Driving Tours of Lancaster County & Amish Attractions
Lancaster County Driving Tour, Amish attractions
Only an hour to 90 minutes out of Philadelphia lies the beautiful landscaped scenery of Lancaster County, home of many Amish and Mennonite families, and a popular tourist destination.
Both the Amish and Mennonite religions are Anabaptist in their foundation, although it is the Amish that people generally come to see, because of their strict adherence to a number of principles (known as the ordnung). In particular, the Amish people do not drive motorized vehicles, wear very similar clothing, one to another, ride around in buggies pulled by beautifully kept horses, use simple farm machinery to work their fields, forgo the use of electricity in the homes and hang their washing out to dry on long lines, raised high above their yards.