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Chicago Small-Group City Tour: Award-Winning Sightseeing

4.8

612 Ratings

Chicago

Experience the best of Chicago on this small-group city tour. Explore famous sights, enjoy stunning views, and learn about the city's history from an expert guide.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

The Magnificent Mile - Chicago’s main shopping street

What's Included

Local guide
Transport by 12-passenger, air-conditioned minibus
Three photo stops
Chicago River Architecture Boat Tour (optional)
Complimentary hotel pickup (select downtown hotels)

Additional Information

This top-rated, small group sightseeing tour introduces you to the renowned attractions and striking views Chicago is famous for. In the company of an expert guide, you’ll traverse the city in a comfortable minibus, taking in acclaimed architecture including the world’s inaugural skyscrapers, the Museum Campus (known for the BEST cityscape view), Millennium Park (where ‘The Bean’ is located), Buckingham Fountain, The Magnificent Mile, Lincoln Park, Chicago River, The Gold Coast, Lake Shore Drive, and more! Your guide will share historical facts and amusing tales about the area during the journey. Each tour includes four chances for you to snap pictures and with a limit of 10 people per tour, you’re guaranteed a more intimate experience.

In addition, you can choose to level up your trip with Chicago’s highly rated Architecture River Cruise on offer! We’re partnered with Shoreline Sightseeing, the top-ranked tour on TripAdvisor for the past 5 years, and believe us, they’ve earned their reputation. And for those interested, yes, the boat is equipped with a bar.

Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
You MUST contact the local supplier to reconfirm your reservation

Location

The Magnificent Mile

North Michigan Avenue

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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(612 Ratings)

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Vicki_p

Mar 15, 2024

Wonderful! 5-star experience! - Rick was an outstanding tour guide who knows Chicago inside and out! Very smart and funny guy familiar with the history of the city. The tour moves at a manageable pace and is fine for people of all ages. Make sure you take the optional river cruise tour at the end! Worth every penny and makes for a lovely day.

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Richardv

Feb 10, 2024

Friendly Chicago tour! - Comfortable ride, great views & friendly service. The tour includes a few stops to get out to stretch and explore on foot. A great way to begin exploring Chicago. Thanks Rick!

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Moting_t

Jan 14, 2024

very friendly tour - very friendly tour, it was the best weather but we were dry. yes there is bathroom break incase if you need it.

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Razzledani

Dec 4, 2023

Awesome Tour - I booked through Viator and contacted Rick to find out where to meet him. He responded immediately and gave me a suggestion of which hotel pick-up spot was closest to where I was staying and he recommended checking out the lobby. This was an excellent little nugget that I appreciated. IT was the Palmer House Hotel and it is decorated wonderfully for Christmas right now. Rick was right on time and luckily our group was only 4 people. He brought us to all of the most important places in Chicago and gave us some history and general info about the neighbourhoods and landmarks. Rick had an excellent sense of humour and really made the tour great. When you buy the architecture cruise, you get a voucher to redeem for a timed ticket of your choosing. I also highly recommend that tour.

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Teresita_o

Oct 30, 2023

Stopping to incredible... - Stopping to incredible historical places every n just for few minutes. Our driver guide is well informed and kind

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Branlewis82

Mar 26, 2024

A nice, solid tour - This was a good tour. It gives you a good base for an educational background of Chicago. The tour is relatively short and sweet, it has stops, it's for smaller groups. The tour guides are very communicative and it's an easy booking, but read the fine print of what hotels they do pick-up. If you have a couple hours, take this tour!

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Mmaull

Nov 26, 2023

Greatt Chicago overview - Great overview of the city. Very informative. Would highly recommend. We definitely got to see more than what we could have on our own.

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Csilv04

Nov 5, 2023

Tour should cover other neighborhoods - The tour guide was prompt in picking me up at the designated time. He was friendly and seemed knowledgeable about the city. The van was comfortable. The best part of the tour was seeing the city skyline by the shore. The view was spectacular. I wished the tour had covered some of the neighboring areas like Chinatown and the south side to get an overall feel of the city, and not just the architecture in downtown.

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Katisha_m

Mar 4, 2024

Extremely misleading - Extremely misleading! Bus driver seemed a tad bit agitated and rushed the experience. Boat ride was overpriced and boring

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Maddy074

Feb 4, 2024

Solo travellers not welcome. - I would have loved to give you a great review but I didn’t get the chance! I tried to book a single seat for February 24th or 25th but in spite of there being all seats available, I was told on the booking form that there were none for a single. Bizarrely it told me that I could book 2 seats, 3, 4……..9, 10 which allowing odd number bookings would surely leave one seat available for a single. You’re a very lucky business to be able to turn a customer away on what promises to be a cold February day!

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