Visiting Pittsburgh
We love to show off our adopted city.Please check out some of these hot spots when planning to visit.
Nearby Hotels * Transportation Centers * Restaurants
Museums * Cultural Places * Sports
Other Favorite Spots * Special Events * Tours
Learn more about Observatory Hill: where we live.NEARBY HOTELS
- Hampton Inn - the McKnight Road location
- Holiday Inn - the McKnight Road location
- Sheraton - the Station Square location
RESTAURANTS (in alphabetical order): These are the places we love to take visitors
- Church Brew Works
- Bravo Italian Restaurants
- Fuel & Fuddle
- Hard Rock Cafe: Pittsburgh
- Mad Mex: one of our favorite Mexican restaurants
- Max’s Allegheny Tavern: great German menu, love the Bavarian Cheese Stuffed Pretzels
- The Melting Pot
- Quaker Steak & Lube
- Stokes Grill
- Carnegie Art & Natural History Museums
- Carnegie Science Center - love the OmniMax theatre here!
- Mattress Factory
- Children’s Museum
- Allegheny Observatory
- IKEA
- Pennsylvania Macaroni Company
- Phipps Conservatory
- Riverview Park
- Southside Shops
- Station Square Shops
- The Strip District: This is a link to Neighbors in the Strip, which is a consortium of the unique shops and eateries found in the Strip.
- University of Pittsburgh: The Cathedral of Learning is unique and worth a look.
- First Night: Pittsburgh’s New Year’s Eve party
- Light Up Night: usually held right after Thanksgiving, it’s the night that all of the holiday lights and displays downtown are lit.
- Three Rivers Arts Festival: A three-week long arts festival, usually in June.
- Three Rivers Regatta: usually held mid-summer, this is a major tourist attraction, with lots of activities by the 3 rivers.
- Shadyside Arts Festival: usually held in early August, there are 2 arts festivals going on in Shadyside simultaneously.
- Shadyside…the Art Festival on Walnut Street: this link just indicates the dates and times for this festival.
