Chicago Loop Tours and Tickets

Experience a colorful side of Chicago history with this Gangsters and Ghosts Tour. With a historian as your guide, you'll step back to the roaring 20's, when the Chicago Loop was a hub for bootleggers, speakeasies, and gangsters like the infamous Al Capone. Visit onetime gangster hangouts and haunted sites like the Palmer House, Congress Hotel, and Death Alley.

On a Chicago hop-on hop-off tour, you can enjoy easy transportation around the city to see the sights that interest you most at your own pace. Select the pass you want when booking, and create your own itinerary in Chicago to check out attractions such as the Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier and Millennium Park. Hop off and on the double-decker bus whenever you wish, and listen to narration about the city on board.

Tour Chicago's sights aboard a luxury coach and enjoy some Chicago-style deep-dish pizza on this 5.5-hour guided tour. Visit sites like the Hancock Tower, the Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Loop. Pass through neighborhoods such as Wrigleyville, Lincoln Park and Gold Coast. Top off your tour with a visit to one of Chicago's most popular pizza restaurants to sample the famous Chicago-style deep dish pizza.

Experience Chicago with a private guide and seperate driver in a luxury SUV. The tour is fully customizable with different itineraries to suit your tastes and interests. Visit Wrigley Field, peruse Fulton Market, and bring your camera for famous skyline views. Then get of the beaten path and venture into local neighborhoods. This tour is ideal for visitors who value privacy and who are looking for a personalized experience.

See Chicago from a new perspective during this 4-hour combined bus and boat excursion covering some of the city's most iconic sights. First discover Windy City landmarks such as the skyscrapers of the Loop, Grant Park, Shedd Aquarium, Soldier Field and the former stomping grounds of President Obama during a narrated coach tour. Then take a Chicago cruise aboard your state-of-the-art yacht, enjoying a cruise of the Chicago River that provides a unique look at the city's architecture from the water. This half-day Chicago exploration also includes hotel pickup.

Visit four historic bars in operation since Prohibition in Chicago, and learn from a knowledgeable guide about the surreptitious world of the speakeasy. This adults-only tour takes you by coach to once-illicit establishments in Old Town, Wicker Park and the Chicago Loop where liquor, jazz and mobsters ruled. You'll hear about Chicago gangsters like Al Capone and learn the historical context for the decade-long ban of alcohol. If you'd like, you can purchase recommended craft cocktails and signature drinks of the 1920s.

Explore Chicago's gangster past on this 1.5-hour mafia tour in a coach vehicle. Drive around the Windy City to see where Al Capone, The Untouchables, Hymie Weiss, and John Dillinger, among other thugs hung out. A history-savvy guide introduces you to some of the most storied locations of Chicago's criminal past, including Holy Name Cathedral, Biography Theatre, and the site of the bloody St. Valentine's Day Massacre. You'll be able to get out and pose for pictures in front of a historic courthouse, among other infamous sites.

Spend a morning or afternoon observing Chicago's iconic urban landscape as you work with a local artist to create your own urban sketch of the city. Learn professional techniques working with pencil, pen, and watercolor, and let your inner artist out onto the page. Explore the city, working inside or outside depending on the season, and go home with photo documentation of your work including photos you sketching in the city and with your final work of art. This tour is Ideal for budding or experienced artists interested in seeing Chicago in a different light and connecting with the urban world in an artistic way.

Explore Chicago's iconic landmarks on this 2-hour sightseeing tour led by an expert guide. Board a comfortable, large-windowed minibus with a small group of twelve people or less. This ensures an intimate touring experience as you enjoy downtown and some North side neighborhoods. You will have a chance to get out and visit several locations such as the 1888 skyscraper called The Rookery, with its Frank Lloyd Wright designed lobby and the unparalleled skyline views from Museum Campus. Listen as your guide talks about the historical and cultural factors that make Chicago unique. The city tour ends at Millennium Park, home of the famous Cloud Gate sculpture, commonly referred to as "the bean." Opt to upgrade your tour with a popular 75-minute open-top boat tour on the Chicago River that focuses on the city's renowned architecture. Pick-ups from most downtown Chicago hotels are included.

Explore the past and present of two Chicago neighborhoods on this guided, 2.5-hour walking tour. Visit Wicker Park, once infamous as a home for gang bangers, drug addicts and prostitutes, it's now widely considered one of the trendiest neighborhoods in America. Then walk through the West Town district of Noble Square, formerly known as 'Old Polonia.' Along the way, see many popular points of interest and enjoy food tastings at some of the area's best eateries.

Explore Chicago's buzzing food scene with a small group on this 3-hour walking tour. Stroll around the 'Loop', stopping at hidden gems and hearing tales of the city from your guide. Taste some classic Chicago foods!

Stroll through downtown Chicago on this 2.5-hour food tour. Visit Millennium Park, the Palmer House Hotel and other city landmarks. Taste quintessential Chicago foods such as deep-dish pizza, hot dogs, brownies, and local beer. All tastings and beverages are included, and the tour covers an easy 1.5 miles (2.4 km) suitable for most fitness levels.

Sample craft beer at several locally owned Chicago establishments during a 3-hour guided walking tour. Explore the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods on foot, stopping to learn about the city's historical architecture along the way. Visit bars dating back to the 19th century and enjoy tastings equal to four beers - with the option to book the tour without beer tastings, if you wish. Bonus: pair your brews with a Chicago-style hot dog!

Venture inside renowned Chicago landmarks, elegant lobbies, and underground corridors on this 2-hour walking tour. Your expert guide will share insights about interior architectural features of this design-rich city - from mosaic domes to the sprawling Chicago Pedway System - bringing the details of the Windy City into vivid focus. Stop to admire Chase Tower, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Cultural Center, and more.

Chicago's mob history has long been immortalized in popular media. Embark on this Chicago Gangster Tour to learn the true story. With an expert historian as your guide, you'll visit notorious hangouts of John Dillinger, The Untouchables, and the legendary Al Capone. You'll stop at former speakeasies, historic hotels, and epic crime sites like that of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.

You may never have thought of the back alleys of Chicago's North Loop as particularly photogenic. This small group tour will change your perceptions by helping you find the overlooked interesting shots and scenes that make for unforgettable photographs. You don't have to have a fancy camera to participate, just a mind that's open to the art in unexpected places.

Learn the stories behind the skyscrapers on a 2-hour walking tour of Chicago's architectural history and highlights. Follow your knowledgeable guide through the Loop district,  take in the city's most important buildings and get a new perspective on the Second City skyline. Enjoy the bustling streets of this diverse, vibrant neighborhood as you compare buildings across time and contrast works by the same architect. You'll never look at Chicago's iconic building the same way again.

Travel back in time to the 1920s, when Chicago was a prohibition era hub for lively speakeasies. Your guide, a local historian in period dress, will lead you through secret entrances to speakeasies once frequented by bank robbers and Chicago gangsters like Al Capone. Order prohibition era cocktails (additional cost) and listen to stories about bootlegging and racketeering in 1920s Chicago. Guests are welcome to come in period dress.

Get an overview of Chicago's famous architectural history on this 3.5-hour bus tour. Learn about the city's history through your guide's history, from its founding to the present. Stops include the Loop, Mies van der Rohe's IIT campus, Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and the Museum Campus.

See the overlooked highlights of Chicago's Loop district with a 2-hour walking tour that takes in the best of the bustling, vibrant neighborhood's inside spaces. Get behind the façades to explore stunningly designed interiors as you follow a specially-designed route with an experienced guide. Learn about the city's architecture, art and history while visitng a side of Chicago that's beyond the tourist trail, and experience the Windy City with a local perspective.