Thanks to its superb location close to most of the major East Coast cities, Philadelphia is a great destination from which to explore the area and pack in plenty of sight seeing. By hiring a car and heading in almost any direction you will be able to see things that you would not be able to experience anywhere else. Whatever your interests, there are Philadelphia tours that will excite and interest you beyond your expectations, and by letting yourself get into this often fascinating area of the country you will see plenty of spectacles.

Perhaps the most famous Philadelphia tours take you into the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country. This is where amongst the endless fields you will be able to visit the homelands of the Amish people. With their traditional way of life that has gone unchanged for more than 300 years, the Amish have become a tourist attraction in their own right. Their villages are welcoming to outsiders, and if you arrive during the summer you may be invited to join in with some of their activities including raising barns and rising in buck wagons along the tree lined roads of the region.

Heading east on a Philadelphia tour, you will soon reach the Atlantic coast. Here there are small towns that string out towards the gamblers paradise of Atlantic City to the north, and south towards the large Bays of Maryland. During the summer months there are great beaches to enjoy and many of them are relatively quiet, while in the winter the bracing Atlantic winds make the area feel bleak but undeniably beautiful.

The best way of enjoying any of these Philadelphia tours is to arrange car rental and use the journey planners available from AAA. With excellent maps and driving directions you will be able to find all the many attractions that you want to see easily and get a great deal more out of your trip than you might otherwise. The roads throughout the region are excellent, and very few have tolls to pay, although if you do drive to New York, many of the bridges into the city will incur a small charge, so it makes sense to carry some change in your vehicle.