Best of Philly

2012 Family Getaway

Lancaster

You may think Lancaster is all shoo-fly pie. Not so. Take the family to the new Cork Factory, a boutique hotel downtown in, well, a converted cork factory. The adjacent hands-on Science Factory museum has plenty to kill an afternoon. Visit on a First Friday, and check out cool shops and art galleries, making sure to hit Central Market, the country’s oldest farmers’ market. Eat at Iron Hill Brewery for a taste of something familiar, or seek out On Orange, Lancaster’s funkiest brunch spot. And by all means, if the nearby Buck Motorsports is having a demolition derby, go. The kids will go nuts.

501 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601; 800-723-8824; padutchcountry.com/