Chicago Travelers Recommend

The Chicago CityPass gives you discounted admission to five of the city's premier attractions: Hancock Observatory, Field Museum, Museum of Science & Industry, Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium. Take your pick of cruises by water, coach tours by land and exhilarating Segway tours. Or tour Chicago your own way on a Hop-On, Hop-Off Trolley Tour. Get an overview of the city with a comprehensive Grand Half-Day Tour, covering the North Side and South Shore, the Outer Drive, Lincoln Park, Washington Park and Grant Park. Or see the city from the 94th floor of the Hancock Tower. Icons from the famous Chicago School of Architecture are revealed on the Historic Loop Skyscrapers walking tour of Chicago's earliest skyscrapers, built between the 1870s and the 1930s. For contrast, follow up with the Modern Loop Skyscrapers walking tour. Classic Art Deco detailing from the 1920s and 30's is the theme on the Downtown Chicago Deco walking tour.

Chicago is famous for its Art Deco and skyscraper architecture, so taking a tour of the Windy City's architectural highs and lows is a great way to get to know the Windy City. The city has fostered landmark modern architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Marina City, Tribune Tower and the Wrigley Building have become icons of the city and of popular culture. The Chicago School of Architecture pioneered the architecture of skyscrapers. Icons from the Chicago School are revealed on the Historic Loop Skyscrapers walking tour of Chicago's earliest skyscrapers. The prototype of the modern industrial metropolis arose from the charred landscape left by the Great Fire of 1871. Many of Chicago's surviving buildings are the forefathers of the great modern skyscrapers and on this walking tour you will discover the historic beginnings of the Chicago School of Architecture and the earliest skyscrapers, built between the 1870s and the 1930s.