The city of brotherly love and cheese steaks, of Rocky's famous stairs and where the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Philadelphia is a multicultural city which stands out for its artsy graffiti and food scenery.
Philadelphia is a place where you cannot ignore its historical significance, from Liberty Bell to Independence Hall, all its museums are well curated and easily accessible to the public (though not free).
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is where you can run up and down the stairs that appear in the Rocky movie (many times this place has been mistaken with Lincoln's memorial in D.C.).
Stroll though the Benjamin Franklyn Parkway where many events are hosted during the year and several museums have been laid out, and check out Reading Terminal Market for a colorful display of food vendors.
I personally recommend visiting the small but enchanting Rodin Museum.
The two rivers that enter the city are the Delaware and the Schuylkill. A beautiful route is to walk along Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill.
If you have time to wonder outside of Philadelphia, visiting Longwood Gardens will be a breath of fresh air in the midst of gorgeous scenery, or take a walk through Peddler's Village, where you can grab a bite and shop in a quaint little town.
Barnes Foundation is an impressive museum, once the house of a wealthy pharmacist that managed to collect a vast amount of French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. A particularity of this place is that the display of the paintings doesn't follow a definite order, it is how Barnes himself chose to hang them in his house, giving the museum a sense of being in someone's home.
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