Explore Old City Philadelphia Revolutionary Walking Tour
Walk Old City’s 1776 sites, from Independence Mall to Benjamin Franklin’s grave
Duration
90 Minutes
Includes
Professional guide, Guided walk
Highlights
Explore Old City Philadelphia on a guided 90-minute walk focused on the people and places shaping 1776. Visit key landmarks including Independence Mall, the Liberty Bell, and more.
- Walk about 1 mile through Old City Philadelphia
- Visit Independence Mall, home of the Liberty Bell
- See Independence Hall and the President’s House
- Stop at Benjamin Franklin’s grave
- Explore Betsy Ross’ House, Elfreth’s Alley, and Christ Church
- Learn about the Quakers at Arch Street Meeting House
Things to know
This tour runs rain or shine. It departs from Philadelphia Sightseeing Tour Stop #1 at 5th and Market Streets and ends at 2nd and Market Streets.
FAQs
Yes. The tour runs rain or shine.
Plan on about 1 mile of walking.
Yes. Arrive a few minutes early—the tour leaves on time.
Meeting details
Philadelphia, PA
More about the Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell sits at the symbolic heart of Philadelphia's Old City, a cracked bronze icon that has come to represent the very idea of American freedom. On the Founding Fathers and Mothers Old City Tour, the Liberty Bell anchors a walking journey through the streets where independence was debated, declared, and defended. What makes the Liberty Bell so compelling on this particular tour is the way your guide weaves it into a fuller story, not just the founding fathers whose names fill the history books, but the women, free Black Philadelphians, and everyday citizens whose voices shaped the revolution alongside them.
As you make your way through Old City, the tour brings you face to face with the Liberty Bell and the cobblestone blocks that surround it, where Independence Hall rises just across the way and the echoes of the Continental Congress still feel close. You will hear how the inscription on the Liberty Bell, drawn from the Book of Leviticus, took on new meaning for abolitionists in the nineteenth century, transforming a colonial assembly bell into a rallying symbol for emancipation and women's suffrage. Between stops, your guide layers in stories of Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Willing Powel, and other founding mothers whose influence rippled outward from these same streets, giving the Liberty Bell a richer context than a solo visit could ever offer.
This experience is ideal for history lovers, curious travelers, families with school-age kids, and anyone who wants more than the standard plaque-and-photo version of Philadelphia. If you appreciate guides who connect the dots between people, places, and ideas, you will find the walk around the Liberty Bell genuinely moving. By the time the tour wraps, the Liberty Bell feels less like a monument behind glass and more like a living chapter in a story you have just stepped into.
