Chicago City Tour with Architecture River Cruise Option
Description
Enjoy Chicago’s famous sights and fabulous views on this award-winning small-group sightseeing tour of the city. On this tour, you will travel through Chicago with an expert guide in a comfortable minibus, enjoy world renowned architecture including the world's first skyscrapers, Museum Campus (for the BEST skyline view in town), Millennium Park (Home of "The Bean"), Buckingham Fountain, The Magnificent Mile, Lincoln Park, Chicago River, The Gold Coast, Lake Shore Drive and more! You also have the option to upgrade to include THE most popular Architecture River Cruise in Chicago! For good reason, our partner Shoreline Sightseeing, has been the most booked tour on TripAdvisor for the last 5 years! And yes, there is a bar on the boat. The combo option will end at Shoreline Sightseeings Navy Pier location, after you finish the boat tour you will be walking distance from many other attractions in the city! **There will be no provided transportation after your boat tour**
Tour Options
Itinerary
Chicago's main shopping street
Popular tourist attraction
The extremely popular home of The Bean, Pritzker Pavillion, Crown Fountain and more. We slowly pass by it on the tour and can drop you off there at the end if you wish.
See the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Marina City, the Chicago River and much more at this stop!
One of the most beautiful fountains in the world. It's the fountain seen in the opening credits of Married W/Children!! We stop here when it is on, which is between May and October.
The VERY BEST skyline view and really popular stop!
1,600 acre park. Home of the Lincoln Park Zoo, beautiful gardens, fountains, sculptures and much more.
Popular nightlife district and upscale residential area. Cool restaurants, The Original Playboy Mansion, brownstones and more!
One of the world's very first skyscrapers. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the beautiful lobby. It was also used as Elliott Ness' office in the movie The Untouchables and was Duncan's Toy Chest in Home Alone 2 !
One of the most beautiful skylines in the world, from the BEST perspective in the city.
Home of the second most French impressionist paintings in the world. Also American Gothic, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Nighthawks, and much much more!
(If option selected) The most popular tour in the USA, according to Tripadvisor. If this option is selected, you'll enjoy a 75-minute cruise on the stunning Chicago River. Tours can be taken back to back or not. It's your choice.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Infants 0-3 years old, must sit on a lap
Reviews(733)
Great tour - showed lot of places plus the addiiton of boat tour was great. They showed lot of landmarks and places around Chicago.
Great guides, comfortable, and educational! The only issue was where the listing says the boat drops you off wasn’t accurate. So call ahead to verify. Otherwise it was a great way to spend an afternoon.
The booking said we would get a 2-4 hour tour of this great city of Chicago and we got less then 1 1/2 hours. It said we would be stopping at 3 places and we only stopped at two. The guide used a lot of swear words and not many happy things to say about Chicago…only gloom and doom. I will be thinking twice if i ever book through trip advisor again.
Invaluable experience and well worth the time and money. Avery on the coach and Kevin on the boat were superb in knowledge and delivery.
The Chicago City tour coupled with the Architecture River Boat tour were great back to back tours. We had a short stay in Chicago but both these tours gave a brief overview of the city, its history, architecture richness, tidbits a stories and city suggestions on the bus portion by Aron were very helpful. We saw areas we would have never seen on our own or riding around town on an Uber. We had bad weather (rain) on the river tour and we were actually surprised the boat tour was a go rain or shine . Very wet onboard, very little coverage on the boat- even though they offered us a free plastic tarp to wear for the tour, it was quite wet, and a bit chilly (for July!) bring your own umbrella and rain gear if you go on a rainy day. Hard to see the buildings our guide was showing us, but not her fault. I’d go again, but only if good weather is guaranteed.
Rick was an absolutely phenomenal guide! He was knowledgeable, friendly and FUNNY! This is a great whistlestop tour of the city and I am glad I booked it last minute!
Rick was an amazing tour guide. He was funny and very informative. He covered lots of history and showed us much of Chicago in a small time.
The bus part of the trip was great. Driver Avery amazing and funny too great day out the boat tour guide was gods but when I asked where a building was she was like I never heard of that and snubbed me . But sure did want a tip
Alan was great during the city tour. He knew all kinds of information and quirky things about Chicago. On the Architecture Boat Tour, Kevin kept us laughing and all sorts of knowledge about buildings and Chicago lore.
Avery was a fantastic tour guide on the city tour; Kevin was most entertaining on the Architectural River cruise.
