Tours & Activities in Chicago

Discover Chicago's awesome vibe and alluring highlights on this self-guided walking tour.

Explore Chicago from the perspective of ghosts and gangsters. Take a history-based guided tour and discover Chicago’s gangsters and ghost stories. See the city’s darker side as you walk through the famous Chicago Loop district.

This tour is just a short walk through great Chicago neighborhoods starting near Navy Pier and the Magnificent Mile, and then heading into the Gold Coast & River North. Compare two American pizzas vs. two Italian pizzas to understand how pizza evolved as an immigrant food. Explore Deep Dish, Roman, Neapolitan, and Artisanal pizza in just a couple of hours. Discuss how each of these styles is crafted and the differences in their ingredients, baking techniques, and ovens. Plenty of pizza to eat, come hungry!

Join a fascinating introductory tour to Chicago's most-famous buildings

Explore the most famous park in Chicago and find out how it transformed from a derelict trainyard to a lively green space in the heart of the city.

Explore downtown Chicago through its famous underground tunnels, known as "The Pedway," accessing beautiful architectural interiors from both above ground and below. Find hidden buildings and gardens, and the "secrets" of famous art in plain sight.

The Loop is the heartbeat of downtown Chicago! It is filled with great architecture, drop-dead gorgeous interiors and fantastic works of art from famous artists. Along the way, we'll discuss some of the people, and people groups, that have helped to make this one of the "must see" communities, in Chicago!

Take a comprehensive look at Chicago's architectural history

Learn about the great architectural landmarks of Michigan Avenue and State Street with this guided walking tour.

Taste some of Chicago's most iconic foods while walking through one of the Prohibition Era’s most fashionable and notorious gangster-ridden neighborhoods in Downtown Chicago.

This tour will show you many of these delightful cottages and the different styles they were designed and constructed in. You will also learn about their history and unique part of the growth of the city of Chicago. Plus you will hear about other fascinating Chicago history that dates back 150 years and beyond! The Oldtown Triangle is one of the oldest and most quaint areas of the city - an area that many Chicagoans love and cherish. You will feel like you have left the hustle and bustle of the city and will instantly be transported to another place, another time, specifically the late 1800's!

Stroll through cinematic history of Downtown Chicago

Get to know Chicago's Gold Coast and its hidden historical secrets of this charming self-guided audio walking tour.

Discover many of Chicago's architectural landmark buildings from the late 19th and early 20th century. This tour through Chicago's famous Loop includes the dazzling interiors of Marshall Field’s, the Palmer House Hotel and the Chicago Cultural Center.

Tour the lobbies of five opulent Art Deco skyscrapers built near the banks of the Chicago River during the business boom of the Roaring '20s. Learn how Art Deco reflected the era’s fun-loving optimism with lavish materials and geometric ornament. Discover the origins of Art Deco while admiring buildings like the Carbide and Carbon Building (now Pendry Chicago), the Chicago Motor Club Building (now the Hampton Inn) and the colorful, but often overlooked, Trustees System Service Building (now the Century Tower)—all of which are designated Chicago landmarks. As a certified nonprofit, all CAC ticket purchases directly support our education efforts and community engagement projects.

Make a pilgrimage to the pizza paradise of Chicago

Travel through architectural history on this walking tour that covers Chicago's most famous buildings in chronological order.

Discover the delicious and multiregional cuisine of China without leaving Chicago on this Chinatown Food Tour. Expand your culinary horizons with some incredible unique dishes, while also learning about the fascinating culture of the Chinese people.

Insta walk offers you a lot of stylish photos, shooting angles and ideas. This easy, relaxed and friendly walk will open Chicago for you from a new perspective! Throughout the tour, I'll use the latest iPhone 14 ProMax and Polaroid cameras to capture your perfect shot. You'll receive approximately 100 digital photos, 10 of which will be color corrected to make them truly pop. And for a unique and timeless souvenir, I'll also give you 5 Polaroid prints that you can treasure forever.

Discover the iconic Modernist buildings of Chicago on a guided tour

Explore the charming city of Milwaukee at your own pace as you gain historical in-depth knowledge of the city on this awesome self-guided audio tour.

Learn about the stories of gangsters, politicians, and more in the spaces where it happened on a bus or walking tour. Visit the speakeasies that made the famous, infamous.

Over the course of 90 minutes, explore some of the newest buildings around the Chicago Architecture Center, focusing on construction elements and their impact on the city’s built environment. What's New looks at some of the most recent additions to the built environment surrounding the Chicago Architecture Center. This walking tour focuses on each building's height, structure, materials, ornament and its impact on the environment, the neighborhood and the city's economy. The tour showcases several recently completed buildings, including 462 N. Park and the St. Regis, and compares them to each other in order to observe emerging patterns. These new additions are also contrasted with some of the older buildings downtown as a way to highlight developments. As a certified nonprofit, all CAC ticket purchases directly support our education efforts and community engagement projects.

Visit and learn about Chicago's parks such as Chicago Millennium Park during this walking audio tour. Enjoy the tour at your own pace!

Sample Chicago’s favorite foods: pizza, hot dogs, Italian beef, and pastries. Discover Chicago's iconic Millennium Walk, Riverwalk, and Wrigley Building and experience the city’s world-renowned architectural and design flair.