Official Language: English.
Currency: : US Dollar (US$) = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of US$100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1. Coins are in denominations of US$1, and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.

Situated between the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, just across from Camden, New Jersey, Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the fifth largest city in the USA. The birthplace of the United States and the nation’s original capital (1790-1800), it was founded in 1682, by the English Quaker, William Penn, who envisioned the colony as a ‘holy experiment’ to create a land of tolerance and religious freedom. Many settlers fleeing persecution flocked to it. Penn named the town after the Greek word for ‘brotherly love’.
Many of the city’s (and the nation’s) most famous sights are preserved in the downtown’s Independence National Historical Park, including the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and the new Constitution Center, honouring the US Constitution. Colonial Philadelphia was also home to the great statesman, Benjamin Franklin, founder of the country’s first hospital, library, fire company and university.

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is 13km (8 miles) southwest of the city (travel time – 25 minutes).
Greater Pittsburgh Airport is 22.5km (14 miles) west of the city centre.