The travel magazine Afar picked New Hope as the most charming small town in Pennsylvania, writes Cailin Loesch for the Patch. New Hope was chosen for “its history, steeped with a flair for drama,” wrote the magazine in its report.

Afar encouraged visitors to New Hope to catch a show at the famous Bucks County Playhouse that has over the years attracted performers such as Grace Kelly, Liza Minelli, and Robert Redford.

“Everything here comes with a backstory, like the Oldestone Steakhouse, in a converted 1872 stone church with a 20-foot-by-40-foot mural of St. George slaying the dragon,” wrote the magazine.

Among other attractions, visitors should be sure to “taste cognac-barrel-aged ciders at Manoff Market Gardens and Cidery and blackberry wine at New Hope Winery, take a stroll through the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, or hop aboard the New Hope Railroad, a historic locomotive that takes riders through the bucolic Bucks County countryside,” continued the report.

As a major bonus for history fans, New Hope is also a short drive from the site where General George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776.

Read more about New Hope’s charming town status in the Patch.

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