Chicago Audio Guided Walking Tour 3h and 25 Audio Commentaries

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1. There you are, walking down the Riverwalk like a real Chicagoan. Yes, if you hadn’t heard that word yet, that’s what Chicagoans are called.

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2. Beautiful as well as emblematic, you now have before you the superb Chicago Theatre! It opened in 1921, in this flashy baroque style that would set the tone for the opening of future movie theaters in the United States.

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3. The famous clock that corners the Marshall Building tells you you’re passing the legendary Macy’s store. Listed as a historic heritage site, this late 19th century building is undeniably part of Chicago's culture.

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4. You don’t dream, it’s a 15-meter-high Picasso, standing in front of you in the city center, on Daley Plaza. An open-air work of art accessible to all that will be the first of many.

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5. Across the street, the gothic skyscraper you see is actually a church!! Perfectly! It is even the highest church in the world with its bell tower rising to 173 meters!

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6. The imposing neoclassical building you just walked along and left behind is the City Hall of Chicago. His town Inn. It is home to the Mayor’s Office, Clerk’s Office, Treasury Office, and several communal offices and Chicago Trip Tip Chambers.

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7. So here you are inside the incredible Thompson center. It is a civic building that hosts government authorities as well as the Atrium shopping center. So far from us the idea of forcing you to shop, but once inside, you quickly understood why we chose to take you through it!

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8. On your left, the Cadillac Palace Theater. Built in 1926, it opened as the New Palace Theatre. The interior is grand, inspired by the Château de Fontainebleau and the Château de Versailles.

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9. Across the river, you have the Civic Opera House, the home of the Chicago Opera House. This institution is one of the most prestigious in the world and has the second largest auditorium in North America.

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10. As you know, a city full of skyscrapers, each taller than the other, necessarily offers many spectacular views. Here you have the Willis Tower, which you may have known by its former name of Sears Tower.

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11. You have before you one of the city’s architectural icons: the Rookery Building. Its name means crow's nest in English. This refers to the birds that perched there, but also and above all, to the politicians who worked inside.

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12. This is a new piece of street art typical of Chicago.This is Calder’s Flamingo, Calder’s Flamingo. Calder, if you don't know him, is an American sculptor and painter.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Know before you go

How it compares in Chicago

• Its from-price is 92% below the median of the 106 city tours we list in Chicago.
• It is longer than most of them.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Chicago

Chicago is a Great Lakes city on Lake Michigan, famed for skyscraper architecture, deep-dish pizza, blues and jazz and a long lakefront of parks.

Chicago rebuilt itself after the fire of 1871 and became the cradle of the skyscraper. The Chicago River runs through the Loop, where tall towers rise, and boat tours explain the architecture from the water. Millennium Park's mirrored Cloud Gate sculpture, known as the Bean, and the Art Institute of Chicago, with its Impressionist paintings, are close together. Willis Tower has a glass-floored observation deck.

Top-ranked sights in Chicago: Navy Pier, Wrigley Building, The Magnificent Mile.

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