Full Day Tours
Plan a full day tour including lunch or with lunch on your own.
Savor Chinese appetizers. Feast on the tasty main course in Little Italy. Delight in a delicious dessert in Greek Town. Chicago's ethnic food will engage your taste buds. Visit an ethnic church or museum, tour an ethnic neighborhood
Chinatown in Chicago
See how "Chicago Pizza" is made and sample the product. Enjoy a main course in a famous Chicago restaurant. Go to a special restaurant for dessert and beverage.
Chicago is a city on the move, but how does it work? Have a look into the "back doors" of some industries that make up the energy of our town: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Merchandise Mart, the Chicago Tribune, a chef's kitchen, a theater, an art gallery, a brewery, a cosmetic factory… Come and see how Chicago ticks.
From the north side to the south, this tour shows you the beauty and diversity of Chicago. See the Magnificent Mile, the "Loop", the Financial District, the lake front museums. Visit a museum and the Sky Deck at Sears Tower. Visit the Historic Prairie Avenue District, shop fascinating Chinatown.
View of Sears Tower from Grant Park
This tour presents the great highlights of Chicago since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. See the Financial District with its famous public sculpture, the Magnificent Mile, Lincoln Park, and Planetarium Point. View the city from the top of the hemisphere's tallest building, Sears Tower, or the John Hancock Observatory.
The historic Water Tower on Michigan Avenue
Let the Merchandise mart, center for showrooms of the world's leading interior designers, spark your imagination as you go on a guided tour of floors and showrooms open only to "the trade". Shop for clothing samples at the Apparel Center.
Experience Chicago's gangster past. Your gangster guides will transport you back to the prohibition years where "hooch" flowed and gangsters "crowed". Visit the sites of gangster activities and events that made Chicago infamous during the 20's.
The world of architecture reflects the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright. Visit his home and studio. Look at the exteriors of the Unity Temple and homes he designed. During lunch at the Cheney Mansion, a Wright look-a-like may tell about his great architectural contributions
Hear the inside scoops and see where the "good, bad, and ugly" of Chicago made their fortunes famous. Drive past Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studio: see a home built by Frank Lloyd Wright, and hang-outs of Al Capone. Tour a 30-room mansion - just what you need to satisfy your appetite for intriguing history and gossip. Lunch in an elegant restaurant.
Explore Chicago's lakefront and river on this elegant tour. Board a replica of the 1920's presidential yacht for a 90-minute excursion on the Chicago River led by an entertaining architectural historian. Visit Navy Pier with its Crystal Garden, Ferris wheel, boutiques and sculptures
Aerial view of Navy Pier
There’s no better way to experience Chicago than by enjoying it the way real Chicagoans do! Spend the day touring some of the city’s different neighborhoods, dining on famed local cuisine like deep dish pizza, and learning about our most famous characters.
Journey back into Chicago's Victorian Era with a visit to Glessner House and Clarke House in the Prairie Avenue Historic District where Chicago's elite lived in the 1880's. Tour the Chicago Cultural Center with its Tiffany domes and mosaics. Finally, stroll the pathways of the 1891 Lincoln Park Conservatory with its exotic plants and floral exhibits.
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