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Chicago. The windy city.
When people plan to visit Chicago, they mainly think about food. So many popular dishes that can find almost only here; the Chicago-style deep dish pizza, the beef sandwiches, the Chicago hot dogs, the cheese & caramel pop corn and one of the best burgers in the world.
The city is also famous for its impressive architecture and the high skyscrapers, the elevate train lines, the beautiful canal and lake views but also for the mob and crime history. There are unlimited number of tour to re-live the mob history of Al Capone and other mob bosses of the city. Chicago has also really good tradition in American sports with the Chicago Bulls, the Bears, the Cubs and the White Sox and hopefully you could watch live one of their games.
Get ready to explore one of the most vibrant and wonderful cities in the world.
Chicago Highlights
Magnificent Mile
Millenium Park
Riverwalk
Chicago Theatre
Evevated L Line
Sightseeing
Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower
360 Chicago at Hancock Building
Chicago Loop Pedway
Field Museum of Natural History
Frederick Robie House
The Art Institute of Chicago
North Avenue Beach
Wrigley Field
Food
Lou Malnati’s | Deep Dish Pizza
Giordano’s | Deep Dish Pizza
Au Cheval | Burger
Portillo’s | Hot Dogs
Al’s Beef | Beef Sandwiches
Joe’s Seafood & Stone Crab | Crab
Garrett | Pop Corn
Magnolia | Banana Pudding
Drink
The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Maude’s Liquor Bar
The Signature Lounge at the 96th
The Violet Hour
Moneygun
Scofflaw
Cindy’s
Broken Shaker
Accommodation
The Langham | ★★★★★
LondonHouse Chicago | ★★★★
Kimpton Gray Hotel | ★★★★
ACME Hotel | ★★★
The Willows | ★★★
The St. Clair Hotel | ★★
Hotel Chicago West Loop | ★★
Holiday Jones | Hostel
Chicago Map
Experience Chicago
Our Suggested Tours
Quick Facts
Founded: 1833
Population: 2.7 million (Metropolitan Area: 9.5 million)
Time Zone: Central Standard Time (CST) | UTC−6 in Winter & UTC−5 in Summer
Best Time to Visit: For pleasant weather, April to June and September to October | For the cheapest time to visit, mid-January to the end of February but it can be very cold
Airports: O’Hare International Airport (ORD) | Midway International Airport (MDW)
Currency: US Dollar ($)
Plugs: The plugs are type A and B. The standard voltage is 120 V and frequency is 60Hz.
✩ Chicago is the third largest city in the U.S.
✩ Chicago is known as the United States’ railroad capital, with more major railroads serving the city than any other place in America.
✩ The world’s first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Company, was built in 1885 in Chicago.
✩ On a clear day, visitors can see four states from the Skydeck at Willis Tower: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan
✩ Chicago’s NBC 5 Chicago/WMAQ television station became the first all-color station in the world on 15th April 1956.
✩ Chicago’s ‘L’ train system was the first elevated railway in the United States, debuting in 1892.
✩ Chicago River is the only river in the world that flows backward. It empties into the Mississippi River instead of Lake Michigan.
✩ The Harold Washington Library Center, home to approximately 6.5 million books, was the world’s largest municipal library when it opened in 1991.
✩ Chicago is home to one of the biggest outdoor food festivals in the world, The Taste of Chicago. This event attracts more than one million visitors each year.
✩ The Art Institute of Chicago holds the largest collection of Impressionist paintings outside the Louvre in Paris.
✩ The first blood bank in the United States was created in Chicago in 1937.
✩ Chicago’s Western Avenue is the world’s longest continuous street, at 23.5 miles.
Weather
Chicago
moderate rain
38.9 ° F
41.1 °
36 °
86 %
2.2mph
100 %
Thu
48 °
Fri
44 °
Sat
52 °
Sun
57 °
Mon
57 °