A must do when in Philadelphia! Our tour guide was Vinny and he did an amazing job speaking to the movies filmed in Philadelphia and connecting with the group.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Expert local guide
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Your guide will meet you at the Academy of Music at 240 Broad Street.
Return
- The tour ends at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps, made famous by the movie Rocky
Itinerary
Rittenhouse Square is home to the famous Curtis Institute of Music, filming site for the 1980's comedy Trading Places. Other movies filmed in the Square include Rocky II, The Happening, The Sixth Sense, and In Her Shoes.
Featured in the Martin Scorsese film Age of Innocence
Featured in the 1980's comedy Trading Places
Featured in the M. Night Shyamalan film Unbreakable
Featured in Mannequin and home of the famous "Wanamaker's Eagle"
Featured in the Oscar winning film Philadelphia
Featured in Cold Case
Featured in Baby Mama
Famous Philly landmark
Featured in DC's Shazam!
Featured in National Treasure
Visit the famous steps of the museum that Rocky ran up and see the Rocky Statue
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Reviews
We have all spent time in Philly and had seen the standards, so we were looking for something different. This tour was informative, nostalgic for the movies and shows, and we had an engaging guide, Josh.
Very fun and informative. Josh was great
Josh was engaging, knowledgeable and super personable! He got to know exactly what my son loved and made sure to tailor the experience accordingly. We had a great time!
Great info about tv/movie locations, ending at the famous Rocky Steps. Our guide Alex was friendly and interesting.
Info on each site. Knowledgeable and friendly guide. Gave is insight on little known facts of locations.
Our tour guide was Theresa and it ended up being a private tour as it was just the two of us! Wow I never knew Philadelphia filmed so many movies here. Theresa was amazing with her information we absolutely loved it
This was a great tour with a knowledgeable tour guide, David. I was a lone traveller staying on the other side of the city and David offered for me to travel back on the bus with him. I opted for the walk. This tour is not for people who can't walk a good distance. There are so r stops on the way but it is gruelling, particularly in summer.
The tour was wonderful! It was a little bit of a hike but it hit quite a few places and and mixed with some history of Philly. Our tour guide (I have to apologize because I'm terrible with names) was very informative and thorough with his stories and descriptions. I would definitely recommend this tour if you are interested in movies and TV from Philadelphia. I've done these in a few cities and this was o e of the best.
This was a great tour. Although the tour is about film and tv, we learned a lot about the overall history of Philly. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and professional. While we were walking down the street, she would inform us of anything historical or fun fact about the city. This is a must do tour.
Teresa was awesome!! Alot of walking though. So u need to be fit enough and bring water. We forgot but we did stop at the wawa store. The rocky statue was the favorite.
It got canceled one hour prior start, the tour guy apparently had a heat stroke and although it's out of every one hands ruined our first visit to the city. We did by ourselves part of the touring but it is not the same without an expert
We showed up at the site where we were suppose to meet, we were looking for a white flag as indicated. There was no white flag, we walked up to a lady with a book and identified ourselves. Unfortunately, this tour has a lot of walking between stopping to get information on a specific place where a movie was filmed, much more than we thought we would have to walk in between sites. The last stop was at the Rocky statue . It took a long time to get to that spot, by that time, you re already tired from all the walking i have to add that we never sat down anywhere and stood thru all of the explanations. By the time you get to the Rocky statue you re done..... A the end, you are being left there and you have to figure out a way to get back to where you came from......fortunately, we were able to get a cab quite easily...not always the case....
Theresa you made this trip amazing. It was so nice getting a behind the scenes peek at the movies and tv shows that were filmed here. I didn’t know that filming in Philadelphia was so popular. Thank you so much. The knowledge you shared vas-y very intriguing and made us want to go back and rematch some movies.
One in our group is from Philadelphia and one from out of town and we both enjoyed it and learned lots about Philadelphia and the history of film and television.
The tour is very cool. The tour has lots of sites and it’s a good way to see the city. The guide was very knowledgeable and he was great for working with us!! I learned a lot about “Rocky.”
Had a fabulous walk with David, it was a really good pace covering some hidden gem locations but literally ending on a high with the Rocky scene (you know the one). A good alternative stroll tour, highly recommended.
It was so much fun walking about the city and hearing interesting information about the history! It was cool to hear about the movies and shows and the particular locations chosen!
David Sigmund is a great tour guide. He was very knowledgeable about the movies filmed in Philly and his enthusiasm passed the time very quickly. I thought the length of the tour was just right in 2 hours. Theres a lot of movies and sights to get through. I would highly recommend this tour.
Monday through Friday 9 am to 7 pm EST
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