Storia nascosta della Gold Coast di Chicago: una passeggiata audio autoguidata
Descrizione
Amy Bizzarri, autrice di 111 luoghi da non perdere a Chicago, ti accompagna in un affascinante tour audio autoguidato di luoghi storici nascosti nella dorata Gold Coast di Chicago. Sbircia dietro i cancelli dell'originale Playboy Mansion, cammina lungo un vicolo lastricato di legno, sorseggia un Faster Pussycat nel più antico piano bar di Chicago e altro ancora mentre ti godi una deliziosa passeggiata nel tempo in questo esclusivo quartiere di Chicago. Il punto di partenza è il Chicago History Museum, situato al 1601 di N. Clark Street. Il tour è pronto in qualsiasi momento e l'audio viene riprodotto automaticamente esattamente nel momento e nel luogo giusti utilizzando il GPS dello smartphone e l'app mobile VoiceMap, che funziona anche offline.
Opzioni del tour
Itinerario
Mentre al Chicago History Museum vorrai vedere i diorami recentemente restaurati che ritraggono l'ascesa di Chicago da un desolato avamposto di frontiera alla frenetica città di oggi. Troverete anche la South Side Elevated Railroad. È la prima linea di transito rapido mai raggiunta a Chicago ed è stata utilizzata per trasportare i partecipanti alla fiera mondiale del Columbian. Potrai anche vedere il letto di morte di Abraham Lincoln.
Per tutti coloro che cercano di avere brividi spacciati, il Museo Internazionale di Scienze Chirurgiche offre. Le mostre qui trattano vari aspetti della medicina orientale e occidentale. Il museo stesso è ospitato in una villa del 1917 progettata come interpretazione in stile Chicago del Petit Trianon di Versailles.
Un'eccezionale notte di Chicago in città termina sempre con il piano, sorseggiando Lemondrops e cantando insieme al pianista fino a tarda notte al Zebra Lounge. Nascosto nella hall di un condominio d'epoca nella glamour Gold Coast, la Zebra Lounge ha suonato con pianisti dal vivo sette sere a settimana dal 1929.
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Informazioni importanti
- I neonati e i bambini piccoli possono essere portati in carrozzina o passeggino
- Animali di servizio ammessi
- Sono disponibili trasporti pubblici nelle vicinanze
- I neonati devono sedere in grembo a un adulto
- Adatto a tutti i livelli di forma fisica
Recensioni(8)
Easy, fun way to see this beautiful, interesting Chicago neighborhood. We loved that the app knew exactly where we were and gave us specific walking directions. We never needed to follow a map. It was like having our own personal tour guide, without needing to tip!
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.
