"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 insiderï¿1/2s scoop on where to stay, how to find the local fairs, firehouse suppers, and farmerï¿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, farmersï¿1/2 markets, parks, and museums. The guide describes such popular attractions as the worldï¿1/2s largest pretzel bakery, the Strasburg Railroad, Hershey, the Peopleï¿1/2s Place Quilt Museum, the Amish Village, Dutch Wonderland, and Lancaster Countyï¿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 Pennsylvaniaï¿1/2s Tourist Railroads, also published by Pelican.
