first trip to philly

I am making my first trip to philly in october to see the flyers and canadians play. My wife and I are staying in NYC but travelling to philly on the day of the 13 early in the morning and spending the day checking out the sites. Its my first time in the NYC/philly area. Is Amtrak the best way to get from manhattan to Philly? It looks like the station in philly is fairly close to the Wachovia centre. If amtrak is not he way does anybody know what to take? We would be heading back to New York after the game(11:00pm) Also are there ant tours of the wachovia centre that you can take. I am a life long flyer fan and want to get as much flyer history, tours that I can. Whats the best place to get a real philly cheese steak. Sorry about all the question, hopefully someone can answer some for me. Thanks

first trip to philly

The fastest, though not the least expensive way from NYC to Philadelphia is indeed by AMTRAK. Once you get to 30th Street Station, transfer to the SEPTA regional rail. Take any train that is going to Market East station- that is the closest to the sites (about 5-6 blocks). You can get a cheesesteak at Campo%26#39;s, 2nd %26amp; Market. Or, you can transfer to the Market-Frankford (Blue) line- ask inside the train station how to find it *(exact fare neeeded ($2/person). You could take that line eastbound and get off at 5th Street for the sites, or 2nd street for the cheesesteak. They are only 3 blocks apart.

30th Street Station is not near the Wachovia Center.

You would need to take the Broad Street Subway (Orange Line) to get to the Wachovia Center. You can pick that up at Broad %26amp; Walnut. That is about 10 blocks from Independence Hall. There are several ways to get there if you don%26#39;t want to walk, but it%26#39;s only about a 15 minute walk right up Walnut Street. Coming back, the easiest (and safest) thing to do is to take the subway back to Broad %26amp; Walnut and catch a cab to 30th Street Station (5 minute ride).

There are tours of the Wachovia Center, but you may be better off contacting them. The one I was on was paid for by someone else and included a 76ers game superbox and autograph session- so it cost $$$ and was paid for by a company. Don%26#39;t know if there are free ones.

first trip to philly

It appears that you intend to take the 10:45 p.m. train from Philadelphia to NYC, so please allow time to get from the Wachovia Center to 30th Street Station after the game.

the best place to get a cheesesteak is a highly debated question. If you search this forum with the work ';cheesesteak'; you will find numerous posts on this topic

It doesn%26#39;t sound like its in your plans but it might be more fun to stay over in Philly than to try to train back to NYC in the middle of the night

The best place for Philly Cheeseteak is Jim%26#39;s on 4th %26amp; South Street http://www.jimssteaks.com/. Don%26#39;t forget to get a Philly pretzel too, they%26#39;re the best.

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You may want to consider taking this bus, it drop-off/pick-up is listed on the website. This is just a quick way to get around Philly, and visit most historical places.

Amtrak is the best way to go to Philly. Have a good time with your wife. My husband and I are going to Canada in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the advise, we are super excited to visit philadelphia and new york. There appears to be a 10:45 train that leaves back to nyc, but we may be cutting it close, so there is also a 12:30am going back, we are going to catch that one i think.