Land & River Architecture Tour featuring SCENIC CHICAGO – North Side Tour

This tour will take you past all the sights of Chicago’s Scenic North Side. Heading north out of the Loop past Millennium Park and up the Magnificent Mile where you will see the Fort Dearborn historical site, Chicago River, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station. Your journey continues along Lake Michigan on North Lake Shore Drive to Wrigley Field. The return trip will take you past Lincoln Park Conservatory and Zoo and down State Street viewing Chicago’s El Train and Chicago Theater. You will also enjoy a 90-minute Architecture River Cruise

4 hours
Wheelchair access
Mobile & printed vouchers accepted
Free Cancellation
Fully refundable when canceled up to 24 hours prior to departure.

Highlights

Highlights include: Millennium Park The Magnificent Mile Fort Dearborn historical site Chicago River Wrigley Building Tribune Tower Chicago Water Tower & Pumping Station 875 N. Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center) Lake Michigan along North Lake Shore Drive Graceland Cemetery Wrigley Field Lincoln Park Conservatory & Zoo Corn Cob Towers of Marina City State Street The Loop and Chicago’s El Train Chicago Theatre Neighborhoods include: Gold Coast,Lincoln Park,Lakeview,Wrigleyville,Old Town & River North 90-minute Architecture River Cruise aboard Chicago Line Cruises

Includes

  • SCENIC CHICAGO - North Side Tour
  • Chicago Architecture Cruise aboard Chicago Line Cruises

Excludes

  • Food and beverage
  • Optional gratuities
  • Transportation to/from Chicago Line Cruises

Please Note

You must email Chicago Line Cruises to request your cruise time at [email protected]. Be sure to provide your name as it is on your confirmation, number of passengers and Gray Line confirmation number. A member of Chicago Line Cruises will reply to your email with confirmation of date and time. Boat Cruise Schedule: April 30 - May 24: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm May 25 - September 2: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm(Monday -Thursday only), 4pm, 5pm September 3 - September 30: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm October 1 - November 25: 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm

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Itinerary

This land tour will take you past all the sights of Chicago’s Scenic North Side. Heading north out of the Loop past Millennium Park and up the Magnificent Mile where you will see the Fort Dearborn historical site, Chicago River, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station. Your journey continues along Lake Michigan on North Lake Shore Drive to Wrigley Field. The return trip will take you past Lincoln Park Conservatory and Zoo and down State Street viewing Chicago’s El Train and Chicago Theater.
You will also enjoy a 90-minute Architecture River Cruise aboard Chicago Line Cruises.
Throughout the signature cruise one of the award-winning Docents will present more than 50 skyscrapers, bascule bridges, and historic sites.
In a world of iconic architecture, only a few images are so instantly recognized they need no subtitle. Think of the Venetian canals, a Shinto temple, the medieval Cathedral at Chartres, or the unmistakable skyline of Chicago. Each year thousands of architecture lovers travel to the City of Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper… and thousands book passage aboard this enthralling river tour, widely considered the best 90-minutes spent in Chicago. On your Architectural Tour you will learn how the Great Chicago Fire jumped a river and allowed for visionaries of structural steel and plate glass, such as John Wellborn Root, William Le Baron Jenney, Louis Sullivan (Wright’s mentor) and Daniel Burnham, in less than ten years, lift Chicago from the ashes of the fire to new heights. Chicago’s ascent continued into the 20th century with titanic figures such as Bertrand Goldberg, Fazlur Khan and Mies van der Rohe – (higher/taller) buildings, sleeker – and it has soared in the 21st century with audacious new steeples such as The Trump Tower and Aqua designed by Jeanne Gang, an internationally known artist of architectural design. A jaw-dropping excursion through a city that defied all expectations … even the laws of gravity.

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