Lancaster PA is well known for its beautiful Lancaster County Amish farms and horse & buggy's. Many people travel to Lancaster PA for the delicious Dutch foods and great Lancaster County cooking. Restaurants such as Shady Maple Smorgasbord and Dienner's Country Restaurant are famous in Lancaster Pa for their enjoyable Lancaster foods and great hospitality. Lancaster cookbooks are famous for the great tasting Amish recipes and Mennonite recipes.

www.dienners.com www.shady-maple.com

Lancaster PA has many tourist attractions and people travel from all over the world to visit the shops in Lancaster County PA. Sight & Sound Millennium Theater is located in Lancaster PA and attracts thousands of people each year.

www.sight-sound.com

Lancaster PA has 29 covered bridges which places Lancaster County as the most covered bridges in any county in Pennsylvania.

Lancaster PA is also well known for its Amish one room school houses that usually has one teacher for all the students from first grade through eighth grade. An Amish school will average about 30 students.

Lancaster PA offers horse & buggy rides that travel on a few of the country roads and allows a person to view the beautiful Lancaster County farms and experience the slower pace of life in Lancaster PA.

www.amishbuggyrides.com

Lancaster County foods are shipped throughout the USA. Lancaster PA is famous for its Shoofly Pie, Soft Pretzels, Canned Foods and many other delightful Amish foods. Auntie Ann's Soft Pretzels were founded in Lancaster PA and now have locations throughout the world.

www.auntieannes.com

Amish baked goods such as bread, shoo fly pies, and cookies are fresh baked foods that Lancaster PA has to offer and very tasteful; baked in many of the Lancaster county homes. Amish Country Farmers Markets in various areas and states provide excellent Lancaster County foods.

www.amishmarketmullicahill.com

Lancaster PA is also known for the historic Strasburg Railroad that allows passengers to ride through Lancaster County farmlands and is known as the oldest short line railroad in America. The trains are operated by steam locomatives and travel through the heart of PA Dutch Country.

www.strasburgrailroad.com

PA Dutch Country has established a number of Amish Markets, usually known as an Amish Farmers Market. Many of the Amish Markets are actually located outside of Lancaster PA and are open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Amish Market is usually managed by one of the Amish. Amish families travel from Lancaster PA to the Amish Market location.

www.amishmarketmullicahill.com

Lancaster County gift baskets are a part of the warmth and hospitality of Lancaster PA. The Gift Basket Shoppe was established by the Jon & Lill Stoltzfus in 1996 with a desire to provide a way for people to bless and encourage those that they love and cherish. In 2009 the Beiler family purchased the Gift Basket Shoppe and changed the name to Friendly Expressions. The Beiler family lives in Lancaster PA and have family members that remain in the Amish heritage.

For those that wish to order a gift basket from Lancaster PA, call 717-768-8102 or order through this online market.