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Explore downtown Chicago through the lens of film and television on this guided walking tour featuring iconic filming locations from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Untouchables, The Dark Knight, The Bear, Blues Brothers, and more. Led by a local actor guide, you’ll visit famous Chicago sites seen on screen. From Bruce Wayne’s penthouse and Harvey Dent’s office to the parade route from Ferris Bueller and locations featured in Public Enemies and Ocean’s Eleven. Along the way, your guide shares behind-the-scenes stories, trivia, and fun facts you won’t get from walking the city on your own. With a manageable group size, clear meeting point, and a well-paced two-hour route, this tour is an easy, no-planning-required way to experience Chicago. Popular with first-time visitors and locals alike. This popular tour frequently books up on weekends — advance reservations recommended.
Pass by The Willis Tower, as seen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Pass by Auditorium Theatre, featured in Public Enemies.
Pass by the Harold Washington Library, seen in Ocean's 11.
This is the street where the parade scene takes place in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
This is the site of Harvey Dent's office building from The Dark Knight.
Downtown Chicago TV and Movie Sites Guided Walking Tour lasts about 2 hours. The itinerary has 5 stops.
Prices start at $43 per person for this Chicago experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
The meeting point is Please meet your tour guide in front of the Roosevelt University Auditorium Building at 430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago. They will be wearing a blue tour shirt and holding a blue umbrella. . Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 35 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Walking tour that makes a few stops; ends in different location than starting point; wear comfortable shoes
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Dan was a great tour guide. He talked about his experiences as an actors and working on various productions in Chicago. We were shown many different sites where movies were filmed and we heard some of the back stories. He also had screen shots of scenes from different movies as we were walking to these different sites. I would highly recommend
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Great tour! Very informative with specific sites for movies and TV shows. Great experience. Tour guide, Dan was excellent!! Highly recommended.
Thank you for leaving behind your great review, our team including Dan really appreciates it!!
Excellent insight to film locations and movie and tv shows past and present . Great tour would recommend.
The tour guide, Dan, was down to earth and entertaining. He has worked as an extra and stand in on many movies and shows so his personal experience really added to the experience. It was a lot of fun and great to see so many sites.
The ‘DAN SHOW’ made what would have been an amazing tour into a mediocre tour, the locations and content of the tour was top notch, however Dan bragged and took every opportunity to talk about him and his work as an extra, which was disappointing.
The tour was great and informative. Dan the guide was helpful with info and questions and did a great job and in pointing out different places that have in been shows or movies that people may have seen, while being funny and professional.
Thank you!
Would highly recommend this tour! We had such a great time seeing all of the filming locations and getting the behind the scenes info from Dan, our tour guide. He knew so much about the film industry in Chicago and shared all of his experiences.
Thank you so much! We will let him know!
I highly recommend this tour -- Dan was a wonderful tour guide. His passion for his job was truly evident as he shared stories about the sites around the city where movies and TV shows were filmed. Worth every penny of the tour fee. Provided a great recommendation for lunch after the tour concluded. If back in the area would take his tour again.
Thanks so much!
This tour was brilliant. Dan, our guide, was very informative and also had stills/photos from the movies and TV series to compare and match with the locations we visited. Dan himself is an actor and an extra in numerous TV series so really knew his stuff. I would recommend this to anyone who has an interest in movies and TV and it's an opportunity to see some lovely Chicago architecture along the way.
Thank you so much, we're so glad you enjoyed it!
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