Travel west from Center City Philadelphia and you will find yourself in Chester County; head south toward Wilmington, Del., and you will end up in Delaware County. While these counties have experienced a fair amount of suburban real-estate development in areas closest to Center City, they still offer beautiful countryside to behold. Equestrian estates, gentleman farms and magnificent fieldstone farmhouses abound.

Chester County is home to Valley Forge National Historical Park, one of the most important sites in our nation’s early history and a lovely place to engage in recreational activities.

Equestrian activities are especially popular along the Main Line, and throughout Chester and Delaware Counties, with venues such as Radnor Hunt Grounds, which hosts the third leg of the steeplechase triple crown, and the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, one of the world’s premier equestrian events. Chester and Delaware Counties are both very good places to live if you are an equestrian hobbyist who enjoys casual riding, but they are absolutely excellent places to call home if you are a dedicated horse person training for competition.

Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, has become known as an arts destination thanks to its Brandywine River Museum, a showcase for American art, including paintings from N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and James Wyeth and other important artists in the Brandywine River School.

In Chester County, one of the most popular destinations is Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa. Longwood Gardens is a world-renowned horticultural showplace with displays that delight visitors in every season.

To research public schools in these counties, please visit School Matters.

With so much fine real estate and the many extraordinary cultural offerings in Chester and Delaware Counties, Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty is delighted to represent this area of southeastern Pennsylvania.