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Philadelphia Trolley Works (tel 215/925-TOUR) cruises the historic area and Fairmount Park in fake streetcars on ninety-minute narrated jaunts ($18 for a day pass - board at any of the trolley's 20 stops); you'd do much better to get a map and wander around on your own. The best, guided
walking tours
are offered by the Foundation for Architecture (tel 215/569-3187; $8), while Poor Richard's Walking Tours (tel 215/206-1682; call for prices) are run by University of Pennsylvania graduate students and are for serious history buffs. Alternatively, Centipede Tours offers candlelight walks through the hidden gardens and courtyards of Society Hill, complete with a costumed guide; the tours leave from the Welcome Park at 2nd and Walnut (June-Oct Fri-Sat 6.30pm; tel 215/735-3123; $5). Philadelphia Trolley Works (tel 215/925-TOUR; from $16) offer tours around downtown and Fairmount Park with stops throughout the city, while companies such as the 76 Carriage Co (tel 215/923-8516) run narrated thirty-minute horse-drawn tours around the historic district for $30 (1-4 people; daily 10am-6pm). Other useful information
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