🏨 90-Minute Chicago River Architecture Tour Activity

90-Minute Chicago River Architecture Tour

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 1 hours

Departs: Chicago, Chicago

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Be inspired by the captivating, visual art that is Chicago’s legendary architecture, and the exceptional architects who created this ever-changing, dynamic legacy for all to enjoy and admire. This comprehensive 90 minute tour will navigate through the heart of the city on all three branches of the Chicago River while your professionally-trained architectural guide tells the story of more than 130 years of innovation in design, style and technique and why it is important today. The Chicago River Architecture Tour is the most authentic and encompassing Chicago experience the city has to offer.

What's Included

Indoor and outdoor seating available (indoor is climate controlled)

Narrated tour on board by professionally trained tour guide.

What's Not Included

Drinks and snacks available for purchase on-board the vessel.

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 12
ADULT: Age: 13 - 99

Additional Info

All Wendella staff is vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Contact tour operator for wheelchair & ADA access
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Maps are available with highlights in simplified Chinese. They can picked up per request at the ticket window.
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

All Wendella staff is vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Contact tour operator for wheelchair & ADA access
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Maps are available with highlights in simplified Chinese. They can picked up per request at the ticket window.
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Wendella

Vessels depart from Wendella's docks at the northwest corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (DuSable Bridge), at the foot of the Wrigley Building.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Skydeck Chicago - Willis Tower

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere

• Admission Ticket Free

Centennial Fountain And Water Arc

Dedicated in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, known for reversing the flow of the Chicago River in 1900. For the first five minutes of every hour, the fountain shoots a water arc across the river from a tiered waterfall.

• Admission Ticket Free

Merchandise Mart

The largest commercial building in the world.

• Admission Ticket Free

Michigan Avenue Bridge

Michigan Avenue is home of the Chicago Water Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, and the shopping on the Magnificent Mile.

• Admission Ticket Free

Wrigley Building

This white, terra-cotta landmark was built in 1922 as headquarters for the Wrigley chewing gum company.

• Admission Ticket Free

Chicago Riverwalk

An open, pedestrian waterfront called the city's 'Second Lakefront.'

• Admission Ticket Free

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Second-largest opera auditorium in North America, with an Art Deco interior

• Admission Ticket Free

Marina City

Pass by these iconic mixed-use apartment buildings - "a city within a city" with their unique corn-cob exterior.

• Admission Ticket Free

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