Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in Philadelphia, United States

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Explore Philadelphia in United States with one of our free walking tours. Click on a marker on the map to get started and view details about the tour. Below is an overview of the sightseeing tours. A total of 21 tours are available in Philadelphia, United States.

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The Essentials: The Best Free Highlight Tour and More of Historic Philadelphia
Highlight Tour of Historic Philadelphia: Join this walking tour to see the important sites in historic Philadelphia: Independence Mall, Washington Square Park, parts of Society Hill and Old City....
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Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 57 m

  • Christ Church Philadelphia
  • William Penn
  • City Tavern
  • Independence Seaport Museum
  • Moshulu
  • USS Olympia
  • USS Becuna
  • Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
  • Powel House
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  • St. Peter's Church
  • Hill-Physick House
  • Old Pine Street Church
  • Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue
  • Kesher Israel Synagogue
  • Theatre of Living Arts
  • William M. Meredith School
  • Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
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Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 95 m
Descend 118 m

  • Reading Terminal Headhouse
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel
  • Lantern Theater Company
  • Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building
  • Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
  • President's House
  • Independence Visitor Center
  • National Constitution Center
  • Congregation Mikveh Israel
  • Girard Fountain Park
  • Christ Church Philadelphia
  • Elfreth's Alley Museum
  • St. Augustine Church
  • St. George's United Methodist Church
  • Franklin Square
  • General Electric Switchgear Plant
  • Franklin Music Hall
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Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 213 m
Descend 200 m

  • Newkirk Monument
  • Universal Alcorn Charter Elementary School
  • U.S. Naval Home
  • Fitler Square
  • Schuylkill River Park
  • Schuylkill River Park Community Garden
  • Thomas Hockley House
  • Lion Crushing a Serpent
  • Rittenhouse Square
  • Duck Girl
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • St. Mark's Church
  • Liberti Church
  • The Exchange Apartments
  • Dr. Joseph Leidy House
  • Clarence B. Moore House
  • The Library Company
  • The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany
  • The Rosenbach Museum & Library
  • National Marian Anderson Museum
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Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 61 m

  • Saint David's Episcopal Church
  • Saint Josephat's Church
  • Pretzel Park
  • Saint John the Baptist Church
  • Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church
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Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 10.2 km
Ascend 152 m
Descend 152 m

  • Universal Vare Charter School
  • Delaplaine McDaniel School
  • George W. Childs Elementary School
  • Edwin M. Stanton School
  • The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany
  • Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room
  • Forrest Theatre
  • Health Professions Academic Building
  • Congress Hall
  • Independence Hall
  • Carpenters' Hall
  • First Bank of the United States
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Science History Institute
  • City Tavern
  • Independence Seaport Museum
  • Hill-Physick House
  • Kesher Israel Synagogue
  • Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue
  • George W. Nebinger School
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Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.6 km
Ascend 15 m
Descend 11 m

  • Gloria Dei Church
  • Sparks Shot Tower
  • Elizabeth B. Kirkbride School
  • Bok
  • Southwark School
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Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 44 m
Descend 51 m

  • St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Upsala Mansion
  • Daniel Billmeyer House
  • Michael Billmeyer House
  • Benjamin Chew House
  • Beggarstown School Building
  • Eleanor C. Emlen Elementary School
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Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 11.5 km
Ascend 179 m
Descend 164 m

  • The U School
  • Temple Performing Arts Center
  • Edwin Forrest House
  • Freedom Theatre
  • The Met
  • Matthew Baird Mansion
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • Divine Lorraine Hotel
  • Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Eakins Oval
  • Iroquois
  • Anthony Wayne
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Rocky Steps
  • Charioteer of Delphi
  • Joan of Arc
  • Chief Justice John Marshall
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Roberts Vaux Junior High School
  • General John F. Reynolds School
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Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 8.5 km
Ascend 59 m
Descend 65 m

  • Universal Vare Charter School
  • Philadelphia Job Corps Life Science Institute
  • F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School
  • Marconi Plaza
  • D. Newlin Fell School
  • Mastery Charter School - Thomas Campus
  • Francis Scott Key School
  • Southwark School
  • Bok
  • Elizabeth B. Kirkbride School
  • Vare-Washington Elementary School
  • George W. Nebinger School
  • Sparks Shot Tower
  • Gloria Dei Church
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Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 12.3 km
Ascend 397 m
Descend 397 m

  • Edwin M. Stanton School
  • Duck Girl
  • Liberti Church
  • Dilworth Park
  • Clothespin
  • Dr. Joseph Leidy House
  • Clarence B. Moore House
  • The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany
  • Health Professions Academic Building
  • Congress Hall
  • Carpenters' Hall
  • First Bank of the United States
  • Science History Institute
  • Congregation Mikveh Israel
  • Elfreth's Alley Museum
  • Franklin Music Hall
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
  • Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
  • First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
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Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 8.8 km
Ascend 123 m
Descend 97 m

  • Germantown White House
  • Vernon House
  • Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • Wyck House
  • Germantown Mennonite Meeting House
  • Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
  • John Johnson House
  • The Concord School House
  • Benjamin Chew House
  • Beggarstown School Building
  • Michael Billmeyer House
  • Daniel Billmeyer House
  • Upsala Mansion
  • St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 12.1 km
Ascend 178 m
Descend 168 m

  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
  • Eakins Oval
  • The Gates of Hell
  • Rodin Museum
  • Franklin Institute
  • Budd BB-1 Pioneer Aircraft
  • Swann Memorial Fountain
  • Saint Clement's Church
  • First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
  • Mütter Museum
  • Angel of the Resurrection
  • Schuylkill River Park Community Garden
  • Schuylkill River Park
  • Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom
  • Irvine Auditorium
  • Love
  • Saint Mary's Church
  • Dickens and Little Nell
  • Mastery Charter School: Hardy Williams Campus
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Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 13.3 km
Ascend 276 m
Descend 287 m

  • Irvine Auditorium
  • Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom
  • Liberti Church
  • Clothespin
  • Dilworth Park
  • General George McClellan
  • John Christian Bullitt
  • Love Park
  • Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
  • AMOR
  • Budd BB-1 Pioneer Aircraft
  • Franklin Institute
  • First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
  • Eakins Oval
  • Congregation Rodeph Shalom
  • Divine Lorraine Hotel
  • Franklin Music Hall
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • William W. Bodine High School
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Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 146 m
Descend 117 m

  • Laurel Hill Mansion
  • Woodford Mansion
  • Strawberry Mansion
  • The Lilacs Building
  • Chamounix Mansion
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Self-guided Tour #15

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 76 m
Descend 82 m

  • Conyngham-Hacker House
  • Howell House
  • Grumblethorpe
  • Germantown White House
  • Vernon House
  • Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
  • Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • Oaks Cloister
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Self-guided Tour #16

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 77 m
Descend 119 m

  • The Mann Center
  • Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain
  • Ohio House
  • Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
  • Belmont Mansion
  • Boelson Cottage
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Self-guided Tour #17

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 9.9 km
Ascend 174 m
Descend 178 m

  • Smith Memorial Arch
  • Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge
  • Philadelphia Zoo
  • Lemon Hill Mansion
  • Turtle Rock Light
  • Thorfinn Karlsefni
  • James A. Garfield Monument
  • The Cliffs
  • General Ulysses S. Grant
  • The John Coltrane House
  • Roberts Vaux Junior High School
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Self-guided Tour #18

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 11.8 km
Ascend 252 m
Descend 258 m

  • Smith Memorial Arch
  • Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
  • Ohio House
  • Boelson Cottage
  • The Lilacs Building
  • Strawberry Mansion
  • Woodford Mansion
  • Laurel Hill Mansion
  • Ormiston Mansion
  • Mount Pleasant
  • The Cliffs
  • General Ulysses S. Grant
  • The John Coltrane House
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Self-guided Tour #19

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 34 m
Descend 39 m

  • General John F. Reynolds School
  • Wagner Free Institute of Science
  • Temple Performing Arts Center
  • Philadelphia Doll Museum
  • High Road School of Philadelphia
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Self-guided Tour #20

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 55 m

  • William W. Bodine High School
  • Green Tree Tavern
  • The Chandler School Apartments
  • Penn Treaty School
  • Kensington High School
  • Memphis Street Academy Charter School at J.P. Jones
  • Alternative Middle Years at James Martin School
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