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Let the Adventure Begin!
WATER TAXI
Slow Road to China?
www.chicagowatertaxi.com or www.shorelinesightseeing.com
This truly is the slowest water road to ChinaTOWN! Cheap solution to see the city from Chicago River. There are four locations at which you can take the mini water cruise from the Loop to Chinatown! The ride is only $3 each way or $8 for a day pass.
NOTE: Shoreline Water Taxi service offers 20 minute ride on Lake Michigan from the Shedd Aquarium to Navy Pier - for ONLY $8 (adult) / $3 (Child) each way!
NAVY PIER
Cost Nothing to Visit
Navy Pier is the place where all of Chicagoland and tourists from around the world have come together since 1995 to enjoy the beauty and the thrills of a day on Lake Michigan. From rides to restaurants, exhibitions to entertainment, shopping to dining cruises and tour boats, Navy Pier has it all - in a location unlike any other!
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SEARS TOWER aka WILLIS
Go Out on the Ledge... if you dare
Step outside the tallest building in the western hemisphere and the third tallest in the world. At 1,353 feet in the air, the Ledge’s glass boxes extend out 4.3 feet from Skydeck!
JOHN HANCOCK
FREE Observatory?
Great place to see Chicago skyline! Even better when its FREE!
TIP: To see the SAME view of the Observatory for free, go to the 95th floor to a restaurant called:
The Signature Room.
(For you ladies, go to the washroom and there is a window with a full view of the city as well (if you can't get a table or the lounge is full). hehehe)
Eat lunch or sit at the lounge....either way, the view is the SAME!
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FREE Museums
The best things in life are FREE!
Do you want to visit the Art Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Science and Industry, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum and more ..... for FREE*? Nonya is the hookup girl! There are 3 ways to get in:
1) FREE Museum Pass:
Chicago offers Illinois residents museum passes for free to our guests. The bad news: You need to have at least one child (17 years or younger) - OR- an Illinois Resident.
Solution: Nonya will provide you the means to enter the Museums for FREE based. FREE museum entry will be based on monthly availability calendar.
Passes will require a $50 REFUNDABLE deposit. It will be $80 for any lost pass.
CHICAGO GREETER
FREE Guided Tour
Register for a FREE 2-4 hour guided visit customized to a neighborhood language or special interest of your choice. Or, for you last minute planners, let InstaGreeter take you on a FREE hour-long guided walk of downtown or popular neighborhoods and attractions.
TIP: Nonya's told by other guests, they also provide free bike tours.
Lincoln Park Zoo is a world of wildlife in the shadow of skyscrapers. Located within a verdant park just minutes north of Chicago, the zoo has been a natural, free oasis for generations of animal lovers, who visit the zoo to hear a lion’s roar echo off nearby apartment buildings, see gorillas climb trees as the Willis Tower looms in the distance, or forget where they are as they immerse themselves in tropical rainforests, dry-thorn forests or spacious savannas. Visit today - FREE!.
CULTURAL CENTER
FREE Building Tours and more...
Gaze at the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome, as well as beautifully ornate multi-colored mosaics, marble and molding during guided architectural tours of the Chicago Cultural Center.
Tours are presented Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 1:15 pm.
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION
World Class Architecture...
Real Chicagoans giving Real Tours!
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is the leading organization devoted to celebrating and promoting Chicago as a center of architectural innovation.
Tours are presented by Bike, Trolley, Walking, Train, Segway, Bus Trolley or Boat
CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT
FREE Movies, Events, and more!
Chicago is full of free family fun! Don't miss one event! Download the new Chicago Park District App and never miss another city sponsored event ever again!
ATTRACTIONS
Michigan to Chinatown - $8 All Day Pass
From Shedd Aquarium to Navy Pier - $8
2) Regular FREE Museum Days to ....Illinois Residents
Not an Illinois Resident for the FREE MUSEUM days? No problem! All you have to say is that you just moved into the city and you don't have your ID yet. They will ask for your address and let you in. Just give them my address.
3) 'FIELD TRIP' APP:
Vernon's Tip: Dpwnload Iphone and Google App called 'Field Trip'. Download this app. App will provide you an icon to flash when you are near the museum to enter for free!
NEW! MAGGIE DALEY ICE SKATING PARK
The NEW Maggie Daley Ice Skating Park is NOW OPEN! Admission to the park is free and skate rental is $12. Lockers are $1 as well. You can skate during the following hours: Monday through Thursday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 12 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (the ribbon will close at 9 p.m. after Jan. 4), and Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Maggie Daley Park skating ribbon is located at 337. E Randolph St. (Located between the Millenium Park and the lake (Lake Michigan). You can't miss it!