Quick Escapes Pittsburgh: 26 Weekend Getaways from the Steel City (Quick Escapes Series)

Too much work? Too much worry? Need a change of scene? - Get out of town! Twenty-five great minivacations take you away from the hustle and bustle of the city: sample a range of visual and performing arts, attend unique lectures and classes, or go boating, swimming, and fishing on the Chautauqua escape; visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, tour the trendy Warehouse district, and stroll through a Costa Rican cloud forest at the Botanical Garden on the Cleveland escape; view breathtaking scenery along the New River Gorge National River, tour a former coal mine, and explore one of the best small arts towns in America on the downstate West Virginia escape. Information at your fingertips includes detailed route maps, travel directions, destination highlights, activities for morning, afternoon, and evening, choice restaurants, picnic sites, and lodgings, special events and festivals, shopping, and local sources of information. (5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 304 pages, b&w photos, maps)