Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in Philadelphia, United States

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The Essentials: The Best Free Highlight Tour and More of Historic Philadelphia
Highlight Tour of Historic Philadelphia: Join this walking tour to see the important sites in historic Philadelphia: Independence Mall, Washington Square Park, parts of Society Hill and Old City....
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Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1 km
Ascend 11 m
Descend 9 m

  • Independence Seaport Museum
  • USS Becuna
  • USS Olympia
  • Moshulu
  • Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
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Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 7 km
Ascend 72 m
Descend 79 m

  • Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
  • Science History Institute
  • National Liberty Museum
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Museum of the American Revolution
  • First Bank of the United States
  • Carpenters' Hall
  • Second Bank of the United States
  • Old St. Joseph's Church
  • Merchants' Exchange Building
  • City Tavern
  • Independence Seaport Museum
  • Moshulu
  • USS Olympia
  • USS Becuna
  • Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
  • Powel House
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  • St. Peter's Church
  • Hill-Physick House
  • Old Pine Street Church
  • Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue
  • Kesher Israel Synagogue
  • Theatre of Living Arts
  • William M. Meredith School
  • George W. Nebinger School
  • Vare-Washington Elementary School
  • Sparks Shot Tower
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Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 66 m
Descend 64 m

  • Chief Justice John Marshall
  • Joan of Arc
  • Charioteer of Delphi
  • Rocky Statue
  • Rocky Steps
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Anthony Wayne
  • Iroquois
  • Eakins Oval
  • Bergdoll-Kemble Mansion
  • Eastern State Penitentiary
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Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 23 m
Descend 6 m

  • John Johnson House
  • Benjamin Chew House
  • Michael Billmeyer House
  • Daniel Billmeyer House
  • Upsala Mansion
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Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 9.7 km
Ascend 252 m
Descend 249 m

  • George W. Childs Elementary School
  • Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
  • Edwin M. Stanton School
  • National Marian Anderson Museum
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • Duck Girl
  • Rittenhouse Square
  • Lion Crushing a Serpent
  • Liberti Church
  • The Exchange Apartments
  • Dr. Joseph Leidy House
  • Clarence B. Moore House
  • The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany
  • Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room
  • Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
  • Forrest Theatre
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel
  • Lantern Theater Company
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building
  • Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
  • Health Professions Academic Building
  • NASA Moon Tree
  • Independence Hall
  • Old City Hall
  • Congress Hall
  • Liberty Bell
  • President's House
  • Philadelphia History Museum
  • Independence Visitor Center
  • Christ Church Philadelphia
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Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 118 m
Descend 134 m

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Rocky Steps
  • Rocky Statue
  • Charioteer of Delphi
  • Joan of Arc
  • Iroquois
  • Eakins Oval
  • The Thinker
  • Rodin Museum
  • The Gates of Hell
  • Barnes Foundation
  • Bergdoll-Kemble Mansion
  • Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
  • Divine Lorraine Hotel
  • Matthew Baird Mansion
  • The Met
  • Blue Horizon
  • Freedom Theatre
  • Edwin Forrest House
  • Burk Mansion
  • St. Malachy Catholic School
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Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 27 sights
Distance 9.1 km
Ascend 226 m
Descend 198 m

  • William W. Bodine High School
  • St. Andrews Russian Orthodox Church
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  • Franklin Music Hall
  • General Electric Switchgear Plant
  • St. Augustine Church
  • Elfreth's Alley Museum
  • Betsy Ross House
  • Girard Fountain Park
  • Arch Street Friends Meetinghouse
  • Congregation Mikveh Israel
  • Independence Visitor Center
  • National Constitution Center
  • St. George's United Methodist Church
  • Franklin Square
  • African American Museum in Philadelphia
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building
  • Reading Terminal Headhouse
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel
  • St. John the Evangelist Church
  • Macy's
  • William Penn
  • General George McClellan
  • John Christian Bullitt
  • Masonic Temple
  • Dilworth Park
  • Love Park
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Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 5.6 km
Ascend 94 m
Descend 78 m

  • Franklin Institute
  • Budd BB-1 Pioneer Aircraft
  • Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
  • Aero Memorial
  • All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
  • Swann Memorial Fountain
  • Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • The Lofts at 1835 Arch
  • Saint Clement's Church
  • Angel of the Resurrection
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Schuylkill River Park
  • Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom
  • Irvine Auditorium
  • Love
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Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 10.9 km
Ascend 301 m
Descend 299 m

  • William W. Bodine High School
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • Matthew Baird Mansion
  • Divine Lorraine Hotel
  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • Clothespin
  • Love Park
  • Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
  • AMOR
  • Barnes Foundation
  • The Gates of Hell
  • Rodin Museum
  • The Thinker
  • Franklin Institute
  • Saint Clement's Church
  • Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
  • Budd BB-1 Pioneer Aircraft
  • Aero Memorial
  • All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
  • Swann Memorial Fountain
  • Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • The Lofts at 1835 Arch
  • Arch Street Presbyterian Church
  • First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
  • Mütter Museum
  • Angel of the Resurrection
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom
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Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 11.5 km
Ascend 466 m
Descend 465 m

  • Franklin Music Hall
  • General Electric Switchgear Plant
  • Franklin Square
  • Lantern Theater Company
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building
  • Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel
  • Masonic Temple
  • John Christian Bullitt
  • General George McClellan
  • Dilworth Park
  • Clothespin
  • Love Park
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • AMOR
  • Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
  • Liberti Church
  • The Exchange Apartments
  • Dr. Joseph Leidy House
  • Clarence B. Moore House
  • The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • Duck Girl
  • Lion Crushing a Serpent
  • Church of the Holy Trinity
  • First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
  • Mütter Museum
  • Fitler Square
  • U.S. Naval Home
  • National Marian Anderson Museum
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Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 4.1 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 46 m

  • Germantown White House
  • Vernon House
  • Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
  • John Johnson House
  • The Concord School House
  • Germantown Mennonite Meeting House
  • Wyck House
  • Robert Fulton Elementary School
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Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 47 m

  • Joey Giardello Statue
  • Southwark School
  • Bok
  • Elizabeth B. Kirkbride School
  • Vare-Washington Elementary School
  • George W. Nebinger School
  • William M. Meredith School
  • Theatre of Living Arts
  • Moshulu
  • Gloria Dei Church
  • Sparks Shot Tower
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Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 41 m
Descend 34 m

  • Eleanor C. Emlen Elementary School
  • Beggarstown School Building
  • Michael Billmeyer House
  • Daniel Billmeyer House
  • St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 7.9 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 131 m

  • Liberti Church
  • Rittenhouse Square
  • Church of the Holy Trinity
  • Thomas Hockley House
  • The Rosenbach Museum & Library
  • Schuylkill River Park Community Garden
  • Schuylkill River Park
  • Fitler Square
  • U.S. Naval Home
  • William S. Peirce School
  • Universal Alcorn Charter Elementary School
  • Newkirk Monument
  • Bartram's Garden
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Self-guided Tour #15

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 180 m
Descend 163 m

  • Philadelphia Zoo
  • Lemon Hill Mansion
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Turtle Rock Light
  • Thorfinn Karlsefni
  • Chief Justice John Marshall
  • Anthony Wayne
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Rocky Steps
  • Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Roberts Vaux Junior High School
  • General John F. Reynolds School
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Self-guided Tour #16

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 40 m

  • Penn Treaty School
  • The Chandler School Apartments
  • Green Tree Tavern
  • William W. Bodine High School
  • St. Andrews Russian Orthodox Church
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
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Self-guided Tour #17

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 28 m
Descend 32 m

  • Marconi Plaza
  • D. Newlin Fell School
  • Mastery Charter School - Thomas Campus
  • Francis Scott Key School
  • Bok
  • George Sharswood School
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Self-guided Tour #18

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 46 m

  • Francis Scott Key School
  • D. Newlin Fell School
  • Mastery Charter School - Thomas Campus
  • Marconi Plaza
  • F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School
  • Philadelphia Job Corps Life Science Institute
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park
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Self-guided Tour #19

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 71 m
Descend 55 m

  • Mastery Charter School: Hardy Williams Campus
  • Saint Francis de Sales Church
  • Dickens and Little Nell
  • Saint Mary's Church
  • Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
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Self-guided Tour #20

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 7.5 km
Ascend 67 m
Descend 78 m

  • Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Roberts Vaux Junior High School
  • Blue Horizon
  • Freedom Theatre
  • Edwin Forrest House
  • Burk Mansion
  • Wagner Free Institute of Science
  • Temple Performing Arts Center
  • The U School
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