Book this tour!! It was definitely worth it. Our tour guide, Chuck, really made the tour great. We would not have had such an enjoyable and educational time walking around this part of this City without him leading the way. He shared with us that he is a retired University professor and Philadelphia native. He loves this city and it showed! We learned about the history of one of the oldest markets in the US (over 100 years old) and sampled some items along the way. We also saw street art and learned more about the history of the City, William Penn’s plan for a “utopian” type society and the legendary “curse of William Penn.” The Penn statue on top of City Hall used to be the highest point in Philadelphia until the 1980’s when the mayor alllowed skyscrapers in. The legend goes that after that, all the Philly sports teams had a losing streak until a worker on one of the new tallest buildings added a mini statue of Penn to the top, then the teams started to win again.
On our tour, we sampled...
✅Sesame seed sprinkled fresh bread (with no preservatives)
✅Italian cookie drizzled with chocolate.
✅Italian Lemon Nougat (self purchase)
✅Chocolate covered espresso beans (self purchase)
✅Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Fig Vinegar and Coconut flavored White Balsalmic Vinegar (my choices- each could choose their own to sample)
✅Specialty cheese (can’t remember the name) coupled with spiced cashews
✅ Fresh (made today) Tortilla chips and fresh tomato salsa from a shop where the owners are from Central Mexico
✅Mandarin orange from the produce stand
Bonus: anything we self purchased, we received an extra 10% off for being on the tour.