City Tours
Step on board a luxury motorcoach as your tour guide leads you on a behind-the-scenes journey of unique and rarely seen areas of Lancaster City!
For more information, download the tour brochure and insert card with dates and pick-up location maps.
Baseball & Cracker Jacks
July 22, 2006, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Departing from Visitors Center @ 9 a.m. OR Steinman Park @ 9:15 p.m.
Munch on a box of Cracker Jacks as you learn about Lancaster's baseball history, and then take an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Clipper Magazine Stadium. This tour includes lunch at the new Brickyard Sports Bar.
Tickets: $29
Book your seat online or call 717-735-1642.
Flavors of Lancaster
August 19, 2006, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Departing from Visitors Center @ 9 a.m. OR Steinman Park @ 9:15 a.m.
Embark on a culinary journey from Asian to Europe and back again, all within the City limits! During this narrated tour, you'll savor regional and ethnic delicacies at local shops, market and restaurants, receive some tasty gifts, experience a private food demonstration, visit Central Market, learn about imported cave-cured Amish cheeses, plus enjoy wine & cheese tasting at the Red Rose Tasting Room! This tour will enable you to taste, sample and take home some very special treats. Must be 21 or older with I.D.
Tickets: $29
Book your seat online or call 717-735-1642.
Pubs, Prohibition & Piety
November 4, 2006, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Departing from the Visitors Center at 9 a.m. OR Steinman Park @ 9:15 a.m.
Begin with a walking tour to discover how Prohibition affected life in our fair city! Learn about the City's brewing history, mysterious vaults and speakeasies, and about the crooked judge who helped bootleggers get off scot-free. You'll also learn about the Law & Order Society that was formed to clean up Lancaster, and how our very own "Eliot Ness" eliminated bootleggers, the mob and the crooked police force in less than a year. Then embark on a narrated driving tour en route to the Lancaster Brewing Company for a deli lunch, brewery tour and sample tastings. Must be 21 or older with I.D.
Tickets: $29
Book your seat online or call 717-735-1642.
Celebrations
December 16, 2006, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Departing from the Visitors Center @ 8:30 a.m. OR Steinman Park @ 8:45 a.m.
Explore the ethnic and religious diversity of Lancaster City with a narrated tour that provides an inside view of our region's unique cultural and religious celebrations. Learn about the traditions of Kwanza, plus Hispanic, Jewish and Greek celebrations. Enjoy a visit with "Der Belsnickel," the central figure of PA Dutch Holiday traditions, and learn how Lancaster's FW Woolworth brought secular holiday traditions to America. One hour of free time will be included in the tour to grab a snack or browse our specialty shops and galleries.
Tickets: $29
Book your seat online or call 717-735-1642.
Pick-up locations: (two available for each tour for your convenience)
City pick-up: Steinman Park, 20 West King Street, Lancaster
Suburban pick-up: PA Dutch Visitors Center, 501 Greenfield Road, Lancaster
Registration is required and must be made a minimum of 7 days before tour date. No refunds within 7 days of tour date.
