Benjamin Franklin Parkway
LOVE PARK
TO THE
ROCKY STEPS
PRIVATE WALKING TOURS
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Please refer to the "Check Availability" page for more detailed "Featured Sites" descriptions.
* Departs seven days per week: 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
* Duration: flexible 2 to 3 hours. Your pace.
* Distance: 1.3 miles. Mostly flat. Some steps
* Sitting opportunities.
* Restroom, food, souvenir/gift opportunites.
* For wheelchair accessibility, please see FAQs.
* Meet: LOVE Sculpture, JFK Plaza (Love Park)
* Tour ends: Art Museum (Rocky) Steps
* see FAQ for return to Love Park options
Included * private walking tour with local, knowledgable guide. * guide doubles as your personal photographer * photos and post-tour information package emailed within 2 hours after tour. * iPad photo visuals enhance guide's presentation * site visits and breaks happen at your pace. * sun-reflecting white umbrellas and hand-hold electric fans provided for creating personal shade. and breeze * restroom, food, souvenir/gift opportunities. * multiple sitting opportunities * short walk from tour's end to the Rocky Statue, Rocky Steps, and Art Museum. Not included * snacks * souvenirs
Not included * Motorized transportation return from the Rodin Museum is not included. However, you may follow your guide back to Love Park--a 10 to 15 minute return on foot. This return to LOVE Park is free ,and does not count toward the tour's 3 hour duration. Pay options are Uber, Lyft or taxi. * Snacks and souvenirs. Tour enters some buildings but does not enter any museum galleries.
* Price: flat rate: $300
* Maximum 6 persons.
* Your private group only.
* All ages. Recommended age: 14 and up.
NOTE
* Tour may enter some sites.
* Tour does not enter any museum galleries.
Featured sites include
* LOVE Park * City Hall * Cathedral Basilica Saints Peter and Paul * Museum Without Walls * Logan Circle * Academy of Natural Sciences (closed Monday and Tuesday) * Moore College of Art and Design (closed Sunday) * The Franklin Institute * Shakespeare Memorial * Free Library of Philadelphia (closed Sunday) * Barnes Foundation (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) * Rodin Museum (closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) * Rocky Statue * Art Museum (Rocky) Steps * Art Museum (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) * "The Rocky Shop" is located near the foot of the Rocky Steps and contains a wide variety of Sylvester Stallone-related items. It is the world's only shop officially recognized by Stallone where he made an appearance at the Grand Opening, November 27, 2023. * Tour discusses but does not walk directly to the Philadelphia Museum of Art which is an additional 10 to 15 minutes on foot to the main entrance.
Transportation options for returning to LOVE Park or other destination. If after reaching the Rocky Steps, you decided to follow your guide back to LOVE Park, you may do so free of charge. If you wish to spend time at the Rockyn Shop or have a destination in mind other than LOVE Park, we suggest either Uber, Lyft, or taxi. Approximate cost for Uber XL 6-passanger car to most points in Center City is $25 to $30. * There is also a bus, the Philly Phlash that makes multiple stop on a loop around the City. This cost $2.00 per person. * You guide is available to assist you n making these arrangements.
Transportation options for arriving at LOVE Park By automobile, there is an entrance to an underground parking garage directly beside LOVE Park near the corner of North 16th and Arch Streets named LOVE Park Garage: 1501 JFK Blvd. Pay with cash, credit card or reserve in advance via iPakit app or iParkit .com. An elevator will take you to street level on the Park's east side very close to the LOVE Sculpture. Philadelphia is one of the top-rated walking cities in the country. Walking from another center city parking place is generally considered reasonable. iParkit.com also services other nearby locations. For train and subway riders, there is an Amtrak stop at Suburban Station and a SEPTA stop at 15th Street near City Hall. Both stations are very near LOVE Park. If you are arriving by subway or train directly on your way to meeting at the LOVE Sculpture, please email tours@PrivateParkwayTours.com for more detailed information.
