Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of …
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Jan 23, 2025
Eastern State Penitentiary offers a good value 45-minute guided tour. Our guide, Kacey, was very knowledgeable and managed a large crowd with many questions very well. Although there is no on-site pa… Full review by california_usa2020_
Jan 6, 2025
The staff was excellent and although a bit eerie, this was such a cool experience to have while in Philly. Interesting to take a dive into this sad part of the past. Full review by Gary J
Dec 31, 2024
Easy to walk too from our Hotel in central Philly. Staff friendly and helpful. The whole tour was very interesting and loved seeing the whole site. The boards with information were very useful too… Full review by deeppurple1509
Is it temperature controlled? Heating for winter visits?
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Thanks for the great answers and help! We went and it is not temp controlled. There was an area or two that had an area heater and one exhibit that was heated. Dress to be …
Thanks for the great answers and help! We went and it is not temp controlled. There was an area or two that had an area heater and one exhibit that was heated. Dress to be outside. Excellent way to step back in time!
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