COMBINATION: Eastern State Penintentiary and Philadelphia City Tours - Pedaling History at your own Pace!

Eastern State Penitentiary Tour

Pedaling through History at your own Pace!

Our bike and moped tours allow you to see Philadelphia in a leisurely pace on Fuji comfort bikes or Kinetic TFR 49cc. 1/2 Hp mopeds. Our guides will tour you through the city and make its history come alive for you!

Our Eastern State Penitentiary tour begins with the Prison tour, followed by a full city Bike tour along a "Low Traffic Route." We'll ride river to river at casual pace. Your tour includes a professional guide, helmets, safety training and a Philly Phlash Ticktet from the end of our route back into the city!

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Tours include: The central rotunda, restored cells, the solitary confinement yards, the baseball diamond, death row and Al Capone's Cell.

Opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor," Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became one of the most expensive and most copied buildings in the young United States. It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on the Penitentiary's wagon-wheel, or "radial" floor plan.

Some of America's most notorious criminals were held in the Penitentiary's vaulted, sky-lit cells,including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone. After 142 years of consecutive use, Eastern State Penitentiary was completely abandoned in 1971, and now stands, a lost world of crumbling cell blocks and empty guard towers.

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Combination Tour Highlights Include:

• Eastern State Penintentiary
• Old Swedes Church
• Tomb of the Unkown Soldier
• Elfreth's Alley
• Liberty Bell
• Independence Hall
• Kelly Drive
• Edgar Allen Poe House
• Betsy Ross House
• Chinatown
• Art Museum

Eastern State Penitentiary and City Package Bike and Moped Tours
April thru May (Sat & Sun ONLY)
June thru Sept (Wed - Sun)
10:30 AM & 4:00 PM

Departure Dates:

April thru May (Saturday & Sundays)
June thru September (Wed thru Sunday)

Departure Times:

10:30 AM & 4:00 PM

Departure Point:

Morning Tours depart from Independence Seaport Museum Parking Lot

Afternoon tours depart from the Eastern State Penitentiary - 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue, just five blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

No Hotel pick-up is available for this tour or activity

Payment:

Your credit card will be charged the total amount of products and services selected at time of booking. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover Card.

Confirmation & Travel Voucher

For every confirmed booking you will receive an e-mail with a link to your E-Ticket Voucher. Print vouchers on your home/ office printer. Please present this E-Ticket voucher at the Box Office. Only one voucher will be created per tour or activity for all travelers.

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This tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date. Your confirmation for this product will be received within 12- 24 hours subject to availability.

Cancellation and No Show Policy

Cancellations within 24 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 24 hours are charged a minimum $10.00 per person administration fee. We charge for NO SHOWS. No Shows on tour dates are charged 100%. Some specific tours and activities have a higher cancellation fee due to the limited space available.

Recommended for all tours in Philadelphia: Comfortable shoes, extra layer of warm clothing, hats, visors and sunglasses.

Weather: Tour route or activity may be changed depending on local weather conditions.

Meals, Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

Philadelphia Bike Tours and TourCorp Inc. assume no responsibility for delays caused by accidents, breakdown, bad conditions of roads, trails, bays, ocean, harbors, and any other conditions beyond control, in addition to insufficient numbers of passengers. Not responsible for loss or damage to property.

On some tours and activities the size of the vehicle depends on the number of passengers booked for that particular day. Tour companies reserve the right to change the size of the vehicle.

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