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HOLIDAY HIDEOUT:
TWO-DAY GETAWAYS IN PHILADELPHIA HOTELS
PHILADELPHIA, December 8, 2000 After the presents are opened, the pies are eaten, the guests have gone and the dishes are back in the cupboard, indulge in a few days away from it all. A dozen Philadelphia hotels are offering post-holiday (Dec. 25 Dec. 30) rates ranging from $69/night to $129/night. While in town, visit Van Gogh: Face to Face at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, or the Avant-Garde of Dutch jewelry at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; re-live favorite holiday memories at Longwood Gardens or the Lord & Taylor Holiday Light Show; or get in the Mummers mood at Mummers Fest (Dec. 28, 29, 31 and Jan. 1) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center or at the 100th annual Mummers Parade which is on New Years Day, from 8:45 a.m. 6 p.m.
HOTEL SPECIALS
Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium, 1-800-424-0291, $69/night
Crowne Plaza Philadelphia, 215-561-7500, $75/night
Sheraton Society Hill, 215-238-6000, $79/night
Radnor Hotel, 1-800-537-3000, $79/night
The Inn at Penn, 1-800-809-7001, $89/night
Latham Hotel, 215-563-7474, $89/night
Embassy Suites Airport, 1-800-EMBASSY, $89/night
Clarion Suites Convention Center, 215-922-1730 x 2297, $89/night
Doubletree Hotel-Philadelphia, 215-893-1600, $89/night
Hawthorn Suites Convention Center, 215-829-8300, $99/night
Embassy Suites Center City, 215-561-1776, $99/night
Sofitel Philadelphia, 1-877-411-SOFI, $129/night
HOLIDAY FUN
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 215-763-8100 or 215-235-7469 for Van Gogh tickets.
Tues, Dec. 26 Sat. Dec. 30, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Mon. Jan. 1, Noon-5 p.m.Lord & Taylor Light Show, 215-241-9000, 1300 Market Street
Light show every hour on the hour.
Tues, Dec. 26 Sun., Dec. 31, 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 1, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
(Store hours are different from Light show hours.)Longwood Gardens, 610-388-1000, Route 1 S, Kennett Square, PA
Tues., Dec 26 Mon., Jan 1, 9 a.m. 9 p.m."Jewels of Mind and Mentality," Philadelphia Art Alliance, 215-545-4302, 251 S. 18th Street
Tues., Dec 26 Sun., Dec 31, 11 a.m. 5 p.m. (Closed Mondays)Mummers Parade, 215-636-1666, Market Street between 5th and Broad Sts.
Mon., Jan. 1, 8:45.a.m. 6 p.m.Mummers Fancy Brigade Shows, 800-942-2116, Pennsylvania Convention Center, tickets $12
Mon., Jan. 1, Noon and 6 p.m.,Mummers Fest, 800-942-2116, Pennsylvania Convention Center, $3 donation, children free
Thurs., Dec. 28 Fri., Dec 29, 5 p.m. 10 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 31, 10 a.m. 7 p.m.,;
Mon., Jan 1., 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
For more information about the holidays (or anytime) in Philadelphia, visit the website of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.,
www.gophila.com, or call (888) GO-PHILA.###
Note to Editors: For photographic images of the region, visit
www.gophila.com/pressroom/. Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to generating awareness of and visitation to Philadelphia and Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.
