On my way to Pitt, my wife and I will take a detour to visit this great area. We only want to stay for a few hours, and then conitnue our drive to Pitt.
Does anyone familiar with the area care to share what you feel is the best thing to do in a short period of time? We definitely want it to involve food, so a cool lunch spot? We wanted to take a buggy ride, or some sort of tour that wouldn%26#39;t take more than 4 hrs. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!
Stopping Through on way to Pittsburgh in June
while you are in the area stop a Bird In hand Farmers Market
Stopping Through on way to Pittsburgh in June
JayKwanza, personally I would go to Dienner%26#39;s to eat. They are on Route 30 in Soudersburg. While at Dienners grab a Free Map of Amish Farmlands. It%26#39;s a yellow fold out map with roads and attractions marked out for you. www.dienners.com. Then you can head to Ronks Road,go North to Route 340 Bird-in-Hand. There you will see Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and the Farmers Market,the one Ginger mentioned in her post. Now if you head east on 340 you will come to Plain and Fancy Retaurant and there you will see Aaron %26amp; Jessica%26#39;s Buggy Rides. The trouble with passing THROUGH Amish Country is you don%26#39;t want to continue on to any where. You%26#39;ll want to stay. Check out these web sites.
www.padutchcountry.com
This one will open up a Lancaster County Visitors Guide for you.
www.800padutch.com.
I hope this will be of some help to you. But after you visit please post about your trip. We would like to hear about it. I will promise you this. YOU will want to return to Lancaster.
God Bless, popc.
I second dienners for lunch, and if you enjoy shopping, try the pretty shops along route 340 in Intercourse, by Kitchen Kettle Village. Very pretty primitives and gifts. Enjoy
Take a trip on any back roads north of route 340 on up to route 23, near New Holland. You will pass thru beautiful Amish farm country, and will also see farmers already in the fields preparing for spring work. Amish farms do not have electric wires running to the houses. The yellow map of Amish country previously mentioned will help you find your way around. I also affirm the choice of Dienner%26#39;s for a meal--authentic Pennsylvania Dutch cookery in a setting favored by the locals; also quite reasonable prices!
Stop in the Dutch Haven - big windmill building, can%26#39;t miss it - for a free sample of Shoe Fly Pie. If you enjoy BBQ you might want to check out Jakey%26#39;s Amish BBQ, right behind the Dutch Haven.
I recommend everyone%26#39;s suggestions above too!
Hope you have fun! Let us know how it is :)
The Dutch Haven is right next door to Dienner%26#39;s. Go between the two and parking in rear. Jakeys is back there and you can visit The Outhouse. A unique place for gifts and novelties.It%26#39;s fun.
Again,enjoy!
Hey everyone, thank you very much for the input!! I%26#39;m printing all of this out, getting my yellow map ready and off I go next week! I appreciate everyone taking their time out to help me out and will certainly post comments about how the trip went upon my return. Everyone have a great summer!
Enjoy Lancaster County! It sounds like you should have ideal summer weather for your trip! One other word--if you have any questions about the Amish or Mennonite way of life and their distinctives, stop in at Mennonite Information Center located almost directly across from Dutch Wonderland on route 30, east of Lancaster. They are also willing to provide guides, for a fee, who will ride in your car to take you to areas of interest. The Center also has racks of brochures and advice on whatever you should need.
I would concur with JourneyGuy on the idea of taking a trip on some of the back roads to get a true sense of the area. In my opinion that is the best way to get a real feel for Lancaster county. If your traveling on either tues, fri or sat I would recommend taking a trip into downtown lancaster to the farmers market, even though I work just across the street i never get tired of going to get my lunch there or just to walk around.
However i must say that some of the recommendations of POPC and Ohiojewels are way off, the places that they recommended are without a doubt the most touristy untrue versions of lancaster county. I will honestly say that after living here for nine years to stay away from the attractions that are on route 30 such as dienners and dutch haven. These places take advantage of the fact the route 30 is one of the predominant roads to take into the county from the east.
Hopefully this has been helpful advise and if you have any other questions please ask
ps where are you from in ny as I am originally from long island
I%26#39;m shocked that you would be warned away from Dienners. It is not a tourist trap. Many of their diners are locals, and I%26#39;v seen many mennonite familes there, and I%26#39;ve seen Amish people eating there, many times. Dutch Haven is a tourist trap, though not much of it is left from it%26#39;s original days, other than the building itself. Popc was only saying that if one eats at Dienners, since they share a parking lot, it is fun to walk around some of the silly shops there. By the way, I%26#39;m from Long Island. Plainview, what part were you from. We%26#39;ve been visiting the area a few times a year for the last 25 years, and many of the places are tourist traps, millers, shady maple, good and plenty, plain and fancy, etc, but I really don%26#39;t put Dienners into that category, and even if it is, it%26#39;s good food.
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