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This is a comprehensive tour of everything that Chicago has to offer.
You'll travel through both the North Side and South Side business and
residential districts.
Tour Highlights:
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Visit Lincoln Park, Washington Park
and Grant Park |
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Stop at Lincoln Park Conservatory
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See virtually the entire length of
scenic Outer Drive |
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A camera stop at the Museum Campus
for its breathtaking view |
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Art Institute of Chicago |
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Shedd Aquarium, the world's largest
aquarium |
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Soldier Field |
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Adler Planetarium |
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Museum of Science and Industry |
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Lake Point Towers - the world's
highest apartment building
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You'll travel the "Loop"
and State Street, where Chicago's fame began. You will also tour all
the beautiful parks of Chicago and their attractions.
The Grand Tour is
glorious combination of the North Side Tour and the South Shore Tour,
offering visitors a taste of everything Chicago is famous for.
North Side Tour
This is the tour for those looking to experience the vitality and
excitement of
Chicago! You'll go through Chicago's main business
section, one of the financial centers of the world that is always
bustling with activity. You'll tour the famous "Loop" and State Street
- the great street where Chicago's fame began.
Travel by the striking Richard J. Daley Plaza with its acknowledged
masterpiece, the Pablo Picasso sculpture, created specifically for
Chicago. You will take a ride on Wacker Drive, the double-decked
thoroughfare that winds its way under the city. Also journey over the
Chicago River, which is made to flow backwards by one of the world's
greatest engineering feats.
On this tour you'll see the famous white Wrigley Building that
announces the beginning of the Magnificent Mile, and Michigan Avenue
where Chicago's most exclusive stores exhibit their wares. You'll see
Chicago's elegant seven-level shopping complex, the renowned Water
Tower Place, alongside one of the tallest buildings in the world, the
John Hancock Center.
You will also travel through Lincoln Park, a thousand acres of
greenery, lagoons, flowers, and zoo. You'll see Wrigley Field - the
home of the Cubs (visits not on game days), the Botanical Gardens,
Chicago Historical Society, Newberry Reference Library, and an Indian
Totem Pole.
South Shore Tour
Here is a tour full of interest, history, and beauty! You'll travel
through Grant Park, the front lawn of the city and site of Soldier
Field, Adler Planetarium with its sky dome, and the Joseph Petrillo
outdoor band-shell where the people of Chicago listen to music
throughout the summer nights.
Also on your journey is the Art Institute of Chicago, world-renowned
for the largest collection of impressionistic art, Orchestra Hall,
home of the famous Chicago Symphony, and Shedd Aquarium, the world's
largest aquarium. You'll stop by the Field Museum of Natural History,
which is famous for the size and scope of its collections. And looking
over from these sights you'll see the 80-story Amoco Oil Building,
completely faced in white granite.
Afterwards, you will travel through the South Commons, a new
"close-in" residential community. The tour will go through beautiful
Jackson Park, where the Colombian Exposition of 1893 was held to
celebrate the founding of America 400 years earlier. Following this
you'll pass through the University of Chicago, with its elegant
English style architecture, as well as pass the Museum of Science and
Industry, a tribute to Man's ingenuity and inventiveness.
Finally, you'll see the world's highest apartment building, Lake Point
Towers, which is an architecturally stunning building of glass and
curves adjacent to Navy Pier, Chicago's inland port.
Come aboard Chicago's Grand Tour. Make a reservation and
experience the best of Chicago! |
