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Welcome to the Sun Inn of Bethlehem!

...where history and hospitality live on.

he Sun Inn has served townspeople and visitors to Bethlehem with unsurpassed hospitality since greeting its first guests in 1760.


Partake of the history and hospitality of the Sun Inn!

  • Sign your name at the Innkeeper’s desk, as John Hancock did.
  • Visit the Gaststube, where leading members of the Continental Congress met in September, 1777.
  • Enjoy dining where Baron von Steuben, Count Pulaski and others were served trout, venison, asparagus and wild strawberries.
  • Envision John Adams at the sitting room desk writing his wife, Abigail.
  • Imagine, as you stand in the great hallway, that time when 51 chiefs and warriors of the Six Nations Confederation came to the Inn for rest and refreshment.
  • Sit, as did Marquis de Lafayette recuperating from a wound suffered at the Battle of Brandywine, in a wingchair before the fire.
  • Hear of the visits of George and Martha Washington.
  • Reflect on the evening of Nov. 3, 1865, when a gala dinner was given by his friends for the Honorable Asa Packer upon his announcement of the founding of Lehigh University.

Guided Tours

The Inn is currently open for group tours. Public Tours will begin again in the summer. For group tours call the Sun Inn office at 610-866-1758.


Sun Inn Available for Catered Parties

The Inn is available for catered private parties. Call the Sun Inn office at 610-866-1758 for more information.

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