L'histoire cachée de la Gold Coast de Chicago: une promenade audio autoguidée
Description
Amy Bizzarri, auteur de 111 lieux à ne pas manquer à Chicago, vous emmène dans une fascinante visite audio autoguidée de lieux historiques cachés de la Gold Coast dorée de Chicago. Jetez un œil derrière les portes de l'original Playboy Mansion, promenez-vous le long d'une allée pavée en bois, sirotez un Faster Pussycat dans le plus ancien piano-bar de Chicago et plus encore tout en profitant d'une agréable promenade dans le temps dans ce quartier exclusif de Chicago. Le point de départ est le Chicago History Museum, situé au 1601 N. Clark Street. La visite est prête à tout moment et l'audio est lu automatiquement au bon moment et au bon endroit à l'aide du GPS de votre smartphone et de l'application mobile VoiceMap, qui fonctionne également hors ligne.
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Itinéraire
Au musée d'histoire de Chicago, vous aurez envie de découvrir les dioramas récemment restaurés, qui illustrent la montée de Chicago, qui est passée d'un poste de frontière désolé à la ville animée d'aujourd'hui. Vous trouverez également le chemin de fer surélevé du côté sud. C'est la toute première ligne de transport rapide surélevée de Chicago et elle a été utilisée pour transporter les amateurs de foire vers l'exposition universelle de Columbian. Vous pourrez également voir le lit de mort d'Abraham Lincoln.
Le Musée international de la science chirurgicale est à la disposition de tous ceux qui cherchent des frissons. Les pièces exposées ici traitent de divers aspects de la médecine orientale et occidentale. Le musée lui-même est logé dans un manoir de 1917 conçu comme une interprétation du Petit Trianon de Versailles dans le style de Chicago.
Une soirée exceptionnelle à Chicago sur la ville se termine toujours du côté du piano, en sirotant Lemondrops et en chantant avec le pianiste jusqu'au petit matin au Zebra Lounge. Caché dans le hall d'un immeuble d'appartements vintage de la Gold Coast glam, le Zebra Lounge se balance avec des pianistes en direct sept soirs par semaine depuis 1929.
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Informations importantes
- Landau ou poussette possible pour les bébés et enfants en bas âge
- Animaux d'assistance acceptés
- Transports en commun disponibles à proximité
- Les enfants en bas âge doivent être assis sur les genoux d'un adulte
- Convient à toutes les conditions physiques
Avis(7)
Our casual walk around the neighborhood suddenly became structured and organized with this very informative walking tour. We did it at the time we wanted and at our own pace, and very economically!! We discovered some places we will certainly go back to see with more time! I will look up this practical "tour guide" for other places I intend to visit.
Practical (you start and stop and your own convenience!) and economic way to visit the key things to see in the Gold Coast. Some of the sites could merit a visit in themselves which the virtual guide indicates, however you need to do this tour early enough in the day to be sure that these sights are open.
I discovered some new places to visit, like the Museum of Medical Science, and the Three Arts Building. I also coupled this tour with the Chicago History Museum, which is really cool. Overall, it is a very enjoyable walk, and you can do the tour at your own pace. Beautiful historical homes in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
Tour was informative. The use of visitor was klunky. Had to order the tour twice to use. Viator has committed refund one of the unneeded purchases. Walk and auto play needs some work. Price was right.
I wanted to take a walking tour, but in the time of COVID, that didn’t seem possible. Once I discovered this audiotour, I was hooked. I can’t wait to check out more. I’ve already recommended it to everyone I know.
I generally don't like group tours, so having this option is wonderful. It felt like having your own private tour guide. In this time of Covid-19, this gae us a nice way to get out of the house. The Zebra Lounge wasn't open, but just around the corner there was a street closed off to allow for outdoor dining/social distancing. The museum of surgery was open, and we spent time there as well as Restoration Hardware.
I really enjoyed learning the history of the Gold Coast and finding hidden treasures on this tour. The information selected was excellent, from the city's public graveyard and the Couch Mausoleum, which survived the great Chicago fire, to the wood plank street experiment on Astor. Lots of good history of the monarchs that built Chicago during the 19th and 20th Century. I liked how the old and new were integrated with suggestions to stop in the 3 Arts Cafe in the Restoration Hardware store (more like a museum than a store) and a drink in the Zebra Lounge. The GPS tracking lost track of me a couple of times and I had to zoom in on the map and figure out which way to go to continue the tour. This happened twice but I was easily able to turn around and find where I was supposed to be and then the track picked up where it left off. I would allow more than 50 minutes for this tour (the suggested time in the directions). If you want to stop and take a look around a few places I would allow 1.5 hours for this tour. I recommend this tour and know you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
