Official Visitors Guide Fall & Winter 2006
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OFFICIAL VISITORS GUIDE FALL & WINTER 2006 Longwood Gardens QVC Studio Tours Wineries 7,000 Hotel and B&B Rooms sleep In things to do eat out retail therapy BRANDYWINEVALLEY.COM welcome toChester County Dear Visitor, Chester County invites you to explore its area attractions, museums, historic districts, wineries and more. Choose from one of our many hotels or B&Bs, and stay overnight in the countryside. Under an hour from Philadelphia, “Dutch” Country and the State of Delaware, we invite you to spend a long weekend here, extend your business trip or use it as a central location to experience the entire Brandywine Valley and Beyond. The Brandywine Valley is home to Longwood Gardens, celebrating its Centennial in 2006, the QVC Studio Tour, the Brandywine River Museum, Winterthur and Valley Forge National Historic Park. There are over 7,000 hotel and B&B rooms offering accommodations for all types of budgets. We hope you stay overnight and lengthen your visit, seeing as much as you can of what the area has to offer. Dine in one of our many restaurants (try the local mushrooms!), and taste the authentic flavors dished-up daily. Indulge in a glass of regionally grown Chester County wine, visit one of our wineries, or stop at one of the local breweries for a hand-crafted beer. In between visiting the local attractions, tasting the wineries and eating at our restaurants, don’t forget to shop Chester County. Stop at one of our premium malls, like Exton Square or the King of Prussia Mall, or see what’s inside one of our antique, gift and boutique shops. Charming communities like West Chester, Kennett Square and Phoenixville look forward to welcoming you to Chester County, The Brandywine Valley and Beyond. Enjoy! Donald A. Mancini Carol Aichele Andrew E. Dinniman Jesse Walters Dawn Dowling Chairman, Commissioner Commissioner President, Chair, Chester County Board Chester County Conference Chester County Conference of Commissioners & Visitors Bureau & Visitors Bureau STATE SENATORS STATE REPRESENTATIVES David Brightbill John Rafferty Jr. Stephen Barrar Arthur Hershey Carole Rubley Edwin Erickson Robert Thompson Robert Flick Tom Killion Curt Schroder Dominic Pileggi Noah Wenger Tim Hennessey Chris Ross Elinor Taylor CONTENTS FALL & WINTER 2006 bird’s eye view 4 so things to do 6 much to see history and culture &do 14 In the Brandywine Valley start here... One option could be to spend your day visiting Longwood Gardens, seeing the paintings inside the Brandywine River Museum and having lunch at Simon Pearce ...and continues here 17 and watching their in-house glass blowing (also offered for sale in their gift shop) . After a relaxing lunch, you could head into the historic district of Kennett Square or West Chester CHESTER COUNTY and enjoy a rich, small-town atmosphere offering shops CONFERENCE AND VISITORS BUREAU galore. Not only are there many sights to see in the boroughs 17 Wilmont Mews, Suite 400 more to do 20 of Kennett or West Chester, but there are many restaurants to West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 choose from. Enjoy dinner at the State Street Grill or the Phone (610) 280-6145 Fax (610) 280-6179 Kennett Steak and Mushroom restaurant in Kennett Square or (800) 228-9933 the Iron Hill Brewery or Baxter’s in West Chester. Jesse Walters, President sleep in 26 Another day could be spent at QVC taking the QVC Studio Greg Edevane, Director of Sales & Marketing Matt DiFilippo, Director of Communications Tour, afterwards visiting The American Helicopter Museum. Jan Reeps, Director of Membership/ Minutes from Exton Square or King of Prussia Mall, you can Visitors Center Director stop in between and have lunch at the Ship Inn, Vickers Catherine Sassa, Administrative Assistant/Receptionist David Edevane, Administrative Assistant/Mail Fulfillment eat out 37 Tavern or the White Horse at the Sheraton Great Valley. An Mike Doyle, Bookkeeper evening could follow in the historic district of Phoenixville Nina Kelly, Housing Bureau Director Brenda Keller, Brandywine Valley Program with a movie at the Colonial Theatre or dinner theatre at Lily Langtry’s in the Radisson Valley Forge. Information on Chester County and the Brandywine Valley is available 24 hours a day. Strolling through Winterthur and its mansion, seeing the retail therapy 43 Our Internet address is: Delaware Art Museum and having lunch at Buckley’s Tavern www.brandywinevalley.com and dinner at the Green Room in the Hotel DuPont are other Brandywine Valley treasures that can’t be missed. It is our natural beauty as well as the hospitality, culture and just in case 46 arts of the area that bring people back again for a memorable www.OfficialTravelGuide.com overnight visit. index of bird’s eyeview attractions 1 American Helicopter Museum 31 Historic Yellow Springs 61 Twin Brook Winery 724 100 663 POTTSTOWN L VT 2 Bank One Center on the Riverfront 32 Historical Society of Delaware 62 United Sports Training Center a k CANADA 29 31 e H 422 63 u r o Limerick n 3 Barns-Brinton House 33 Hopewell Furnace 63 U.S. Hot Air Balloons Toronto io Albany tar 82 ake On 345 L NY 176 French Creek 4 Brandywine Ballet 34 Immaculata University 64 Va La — Family Farmed Wines Buffalo S c State Park h Berks County u e Lancaster County i 33 y 476 Er 5 Brandywine Battlefield 35 65 Valley Forge National Historical Park l Indepedence Visitors Center e Center Point Detroit ak New York k L i l PA Pennhurst l ROYERSFORD Collegeville 9 Philadelphia 63 724 363 6 Brandywine Picnic Park 36 Jenkins Arboretum 66 Wharton Esherick Studio Cleveland Pittsburgh CHESTER Knauertown 113 COUNTY NJ Berks County SPRING CITY 76 76 29 s eye view 7 Brandywine River Museum 37 John Chad’s House 67 West Chester University s eye view OH 298 Chester County 23 MD Warwick DE Elverson 23 100 Washington DC 23 County Park 422 8 Brinton 1704 House 38 Kennett Symphony Orchestra 68 West Chester Railroad MORGANTOWN 401 WV Richmond 26 Trooper d’ 9 Chadds Ford Historical Society 39 Kennett Underground Railroad Center 69 Winterthur, An American d’ VA322 23 10 363 Kimberton KY Roanoke 82 PHOENIXVILLE 10 Chaddsford Winery 40 Kreutz Creek Vineyard Country Estate Ludwigs 113 17 202 23 Betzwood NORRISTOWN Raleigh Corner 11 Chanticleer Gardens 41 Longwood Gardens 70 World of Scouting Museum Knoxville NC 29 65 23 Bridgeport bir Charlotte 282 401 12 Cherry Crest Farm Amazing Maize 42 Lukens National Historic District 71 Wyncote Golf Club bir Honeybrook 31 Valley Forge 326 Chester Springs 25 Nat'l Historic 276 23 Columbia 322 59 Park 70 KING OF PRUSSIA 13 Chester County Art Association 43 Mann Center for Performing Arts Springton 76 Eagle 66 Atlanta SC T l Manor Park 312 rai 76 Chester County Chester 14 Chester County Historical Society 44 Marlborough Valley Corn Maize Charleston County Lancaster 57 Marsh Creek Montgomery County GA 36 State Park Lionville 202 252 15 Chester County Visitors Center 45 National Constitution Center chart Macon Lyndell Chester County 476 MILEAGE 100 50 Devon Savannah340 DelawareWAY CountyNE 16 Cheyney University 46 Nemours Mansion & Garden 113 PAOLI 11 Hibernia Frazer 47 30 82 322 30 Atlantic City 95 Tallahassee Jacksonville Compass County Park 34 Malvern 17 Colonial Theatre 47 Paoli Battlefield 202 EXTON 30 10 340 21 18 Delaware Art Museum 48 Paradocx Vineyards Tasting Room Baltimore 90 DOWNINGTOWNE a 352 s 252 19 Delaware Museum of Nat. History 49 30 30 t Pennsbury-Chadds Ford Antique Mall BUS B Newtown r 30 a Boston 330 n Square c 52 20 Delaware Park 50 People’s Light & Theatre 12 COATESVILLE h 62 322 WEST W e 4 1 3 61 42 s CHESTER 21 Downingtown Country Club 51 Philadelphia Museum of Art Cleveland t 14 400 68 3 PARKESBURG 67 22 Folly Hill Vineyards 52 896 QVC Studio Park Atglen 13 Ridley Creek Harrisburg 80 82 Marshallton 1 58 202 State Park 23 French Creek Ridge Vineyard 53 Read House 842 100 Gradyville 322 926 Springfield 41 Lancaster 45 Embreeville 52 Westtown 476 24 Gateway Stables 54 Ride the Ducks 10 Doe Run 6 372 Lenape 16 Media 162 45 43 25 Great Valley Nature Center 55 Rockwood Museum New York 115 841 56 Franklin 44 Dilworthtown to Philadelphia 52 Center 26 Green Valleys Association, Welkinweir 56 Simon Pearce 1 51 Philadelphia 35 82 352 35 842 8 252 54 27 Hagley Museum 57 Springton Manor Farm 22 9 5 Concordville 926 41 49 37 95 15 1 28 Herr’s Snack Factory Tour 58 Stargazers Winery Pittsburgh 285 896 London 41 LONGWOOD 10 3 Chadds Ford 926 Grove 7 322 CHESTER 29 Historic Kennett Square 59 The Mill at Anselma 24 202 Richmond 235 k Mendenhall e 472 e Russellville 796 Kennett Square r 38 Historic Waynesborough C Fairville 30 60 Three Little Bakers 1 PENN Commodore 29 SYL Barry Bridge 39 48 Montchanin D VAN Washington, D.C. 120 Avondale ELAW IA 95 10 B A RE (Toll) r 71 Centreville a West Grove n 64 d y w r 322 40 841 41 52 ve i i 69 n Bridgeport e R e 82 19 ar 100 w la Chester County Visitors Center a e 130 r Oxford Hockessin D o New London 295 272 ct 1 Greenville O 27 141 896 95 55 ty n R u le 46 t i 495 o s 18 v the Chester County Visitors Center, C a Make your first stop r C 48 e e r t 2 Nottingham s w 472 e e NEW JERSEY h N 41 32 Nottingham 272 C 7 141 built circa 1865, located in front of the entrance to Longwood Gardens County Park Landenberg WILMINGTON 28 60 White Clay off US 1.