Panoramic City Tour    AT201B

Duration: 3 hours                               

Clients will be greeted and picked up at their hotel by a courteous tour guide who will conduct the tour in their native language.

From the hotel, the tour guide will introduce our guests t he City of Chicago and its origins a region, historical facts, development, character and present day life style.

The tour will  begin at the Chicago River North Bridge where our guests are invited into Chicago’s newest urban high rise residential area, a blend of fine taste in architecture design and daring engineering, all enhanced by superb view of Lake Michigan on the east, City view on the west and parks on the South.  And speaking of parks, next the tour will take our visitors to Grant Park’s specialty park, the Millennium Park enhanced by a 2000 seat and lawn open air theatre, beautiful garden, artistic sculptures and water fountains. Leading directly into downtown commercial and business district, the famous Chicago Loop visiting State Street, the Chicago Library, the Picasso Sculpture at Daily Center, Chicago City Hall, and the Chicago Board of Trade.

Our guests will visit first hand the City Museum of Modern Architecture, under close look of the famous tallest buildings in the Americas such as the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center, Aon Center, First Chicago Bank  (currently Chase Bank), Wrigley Building, Chicago Tribune Tower, Marina City, Merchandise Mart Building and many others, including Chicago’s newest addition the Trump Tower soon to be 95 stories high. Driving south on Michigan Avenue, we visit the cultural campus of Chicago including the world famous Art Institute of Chicago, Symphony Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago Auditorium Theatre.

A drive through Grant Park will give our visitors a refreshing view of Lake Michigan and the park’s centerpiece Buckingham Fountain. Further south we enter the Museum Campus for a close view of the state of the art newly built Soldier Field Stadium (home of the Chicago Bears Football), Field Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium, and the Adler Planetarium. A short stop will be made at the Adler Planetarium where our visitors will have a breathtaking view over the enchanting Chicago skyline.

Returning north on Lake Shore Drive  passing Navy Pier we view where Chicagoans have fun in the lake front Yacht Club Marinas and miles of beautifully landscaped parks and beaches. Returning south by the way of the Gold Coast area viewing the elegant lake front residential buildings and back into Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile featuring the finest stores, restaurants and Chicago’s most significant landmark the Water Tower.

Highlights of Chicago