bell Center, giant glass walls offer spectacular views of the Liberty Bell and nearby Independence Hall. If you want to go further back in history, ancient history, visit the Academy of Natural Sciences.

The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest continually operating museum of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Visitors can view a fully constructed Giganotosaurus or climb inside a tyrannosaurus rex skull, try on horns and claws, and dig for fossils. This museum is also home to over 100 live animals. These animals cannot be released to the wild and are used for teaching purposes. If you want to see more live animals, the Philadelphia Zoo is home to some of the most exotic animals in the United States.

The Philadelphia Zoo is 42 acres of animal packed fun. This zoo was home to the first orangutan and chimpanzee births in a US Zoo, it also boasted the first children's zoo, and the first US exhibit of white lions. They have brand new exhibits such as The Primate Reserve, Carnivore Kingdom, and Rare Animal Conservation Center.

All that digging around for fossils and searching for animals at the zoo can sure make people hungry, and what better way to satisfy that hunger with an authentic Philly Cheesesteak! Two of the most famous cheesesteak vendors in the world are located right in South Philadelphia at the corner of Ninth Street and Passyunk Avenue. There is Pat's King of Steaks and, on the north side of the corner, Geno's Steaks. Both establishments are open 24 hours a day and always busy.

Philadelphia is fun for the whole family, so join the celebration! For reservations in Philadelphia start your search here >

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