Guide to Amish Country

By Bill Simpson

Book Overview

"Practical and detailed travel guide to Amish landmarks and lifestyle."
-- Booklist

"This useful guide to an interesting area is recommended for travel collections."
--Library Journal

"Heavy on vacationing facts--everything including Amish etiquette, bike tours, restaurants, shopping and local radio
stations."
-- (Cleveland) Plain Dealer

"An insider 1/2s scoop on where to stay, how to find the local fairs, firehouse suppers, and farmer 1/2s markets, and where to find the best restaurants, museums, and covered bridges."
-- Family Fun

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Amish Country, attracts five million visitors a year. Its distinctively rural flavor and Amish inhabitants offer tourists a glimpse of life in the tranquil, unspoiled countryside.

Guide to the Amish Country: 3rd Edition comprehensively explains Amish culture and beliefs and contains addresses and descriptions of attractions, motels, eating places, and various happenings. Also included are quilt shops, antique markets, wineries, farmers 1/2 markets, parks, and museums. The guide describes such popular attractions as the world 1/2s largest pretzel bakery, the Strasburg Railroad, Hershey, the People 1/2s Place Quilt Museum, the Amish Village, Dutch Wonderland, and Lancaster County 1/2s 29 covered bridges. Bill Simpson has lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for most of his life. He is an avid traveler and the author of Guide to Pennsylvania 1/2s Tourist Railroads, also published by Pelican.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589800834
• ISBN13: 9781589800830
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

The Best Guide to Amish Country!

This book certainly comes in handy to anyone desiring to explore Lancaster county's Amish Country. It was full of useful facts and information needed to fully enjoy this beautuful and simple lifestyle and country. I highly recommend it to all readers.

Just what I was looking for!

Very detailed. Other PA guide books are too general and only have one chapter on PA Dutch. This is a whole book dedicated to just the PA Amish Country. My favorite part was the self-guided tour of the Amish farmland (complete with approx. miles, etc.) and the covered bridges! It includes places to eat and stay (including B & Bs). It's a great guide that covers all the bases. I've been visiting Pennsylvania Dutch Country since I was little and this book really gave me the information I needed to get the most out of a recent long weekend there.