Northwest Airlines Flights from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Philadelphia (PHL)
Orbitz is pleased to offer airline tickets on Northwest Airlines, which operates a daily non-stop flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Philadelphia (PHL) regularly scheduled to depart at 10:10am and arrive at 4:30pm, and one additional non-stop flight regularly scheduled to depart at 5:05pm and arrive at 11:18pm, everyday except Saturday. Usually a Boeing 757 or Boeing 737-800 is flown for this route. The average travel time from Salt Lake City, UT to Philadelphia, PA is 4 hours and 16 minutes.*
* Some flights must connect with additional service on this airline.
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During your Philadelphia vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Franklin Court
Franklin Court is an imaginative, informative, and downright fun (and free) museum run by the National Park Service. Designed by noted architect Robert Venturi, it was very much a sleeper when it opened in April 1976, because Market and Chestnut streets' arched passages give little hint of the court and exhibit within.Franklin Court was once the home of Benjamin Franklin, who had resided with his family in smaller row houses in the neighborhood prior to living here. Like Jefferson at Monticello, Franklin planned much of the interior design of the house, though he spent the actual building period first as Colonial emissary to England, and then to France. His wife, Deborah, oversaw the construction, as the flagstones engraved with some of her correspondence show, while Ben sent back continental goods and a constant stream of advice. Sadly, they were reunited in the family plot at Christ Church Burial Ground, since Deborah died weeks before the end of Ben's 10-year absence. Under the stewardship of his daughter Sarah and her husband, Richard Bache, Franklin Court provided a comfortable home for Ben until his death in 1790.Since archaeologists have no exact plans of the original house, a simple frame in girders indicates its dimensions and those of the smaller print shop. Excavations have uncovered wall foundations, bits of walls, and outdoor privy wells, and these have been left as protected cutaway pits. It is all very interesting, but enter the exhibition for the really fun part. After a portrait and furniture gallery, a mirrored room reveals Franklin's far-ranging interests as a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, and so on. At the Franklin Exchange, dial various American and European luminaries to hear what they thought of Franklin.The middle part of the same hall has a 15-minute series of three climactic scenes in Franklin's career as a diplomat. On a sunken stage, costumed doll figures brief you, and each other, on the English Parliament in 1765, the Stamp Act, the Court at Versailles (when its members were wondering whether to aid America in its bid for independence), and the debates of the Constitution's framers in 1787, which occurred right around the corner at Independence Hall. Needless to say, Ben's pithy sagacity wins every time.On your way in or out on the Market Street side, stop in the 1786 houses that Ben rented out. One is the Printing Office and Bindery, where you can see Colonial methods of printing and bookmaking in action. The house at 322 Market St. is the restored office of The Aurora and General Advertiser, the newspaper published by Franklin's grandson. Next door, get a letter postmarked at the Benjamin Franklin Post Office (remember, Ben was Postmaster General, too!). Employees still stamp the marks by hand. Upstairs, a postal museum is open in summer.
Masonic Temple
Quite apart from its Masonic lore, the temple -- among the world's largest -- is one of America's best on-site illustrations of the use of post-Civil War architecture and design -- no expense was spared in the construction, and the halls are more or less frozen in time. There are seven lodge halls, designed to capture the seven "ideal" architectures: Renaissance, Ionic, Oriental, Corinthian, Gothic, Egyptian, and Norman (notice that Renaissance was the newest style that architect James Windrim could come up with!). This is the preeminent Masonic Temple of American Freemasonry; many of the Founding Fathers, including Washington, were Masons, and the museum has preserved their letters and emblems.
Christ Church Burial Ground
This 1719 expansion of the original graveyard of Christ Church contains the graves of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah, along with those of four other signers of the Declaration of Independence and many Revolutionary War heroes. There are always pennies on Ben's grave; tossing them there is a local tradition that is supposed to bring good luck.
Wyndham Philadelphia at Franklin Plaza
The Wyndham has been functioning as a convenient meeting center since 1980, and now the convention center, only 4 blocks away, fills this hotel sporadically. The complex dominates a full city block (unfortunately near the busy Vine St. Expwy.), and the lobby, lounge, and two restaurants are integrated under a 70-foot glass roof. The Wyndham lobby shows definite signs of fatigue, but is about to be renovated, and a 2004 update of the guest rooms has freshened their look. Request a west view above the 19th floor for an unobstructed peek at the Parkway, but be forewarned that the cathedral bells below ring at 7am, noon, and 6pm daily. Bathrooms are clean and bland.
Holiday Inn Independence Mall
This eight-floor Holiday Inn, set back from the street, is the closest you can sleep to the Liberty Bell -- just turn the corner and you're at the pavilion that houses it. A renovation of the bedrooms and public spaces 5 years ago, and the addition of dataports, voice mail, and a concierge have given it a "commendable" rating within the Holiday Inn organization. Rooms are standard size and decor.
Alexander Inn
The Alexander Inn bills itself as a four-star hotel at reasonable rates. It's got all the comfort and friendliness of a bed-and-breakfast, with a classy 1930s Art Deco/cruise boat feel to the furnishings. Rooms feature DirecTV with eight all-movie channels, direct dial phones with voice mail, and individual artwork, and bathrooms sparkle with cleanliness. Room rates include a breakfast buffet -- until noon on weekends (though there's no restaurant) -- and use of the fully equipped 24-hour fitness center and a business center. Note that the Alexander Inn is in the heart of the gay/lesbian district of Center City, and its clientele is both straight and gay.
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