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Rittenhouse Square

Overview: Rittenhouse Square is rated 4.7/5 from 6789 Google reviews. This park offers plenty of benches, grassy areas, and a fountain, and is a great spot for picnics, reading, and people-watching. Amenities: Reviewers often mention seating and covered spots. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

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4.7Google rating

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4.7(6,789 reviews)

People say this park offers plenty of benches, grassy areas, and a fountain, and is a great spot for picnics, reading, and people-watching. They highlight the beautiful scenery, peaceful atmosphere, and the presence of a farmers market on Saturdays. They also like the convenient location near shops and restaurants.

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Address1800 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA

Phone(267) 586-5675

City pagePhiladelphia

Imported fromPhiladelphia, PA

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Alisha6 months ago

My favorite place in center city so far! You can just stroll or run or have a picnic. The perfect spot! I love hanging out here and going to the Tuesday and Saturday farmers market. I come here for a short run sometimes, a perfect spot right in the middle of the city.

Althea S Mendoza6 months ago

This is one of the nicest places to go to relax family, dog friendly, and Saturday October 4th what's a festival farmers markets selling fresh produce, fresh fish meat, Venders selling foods Mediterranean food, African food, Hispanic foods, there were different types of pastries, artwork by local artists. There was live music, and people selling organic products... And this will continue until October 12th. You saw people enjoying the scenery relaxing on the bench reading books people with their babies grandparents with their little children, you saw people with their dogs, people lounging on the grass with friends, some solo reading books and some just taking it all in. Such a lovely nice place to just enjoy nature to enjoy life to take a break from all the stuff that's going on in the world. Play song

Thomas Cleveland8 months ago

Love this park! Probably one of the nicest parks in the city! Always such a good vibe here! Plenty of benches to relax. You can always find someone playing music nearby. Most are good! Very kid friendly park as well as animal friendly! Shops and restaurants all around. Different times they host Farmers Markets as well as Art Shows around the park. A great mix of all kinds of people here! Just a wonderful park. People feeding the birds and squirrels. Nice park all year round!

KingVegan7 months ago

Today came to Rittenhouse Square to do a couple laps and then go into a regular walk which I did down south Street which consisted of 30 box from river to Broad Street up and back, the square is a beautiful place to take in the sites of the city and being in a nice green space, is an iconic spot where Eddie Murphy was filmed in the movie trading places. You’ll find. Local artists here vocalists, and people playing instruments. It’s a great place for showcase talent.

Matt Nordin8 months ago

Rittenhouse Square is the pretty cool place for a stroll. The beautiful grounds are surrounded by high-end apartments, incredible restaurants, and lively bars, making it the heart of a truly sophisticated Philadelphia neighborhood. Fun area to check out!

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Monday: Open 24 hours
Tuesday: Open 24 hours
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