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#7 of 10 B&Bs in PhiladelphiaLocation
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3.9
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4.2
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3.6
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4.4
Sleep Quality
3.9
Unique Bed and Breakfast in a historic home right in the downtown area. Great upscale safe location. Walk to Independence hall, the liberty bell, Penn's landing, etc. No car needed.
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943 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1239
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Great for walkers
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Thank you to Dazeniel who is always so helpful , patient and welcoming.
It's a pleasure to return to Trade Winds and see you .
All the reception staff are lovely but this time Dazeniel was extremely understanding regarding my needs.
Thank you
It's a pleasure to return to Trade Winds and see you .
All the reception staff are lovely but this time Dazeniel was extremely understanding regarding my needs.
Thank you
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Our family of 4 with 2 children stayed here. We took over the top floor, which was 2 bedrooms with a connecting bathroom--perfect for us! A continental breakfast was preset with juices and milk in the fridge. The rooms were very elegantly decorated, and very comfortable (adequately clean, but the rest of the house seemed a little cluttered and dusty.) The neighborhood seemed very safe, and the location couldn't be beat! We walked to all the historical sites, and never used our car (which was parked in a deck about a block away.) This is a fabulous deal for downtown Philadelphia, and I am so glad that we didn't stay in the hotel which we had originally booked (Comfort Inn), which was much further from the historic sites and overlooked I-685. We will stay here again!
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My husband and I had one of the two rooms on the top floor (the third) and shared the bath located between the other top floor room and ours. The room was adequate size and nicely decorated. We called it the Gold Room as the chairs, the settee, the comforter, the picture frames and the walls all had gold in the fabric or paint. The Gold Room had a small seating area with two small chairs, small table and beautiful wall mural as the breakfast nook and a small sofa in addition to the comfortable bed, a large bedside table, two dressers and a closet. There was a very small refrigerator stocked with the breakfast supplies and bottled water and a coffee maker with tea and coffee. Breakfast was milk, juice, cereal, yogurt, and sometimes a granola bar. The front hall was very cluttered and dusty, but we didn't stay in the front hall!
The location on 10th and Lombard was fabulous. The neigborhood is nice rowhouses. The subway stop at Lombard and Broad (really 14th) is only four blocks away. Lombard is one block north of South Street. South Street is a lively scene with many shops, restaurants and great people watching. In addition, there are grocery stores on two of the four corners of 10th and South. We didn't rent a car. We were especially pleased with the short walk to the Historical sites and City Center. We used the subway and bus system for a trip to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Temple University. Friends picked us up and took us to the airport, but a taxi or a combination of the subway and R1 railroad would be a good alternative.
I found email communication with the owner to be timely and reliable.
The location on 10th and Lombard was fabulous. The neigborhood is nice rowhouses. The subway stop at Lombard and Broad (really 14th) is only four blocks away. Lombard is one block north of South Street. South Street is a lively scene with many shops, restaurants and great people watching. In addition, there are grocery stores on two of the four corners of 10th and South. We didn't rent a car. We were especially pleased with the short walk to the Historical sites and City Center. We used the subway and bus system for a trip to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Temple University. Friends picked us up and took us to the airport, but a taxi or a combination of the subway and R1 railroad would be a good alternative.
I found email communication with the owner to be timely and reliable.
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Date of stay: April 2006
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I stayed in the room with the mural pictured above which seemed somewhat clean at first sight. The room had an overpowering smell of air fresheners and cleaning supplies. There were also bed bugs! The bed and surrounding area appeared clean but I woke up with four extremely itchy bites on my foot and ankle! The bathroom shower needed cleaning as well. Although this place is in a great central location, I would definitely not sacrifice cleanliness for location. Do not stay here unless you are willing to wake up after being bitten by bed bugs!
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Date of stay: August 2012Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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First off, let me say that Marjorie seems like a perfectly wonderful person, and most of the reviews here paint a fairly pretty picture. We like to patronize B&B's and local shops, so we were seeking out a place like we thought this would be. However, there are plenty of reviews across the web on other sites - do yourself a favor and read those before you select this particular B&Not-Quite-B.
A few comments from our recent experience:
• The carpeting on the steps up to the room was very soiled.
• The inn smelled of cigarettes and pets and ???
• The shared bathroom had opened/used bottles and a used bar of soap.
• The bedroom had an overpowering potpourri scent masking other smells.
• The neighborhood’s more eclectic than upscale – think artsy, not fartsy.
• IMPORTANT: The shared bathroom could not be locked from our room (the one with two beds) or from the other room, making our room accessible to anyone else at the inn, including the other guests in the other room sharing that bathroom. This really is a security issue. Be mindful of that if that's an important consideration to you.
• The inn's website says nothing about the “self-serve” breakfasting. Here, “self serve” apparently means yogurt, milk in an open/used bottle, juice, and cereal on the table in the room. Ours went untouched in this Bed & Not Quite Breakfast Inn.
While it seems to be a good location to explore Philly from, be sure to go in with your eyes wide open. This is not, to our experience, a typical B&B – there is no community room or parlor to relax in, there is no prepared breakfast or dining room, other than the spare leavings in each room for each guest to self-prepare, and there is a decided lack of security in your own room due to the non-locking shared bathroom facilities. And do realize that it's located right on the street in a busy place, complete with competing nightlife and such, so if you need dead-quiet to sleep, this place's location might also pose issues for you.
A few comments from our recent experience:
• The carpeting on the steps up to the room was very soiled.
• The inn smelled of cigarettes and pets and ???
• The shared bathroom had opened/used bottles and a used bar of soap.
• The bedroom had an overpowering potpourri scent masking other smells.
• The neighborhood’s more eclectic than upscale – think artsy, not fartsy.
• IMPORTANT: The shared bathroom could not be locked from our room (the one with two beds) or from the other room, making our room accessible to anyone else at the inn, including the other guests in the other room sharing that bathroom. This really is a security issue. Be mindful of that if that's an important consideration to you.
• The inn's website says nothing about the “self-serve” breakfasting. Here, “self serve” apparently means yogurt, milk in an open/used bottle, juice, and cereal on the table in the room. Ours went untouched in this Bed & Not Quite Breakfast Inn.
While it seems to be a good location to explore Philly from, be sure to go in with your eyes wide open. This is not, to our experience, a typical B&B – there is no community room or parlor to relax in, there is no prepared breakfast or dining room, other than the spare leavings in each room for each guest to self-prepare, and there is a decided lack of security in your own room due to the non-locking shared bathroom facilities. And do realize that it's located right on the street in a busy place, complete with competing nightlife and such, so if you need dead-quiet to sleep, this place's location might also pose issues for you.
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Date of stay: June 2013Trip type: Traveled with family
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Room Tip: Read the aforesaid review - and realize that if security in your room is essential to you, the...
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We went to trade winds BeB last August, for only one night, but we loved this. I reserved a double room 3 months ago by mail, contacting directly Marjorie, the owner. She is very friendly and helpful and she answered to my e-mail very quickly. We stayed in the main double room, on the first floor. it has private bathroom.
The room was very big, beautifully furnished, with a working fireplace, a queen size canopy bed, a table, 2 chairs, an armchair, tv. The bathroom had a separate bathtub and shower. The room is very elegantly appointed, with many paintings and antique furniture. There was a small refrigerator stocked with the breakfast supplies: bottled water for us,milk, juice, yogurt, cereals, coffee maker with tea and coffee.
Marjorie is very nice: when we arrived, she gave us a Philly map and told us the best place to eat and to go! The house is near south street. the location is very nice: jus a walk from the historical sites and south street , great for dinner (jim's steak).
I suggest this to everyone!!!
The room was very big, beautifully furnished, with a working fireplace, a queen size canopy bed, a table, 2 chairs, an armchair, tv. The bathroom had a separate bathtub and shower. The room is very elegantly appointed, with many paintings and antique furniture. There was a small refrigerator stocked with the breakfast supplies: bottled water for us,milk, juice, yogurt, cereals, coffee maker with tea and coffee.
Marjorie is very nice: when we arrived, she gave us a Philly map and told us the best place to eat and to go! The house is near south street. the location is very nice: jus a walk from the historical sites and south street , great for dinner (jim's steak).
I suggest this to everyone!!!
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Date of stay: August 2006
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I don´t want to describe the B&B again, because some visitors did it before in their reports. We loved the mixed style of design, the comfortable beds and the beautiful paintings on the walls (especially those with Chinese style inour room). The owner, Marjorie is a very nice friendly person, she let us feel like at home. We really enjoyed our stay in her B&B. Although our flight arrived very late in the evening, everything was perfect arranged and we enjoyed every minute of our stay in Philly. My son and me came from Austria for one week, and it coudn´t have been better, Marjorie provided us with many insider tips which were very valuable and I would recommend the stay in Trade Winds to everyone who is coming without car to Philly. You just don´t need it. Marjorie even ordered Big Bus to pick us up at our place for our sightseeing tour. Philly´s people were very friendly to us tourists and Marjorie is one of the nicest people I have ever met.
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Date of stay: January 2006
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Nice, clean, spacious room. We stayed in the main room on the first floor, even had a fireplace! Small refrigerator, mircowave and nice stand up shower. Marjorie was a great host, very polite and helpful. I would definitely stay here again. Great location too.
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Date of stay: April 2016Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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PROS: Great little neighborhood – Washington Square District. Safe and architecturally/historically interesting. Convenient walking distance to many sites, restaurants and shops – if you’re a city walker. An inexpensive place to stay – relative to other area B&Bs and certainly less than all of the area chain hotels. The owner, Marjorie, was very nice and trusting – leaving a key for me to arrive early in the day – even though she was going to be out all day and asked me to leave payment in the room when we left since she was not going to be around when we departed. Unlike most B&Bs, the room had several amenities typically found at a hotel – a television, a phone, free Wifi, a mini-frig with water, coffee maker and a microwave.
CONS: You just get a “bed” and “breakfast” – this is not one of those B&Bs that offers any communal spaces like a living room, dining room, library, sitting room, porch, etc. The room could have used a thorough cleaning – lots of dust under the beds, on the blinds and behind the night stand (found when I went to plug in my cell phone charger and computer). While my room did not smell of cigarettes, the entry certainly indicated that the owner (or a family member) was a smoker. The breakfast was waiting in the room upon our arrival and while I am truly not a germaphobe, I didn’t care for the large Rubbermaid-type container of cereal and open containers of milk and OJ left in the room frig. The beds were comfortable, but mattresses were covered in plastic waterproof covers, which made for a noisy night. In addition, the home is located on a relatively busy corner and the traffic noise was a bit bothersome late into the night.
CONS: You just get a “bed” and “breakfast” – this is not one of those B&Bs that offers any communal spaces like a living room, dining room, library, sitting room, porch, etc. The room could have used a thorough cleaning – lots of dust under the beds, on the blinds and behind the night stand (found when I went to plug in my cell phone charger and computer). While my room did not smell of cigarettes, the entry certainly indicated that the owner (or a family member) was a smoker. The breakfast was waiting in the room upon our arrival and while I am truly not a germaphobe, I didn’t care for the large Rubbermaid-type container of cereal and open containers of milk and OJ left in the room frig. The beds were comfortable, but mattresses were covered in plastic waterproof covers, which made for a noisy night. In addition, the home is located on a relatively busy corner and the traffic noise was a bit bothersome late into the night.
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Date of stay: March 2011Trip type: Traveled with family
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This B&B is in the Washington Square South area of Center City. Taxi cabs pass this location every few minutes. The rooms are large and the hostess is very attentive. Restaurants, bars , and bookstores are all within walking distance.
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Date of stay: January 2015Trip type: Traveled on business
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There is a parking garage one block away ($18.00/24 hours). If you are staying two or more days, I can advance purchase a "visitor permit" from the city for $15.00, This will allow you to park on most streets in my neighborhood without feeding the meter or moving your car. However, you are not guaranteed a parking space.
"Master suite on first floor is comfortably roomy with a gas fireplace, sofa, and breakfast area. Street noise is minimal."Read full review
GlobeTrotting756429 wrote a tip Nov 2019
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom5 contributions2 helpful votes"Traditional Suite has 1 Queen bed with private bathroom"Read full review
"This is a B&B so I have only discussed the Victorian parlor-bedroom I stayed in, The bed could accommodate 2 adults."Read full review
"The Master bedroom is supposed to be the best room. We did not see it, but that is what the host said. But need to book way in advance!"Read full review
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United StatesPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCity Center East
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3
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Frequently Asked Questions about Trade Winds Bed and Breakfast
Which popular attractions are close to Trade Winds Bed and Breakfast?
Nearby attractions include Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (0.1 miles), Pennsylvania Hospital - Historic Tours (0.2 miles), and Into The Mural (0.2 miles).
What are some restaurants close to Trade Winds Bed and Breakfast?
Conveniently located restaurants include Dante & Luigi's, Ralph's Italian Restaurant, and Kanella Grill.
Is Trade Winds Bed and Breakfast located near the city center?
Yes, it is 0.7 miles away from the center of Philadelphia.
Are there any historical sites close to Trade Winds Bed and Breakfast?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Battleship New Jersey (1.4 miles), Independence National Historical Park (0.6 miles), and Congress Hall (0.4 miles).