Chicago City Break [4 days]

WEEKEND IN CHICAGO
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All in one amazing city called
CHICAGO

Make No Little Plans. Choose Chicago! Chicago is a bustling, energetic city that never stops no matter the season. It's a destination with world-class cultural attractions, diverse neighborhoods and architectural wonders. Chicago is known for critically-acclaimed restaurants, world-famous museums, first-class shopping, adventurous nightlife, action-packed sporting events and a thriving theater scene. [scroll down for more details]

Congratulations! Chicago is a candidate city for the 2016 Olympic and Paraolympic Games

Cycling Tour of Chicago

On this cycling tour, you'll cover more ground than bus tours while discovering the pulse of the city. Plus, you won't get stuck behind a glass partition listening to ongoing commentary. Hand-selected guides keep it lighthearted, not bombarding you with dates, but providing quality information about Chicago's past along with insights into current events that are changing the future of the city and the world.

Enjoy a whirlwind romp through the lakefront parks, home to several of the city’s mandatory tourist destinations, including Buckingham Fountain, Soldier Field, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, and Millennium Park. We’ll show you how Chicago plans to transform it’s lakefront into a world showcase for the 2016 Olympic Games and continue its path as a Green City USA.

Tommy Gun's Garage, Dinner Show

NOT long after the turn of the century, in a decade known as the Roaring Twenties, the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed and strictly prohibited. Nevertheless, men like Alphonse Capone and his mafia family refused to adhere to the law, opening illegal speakeasies across the city of Chicago, offering alcoholic, gambling and hotbox entertainment. Welcome back to The Roaring Twenties, the era of prohibition.

While in Chicago, you must see, Tommy Gun's Garage, Chicago's only original Speakeasy Dinner Theater. You're an actor too when you come to Tommy Gun's Garage. We'll get raided by da cops, complete wit raid sirens and flashing lights and you'll act like you're at a south side revival meeting, udderwise, you may get pulled up on stage to perform a hilarious sobriety test given by Officer Murphy and den get interviewed by Vito.

Tommy Gun's Garage is an audience interactive speakeasy which offers a musical comedy revue wit da gangsters, da flappers and YOU! (uh, dats audience participation) After dinner join Vito, Gloves, da mugs and da dolls for non stop comedy and dangerous fun as dey entertain you's wit singing, dancing and a lot of AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION!

Chicago Lakefront Speedboat Ride

Are you ready for a thrilling cruise experience along Chicago's scenic lakefront?

Our 30-minute Speedboat Lake Tour is the best way to view Chicago from the lake, combining an exciting speedboat ride along the shoreline with informative and amusing descriptions of the world famous Chicago skyline!

As you depart Chicago's Navy Pier, your Captain will tell you interesting facts about the Pier and Chicago's lakefront.

Your Captain will then crank up the music and race south past Navy Pier to Chicago's Museum Campus where you will pause to hear about Chicago's interesting lakefront landmarks, architecture and history.

Seadog will then race north past Navy Pier to cruise the Magnificent Mile giving you unique views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park along the way.

Finally, you will race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of our turbo-charged engines. What does 2,000+ HP sound like when you start it up? Discover why over 150,000 people annually ride Seadog!

Chicago River Architectural Boat Tour

The only tour to take you from the lakefront, through the locks and along the river, the Seadog River & Lake Architecture Tour is your best choice for experiencing Chicago. Our memorable 75-minute river & lake architectural cruise features exciting views and descriptions of Chicago's most famous architecture, landmarks and history combined with an exciting ride aboard Seadog!

See and hear about the dozens of skyscrapers lining the Chicago River including the Sears Tower and the Tribune Tower. Plus, with Seadog Cruises, you will also get a spectacular view of the Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan. And only Seadog finishes the architectural tour with a thrilling speedboat ride along the lake featuring Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, beautiful Chicago Harbor, Chicago's Museum Campus and much, much more!

The Frank Lloyd Wright Destination (Architectural tour). An Intimate Look Into the Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

Your visit to this area will be filled with many choices. For example, your day may start with attractions such as Frank Lloyd Wrights Unity Temple and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, all within comfortable walking distance from one another. Read the writings of Ernest Hemingway at the Hemingway Museum and visit his Victorian style birth home. Enjoy a variety of national retailers, boutiques and antique shops everyday of the year. Dining is great in Oak Park! While youre here, taste the flavors of Indian, Italian, Greek and French, just to name a few!

Chicago Grand Tour - Combination of the North Side and South Shore Tours

This is a comprehensive tour of everything that Chicago has to offer.

You'll travel through both the North Side and South Shore business and residential districts. All the points of interests covered in the North Side Tour and in the South Shore Tour are included in the Grand Tour.

On this tour, you will visit all of the beautiful parks including Lincoln Park, Washington Park, Grant Park, and see virtually the entire length of the scenic Outer Drive. A stop will be made at the fascinating Lincoln Park Conservatory and a camera stop will be made at the Museum Campus for its breathtaking view.*

*If necessary, a substitute stop will be made.

Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tours! A Chilling Look at Chicago's Past!

The Chicago Hauntings Tour is essentially "a history tour with ghosts". The tour is designed to reveal the city's history through its famous, and sometimes infamous, sites and it includes the ghost stories, legends and folklore that have grown up around each of them.

We follow a course of history that starts with the very beginnings of Chicago, traveling through the era of the Great Chicago Fire, the gangster era of the 1920's and on into today. The tour is based on the books and the years of research that have been written and conducted by Ursula Bielski and the staff of expert Chicago Hauntings guides. We work hard to provide you with the most authentic tour possible through the supernatural side of the city.

Chicago Behind the Blues Tour. The REAL Heart and SOUL of Chicago!

For you, Rolling Stone is not a famous magazine but the song that inspired it, that old original by Muddy Waters. From the Deep South to the city that made the Blues famous, you know the names, the places and the faces. So what could be more exciting than actually traveling the path of some of the most famous blues masters of all time? How about including a stop at Blues Heaven, the former Chess Records Recording Studio, for a private harmonica lesson from one of Chicago’s own blues masters?

City Segway Tour of Chicago

A City Segway Tour is the perfect way to explore the city of Chicago! We offer a full 3-hour tour. As you cruise along Lake Michigan, through Grant Park and the Museum Campus, you will receive a great orientation, informative historical and current-day information, heaps of unique and fascinating stories, fantastic photo ops and superb personal service from your guide.

The Segway is the first of its kind — a self-balancing, personal transportation device that's designed to operate in any pedestrian environment. It's new, it's cool and it's a ton of fun!

Our Day and Evening tours are limited to 8 clients with 1 guide so you can count on a great, intimate experience. Discover what it's like to be a Windy City celebrity as everyone, and we mean everyone, turns to watch us glide by! City Segway Tours is proud to be the first guided tour using Segways in the world! No one can match our experience. Just ask our thousands of satisfied customers from around the world in all our cities. Be sure you glide with the original!

Prices are per person based on double occupancy.
Prices in GBP, USD and CAD are informative and may vary with the official exchange rate.

Please don't forget to choose the charity of your choice from our list!

Carbon Footprint for this package: EUR 2.50