Chicago South Shore Tour

Here is a tour full of interest, history, and beauty. You'll travel through Grant Park, the front lawn of the city and site of Soldier Field, Adler Planetarium with its sky dome, the Joseph Petrillo outdoor band-shell where Chicagoans listen to fine music throughout the summer nights, the Art Institute of Chicago, world renowned for the largest collection of impressionistic art, Orchestra Hall, home of the famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the world's largest aquarium, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Field Museum of Natural History, renowned for the size and scope of its collections. And looking over from these sights you'll see the 80 story Amoco Oil Building, completely faced in white granite. Then you'll travel through the South Commons a new 'close- in' residential community.

You will travel through beautiful Jackson Park where the Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held to celebrate the founding of America 400 years earlier. Then you'll pass through the University of Chicago with its elegant English style architecture, and pass the Museum of Science and Industry, a tribute to man's ingenuity and inventiveness. You'll see the world's highest apartment building, Lake Point Towers, an architecturally stunning building of glass and curves adjacent to Navy Pier, Chicago's inland port. A camera stop will be made at the Adler Planetarium for its breathtaking view or a substitute stop will be made.

Schedule Details Departs:

Daily

Unavailable Dates:

• New Years Day (1 January)
• Easter Sunday (March 23, 2008)
• Thanksgiving Day (22 November, 2007 / 27 November, 2008)
• Christmas Day (25 Dec)

Departure Point: Tour departs from selected downtown Chicago hotels Departure Time:

June 1 - September 30:
11:30am
3:30pm
October 1 - May 31:
12:00pm

Hotel Pickup: Complimentary pick-up service is only available from downtown Chicago hotels. Please advise which hotel you require pick-up from at time of booking, and call 24 hours prior or upon arrival in Chicago to reconfirm your tour and hotel pick-up time.

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