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Full-Day Small-Group Tour of Chicago Neighborhoods with Lunch and Dinner

Full-Day Small-Group Tour of Chicago Neighborhoods with Lunch and Dinner

Overview

This unique tour of Chicago will allow for tourist to see most of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods and city parks. There is no other tour that tours multiple neighborhoods in Chicago. Some tours show 1 or 2 neighborhoods, we travel through the South Side, North Side, Southwest, Northwest and a portion of Downtown showing more then 10 neighborhoods and attractions. Our tour includes 3 meals from 3 Chicago local eateries. The breakfast meal, Monday thru Friday, is eaten at one of former President Barack Obama's frequently visited restaurants. We eat at his signed table and take pictures.

City: Chicago

Mon 24 Feb

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Starting at $175.00

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Mon 24 Feb

Starting at $175.00

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What's Included

Phone charging port.

Price includes Chicago style deep dish pizzas and other menu items from Home Slice in the beautiful Lincoln Park. Excludes alcohol, passengers to cover alcoholic drinks.

Price includes coffee/tea and a pastry at a local Chicago coffee shop Robust Coffee shop in the Woodlawn neighborhood.

Price includes Chicago Style Hot Dogs, Italian Beefs and other Chicago staples in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood.

Headphones to hear guide.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Roof on tour van will be open throughout tour to provide additional ventilation. Windows can be opened for passengers’s comfort. Seats on van are 18 inches apart. All drivers have been vaccinated for COVID-19.

What To Expect

Hyde Park

Travelers will see the neighborhood and home of 44th President of the United States and plaque where Michelle Obama was 1st kissed! Travelers will tour the college campus of The University of Chicago that attracts students from around the world where many remain post graduation in the historical Hyde Park. In addition to the medical professionals from The University of Chicago Medicine and the local residents, the neighborhood is a true melting pot. With real estate in the area ranging from multi million dollar homes to $600 monthly apartments, Hype Park is a tour favorite!

Lincoln Park

Travelers will see the historical Du Paul University and its breathtaking beautiful neighborhood! The beauty of Lincoln Park rivals any neighborhood in America with its traditional to modern, frame to brick homes, shops, restaurants and so much more! Most importantly, tour dinner will be provided from a local eatery!

Gold Coast

Travelers will be amazed by Chicago’s beautiful Gold Coast neighborhood and parks.

Wrigley Field

From the tour van, tourist will see the city’ neighborhoods and parks including Wrigley Field (Go Cubs!)

Bronzeville

Travelers will learn Bronzeville’s history of African Americans leaving the south and getting off at the last stop in Chicago. While some stopped in St. Louis and other cities, many stayed in until the last stop and knew to get off when the conductor yelled “I don’t care where you go but you have to gotta get outta here”! Travelers will learn of the naming of Bronzeville in relation to African American skin as will as see Pilgrim Baptist Church that many refer to it as the birth of gospel music! With Bronzeville being revitalized, travelers will see the new next to the old. Travelers will see a slice of black life.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (28)

C_G_7

Jun 2022

This tour is ideal for you if 1) you are moving to Chicago and want to get to know all the neighborhoods OR 2) If you have mobility issues and would enjoy an entire day on the road or want a more personal experience than you can get through one of the big bus tours. Our guide, Steve, missed his life calling in not being a realtor! His familiarity with Chicago neighborhoods probably has few rivals. This tour was just as advertised--instead of showing us just a few neighborhoods, Steve showed us dozens in a full day tour all over Chicago. Steve was a good driver and it was a nice day. We saw far more of the city than we would have otherwise and from a different point of view. That was all good. However, since we were tourists to Chicago, not people looking to move to Chicago, his tour didn't quite fit our needs. For us, the tour was a bit on the long side and being in the van all day (with a couple of short breaks for food or to use the restroom) was too long. The tour did what it advertised it would do, but for us it would have been more enjoyable if there were fewer stops or if we had longer breaks to get out and walk the neighborhoods. We did need a guide and would have been exhausted had we walked all day, but we also found that we were exhausted by being in the van all day! On our tour, it just happened to be the two of us, plus Steve, and he was happy to take us one place we particularly asked to go, but overall I was surprised the tour wasn't customized to our interests a little more. We hadn't realized this was a gawking at the real estate of the ultra-wealthy tour, but given the inequality in Chicago, a lot of the tour is looking at homes that are impossibly expensive and grand. (We found the other neighborhoods more interesting). Steve is a little hard of hearing, so communication with him took a little more work, but was okay. Changes I would recommend to this tour: I would recommend that the company skip offering dinner at the end of the tour and instead make the tour a little cheaper/possibly offer to provide transportation to a desired dinner spot. We found it awkward to order dinner several hours in advance when we weren't sure how hungry we would be and then felt uncomfortable eating with Steve watching us or lingering over dinner when we knew he had plans for the evening. Skipping the pre-paid dinner would have been better for him and for us.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

What can I do. It’s a tour with dinner. That’s what the tour is and how it’s advertised it’s a long tour, so we order the food in advance so when walk into the restaurant they are bringing out. Some people are in a hurry and we get to it go.The restaurant has a large menu and a vegan menu. We some people I just can’t win.

Marianne_H

May 2022

I enjoyed my tour with Steve immensely.. He gave us a fun and informative tour of a number of interesting Chicago neighborhoods. Our restaurant stops were equally interesting, as well as tasty. Unlike a number of tours that normally involve a large number of other people, Steve’s tour was intimate,, unique and highly memorable.

Janet_G

May 2022

A wonderful, informative, friendly tour of the Chicago neighborhoods. Our guide could not have been more delightfully in touch with the facts and feel for each neighborhood in the city. We saw it all! Food too!