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Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel is located approximately five miles from downtown Harrisburg and Harrisburg International Airport. The hotel is also near historic Gettysburg, Lancaster, and the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The nation's capitol is 90 miles away. Hotel amenities include the sun deck, indoor and outdoor pool, whirlpool, sauna, exercise room, game room, restaurant, and pub. The hotel also offers room service, concierge, airport shuttle, bell service, dry cleaning, and garage parking (fee). All rooms feature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Beds, high-speed Internet access, ergonomic work chairs, cordless telephones, voicemail, dataports, coffeemakers with complimentary coffee, and spa toiletries.
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Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel Property Information:
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Rooms:
348
Floors:
10
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- Family rooms
- Free parking
- Fitness facility
- Swimming pool
- Wheel chair access
- Car rental desk
- Luxury
- Dry cleaning
- Data port
- Nonsmoking
- Meeting room
- Dining
- Business center
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Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel Reservation Policies:
Check-In:
1500
Check-Out:
1200
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Harrisburg Events & Entertainment
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Events
July
American MusicFest
Riverfront Park, City Island
717-255-3020
Admission Free,
except for certain concerts.
The American
MusicFest is Pennsylvania's largest Independence Weekend Music Festival. Hosting
over 200 hours of musical entertainment with over 80 musical & entertainment
performances, the American MusicFest offers you All Your Favorite Music, in One
Weekend!! The American MusicFest stretches over 12 blocks on Harrisburg's
Riverfront Park and uses much of City Island for its activities and
concerts. With eleven stages on Riverfront Park, City Island and downtown, the
festival brings music from local, regional, national, and international artists
and performers throughout the holiday weekend.
As always
the American MusicFest concludes with a Gala Fireworks extravaganza.
Call for exact
dates and hours
July and
August
Italian Lake
Concert Series
Third and
Division Streets
717-255-3020
Admission Free
Set among the
beautifully restored Renaissance gardens of Italian Lake, the concert series
features eclectic and versatile acts like the Arcona Reel Band, Dixieland
Express Band and the klezmer group called Simple Gifts. The concert series also
hosts string quartets, brass ensembles, big band and Dixieland style music.
Performances are
given over six consecutive Sunday evenings during July and August.
September
Kipona
RiverFront Park &
City Island Parallel to Susquehanna River)
717-255-3020
Kipona is Central
Pennsylvania’s largest annual festival. One of the oldest annual festivals in
the nation, Kipona (which means “sparkling water” in Native American language)
was named one of the top ten festivals in the state by the Pennsylvania
Festivals Association. Kipona activities include a Riverfront Park festival of
food, children’s rides, entertainment from several stages, nightly barge
concerts, the State Chili Cook-Off, drag boat races, arts and crafts, and a wide
variety of other entertainment. The festival is capped by the largest fireworks
display of the year.
November
Holiday Parade
At A Glance
Downtown
Harrisburg
Admission Free
The Harrisburg
Holiday Parade is the largest annual parade in Central Pennsylvania. Each year
thousands of spectators visit downtown Harrisburg to watch the parade in person,
and thousands more enjoy the parade on television. The Parade features more than
a dozen bands, several giant helium balloons, and a variety of specialty units
and floats.
December 31
Countdown –
Harrisburg’s New Year’s Eve Celebration
Downtown
Harrisburg
717-255-3020
Admission Free
The Mayor’s
annual New Year’s Eve Celebration features musical entertainment, food, hot
drinks, jugglers, carriage rides, a fireworks display, and the dropping of a
giant lighted strawberry at midnight to the delight of the crowds inside the
City Government Center and outside on Market Square. Residents from Central
Pennsylvania gather in downtown Harrisburg to ring in the New Year at the area’s
largest New Year’s Eve Celebration. The New Year’s Eve Celebration will feature
something for all ages, including live music, strolling jugglers, clowns,
carriage rides, children's theatre performances, and plenty of food, drink, and
merriment. The evening concludes as a giant lighted strawberry descends into
Market Square and a fireworks and laser show illuminate the sky, ringing in the
New Year with a bang.
Call for exact
schedule and hours
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Harrisburg Destination Overview
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Pennsylvania's capital city
and its surrounding areas promise a visit that is entertaining, educational, and
recreational. Harrisburg
sits upon the shores of the Susquehanna River about 90 miles west of
Philadelphia. The
State Capitol building
features an impressive 272-foot dome, patterned after that of St. Peter's
Basilica in Rome. The building’s elegant interior is a museum in itself with
stained glass windows, 43 outstanding murals painted by Philadelphia artist
Violet Oakley, and a grand spiral staircase made of marble.
Across from the capitol is
the 68-acre City Park with several museums of natural science and history,
including
the William Penn Memorial
Museum. The State Museum of Pennsylvania, which covers the state's history from
prehistoric times to the
present, displays many artifacts and work of art. A Planetarium is also
featured. Whenever you visit, you
will have four distinct seasons to enjoy it. While the east coast of the state
tends to
experience very hot
temperatures, the summer in Harrisburg is actually quite pleasant.
It’s the
perfect time to enjoy
Music Fest, the state’s
largest holiday festival. The pleasant warm temperatures linger far into
autumn, with
October daytime
temperatures in the 60’s F, making the change of seasons ideal for a stroll
through one of the many
parks in the city. You can
expect a nice snowfall or two during the winter, so bundle up and get ready to
enjoy some
of the many enjoyable
outdoor winter activities. Spring brings a new day with temperatures averaging
highs in the
60’s F and lows in the 40’s
F. Any season is a wonderful time to visit the city’s many museums and art
galleries.
The Capital Area Greenbelt,
a 20-mile parkway used for bicycling, jogging, walking, and nature studies,
loops
around the city and passes
through many scenic parks. Reservoir Park, 21st and Walnut streets, has art
galleries,
gardens, plazas, fountains,
playgrounds, basketball courts and other facilities. Riverfront Park, along a
5-mile
stretch of scenic
waterfront, features sunken gardens, public art, and various memorials. Other
recreational
facilities are in Italian
Lake Park, 3rd and Division streets. City Island, located in the
middle of the Susquehanna River and only a few blocks from the State Capitol
Building, has
been called Harrisburg’s
Playground.
It’s a great place to spend time, whether day or night. It is
accessible to
pedestrians via the Walnut
Street Bridge, as well as to limited vehicular traffic via the Market Street
Bridge. In
addition to being the “home
port” for the Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat, it boasts two marinas and many
other
attractions, including a
beach for swimming, "Water Golf," a championship 18-hole miniature golf course,
a mini steam train, a free nautical themed playground, Riverside Stadium home of
the Harrisburg Senators (a baseball farm team for the Montreal Expos), Riverside
Village Eatery, not to mention an arcade, batting cages and carriage rides. The
whole family will love it! Originally constructed to
highlight the state’s extensive agricultural base, The Pennsylvania Farm Show
Building
covers 14 acres at Cameron
and Maclay Street.
Among the many events held are the Pennsylvania Farm Show and
the Auto Show in January, the Eastern Sportsman Show in February and the
Pennsylvania National Horse Show in October. Of special interest to
Civil War buffs is the new Civil War Museum. Harrisburg also is a convenient
distance to the
Gettysburg National Park,
which is rich in historical documentation of the many aspects of the Civil War
in
general and the Gettysburg
battles in particular. A visit to Harrisburg in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will reveal its natural beauty, its friendly
and welcoming residents, and its many sites of historical significance. The
experience is sure to be memorable.
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