REGIONS Dutch Country Roads More Places to Explore in This Region Sunrise Soap Company Cult favorite with homemade bath and body products and The Creation Station to make your own. York Lebanon Valley Libations Trail A passport filled with local breweries and cideries serving up craft creations. Multiple locations Choo Choo Barn A 1,700-square-foot model train layout with 150+ hand-built figures and vehicles. Strasburg Strasburg Rail Road Authentic steam train ride through the Amish countryside. Ronks Little Buffalo State Park Park with a historic district, swimming pool, wildlife watching, and environmental programs. Newport Whitetail Resort Four-season resort with skiing and snow tubing in winter, plus golf in the summer. Mercersburg Gifford Pinchot State Park Access to Mason-Dixon Trail, Pinchot Lake, and disc golf course. Lewisberry Fulton Theatre Broadway musicals, cutting-edge productions, and kid-friendly shows. Lancaster Van Winkle’s Historic confectioner making its signature bite-sized “opera fudge” since 1962. Lebanon Adams County Crop Hop Passport program featuring seasonal farmers markets, pick-your-own fruits and flowers, farm tours, and cooking classes. Multiple locations Central Market More than 50 local food vendors and makers in a historic building. York DISCOVER LANCASTER Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum Lancaster An Amish Cultural Getaway Delve into the world of Pennsylvania’s Amish communities by visiting fascinating historic sites, authentic restaurants, and vibrant community gathering places. Start your journey at the Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead in Wyomissing, an English colonial-style stone house from the 1700s where early Amish pioneers lived after emigrating from Germany. Then, get a peek into a bygone era at Lancaster’s Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum , featuring costumed interpreters and homesteading demonstrations such as yarn spinning and basket weaving. For lunch, fill up on homemade meatloaf and chicken pot pie at Katie’s Kitchen in Ronks. Also in Ronks, learn about today’s Amish lifestyle at The Amish Village , where you can tour a farmhouse, village, one-room schoolhouse, working windmill, and blacksmith shop. Afterward, satisfy your sweet tooth with a gooey slice of shoo-fly pie at the famous Dutch Haven bakeshop. Quilting has been a longtime craft and artistic outlet of Amish and Mennonite communities, so marvel at this intricate art form when you peruse and shop at Family Farm Quilts in Ronks or Riehl’s Quilts & Crafts in Leola. Stay at Beacon Hollow Farm Amish Bed & Breakfast for a cozy stay in a cottage located on a working farm in the peaceful countryside of Gordonville. For dinner, pile your plate with authentic homestyle Dutch cooking at the all-you-can-eat buffet at Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl. 56 visitPA.com
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