The population of the City of Brotherly Love was estimated to be 1.4 million with the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area population of 5.8 million, making it the nation´s fifth largest. A cultural, educational and commercial center, the city was once the 2nd largest next to London in the British Empire. One of the many capitals during the Revolutionary War, many of the ideas and subsequent actions that took place in Philadelphia gave birth to American Independence and the American Revolution. It served as the temporary national capital from 1790-1800 while Washington DC was being constructed.

Nowadays, many attractions such as the mouthwatering mozzarella cheese at Claudio´s in the Italian Market and Nineteenth century architectural details in many of the dozen cafes lining Rittenhouse Square are ones of the most popular. A Mural Arts Tour lets you in on Philadelphia´s positive transformations one graffiti wall cleanup at a time. Philadelphia is home to both very old and ultra new buildings. The nation´s oldest hospital is here. Philadelphia, called ‘the sixth borough’ by The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler now applauds Philadelphia as the ‘next great city.’