Chicago Garden Adventure
InterContinental Chicago

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Travel along Lake Shore Drive to Evanston, passing the Northwestern University Campus through part of Wilmette Winnetka via Green Bay Road to Glencoe-Chicago Botanic Garden. Explore this world-renowned garden right in Chicago's backyard. This 385 acre living museum features 23 specialty gardens set on a series of islands and lakes. Tour the gardens by tram. After the tour, visit the Garden Cafe for a cafeteria-style lunch. *Tour must have a minimum of 6 passengers to operate.

Tour Highlights:

• Round-Trip Non-Narrated Transportation
• Tram Narrated Ride Through the Gardens
• Lunch at the Garden Cafe

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Though you may have already visited the Park, our in-depth tour is sure to enhance your knowledge and experience. Find out how top architects, artists and engineers collaborated with Chicago’s movers and shakers to transform an ugly railway and parking lot into a place that has thrilled millions and become the envy of cities throughout the world. Our docents explain the inspiration for Anish Kapoor’s huge reflective Cloud Gate sculpture, nicknamed the “Bean,” and Jaume Plensa’s ever-changing high-tech Crown Fountain. We explore the art and architecture of Frank Gehry’s exuberant Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion and sculptural BP Bridge. Discover the many ways that Kathryn Gustafson’s Lurie Garden symbolizes Chicago history and see how the Park has become the world’s largest roof garden. Learn how the new addition to the Art Institute, designed by Renzo Piano, will connect to the Park.

April: Friday and Sunday at 11am
May – September: Friday and Sunday at 11am Tuesday at 5:30pm (Happy Hour tour)
October – November: Friday and Sunday at 11am

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On this tour you will see Chicago from the water as you cruise along the skyline in a beautiful streamliner yacht! This comprehensive tour gives you most of the sights as in the South Shore Tour - the business district, the Loop, the exclusive shopping areas and neighborhoods.

Then your shoreline cruise along the lakefront allows you to view the Chicago river, bridges and the famous Chicago Locks. See Navy Pier, the Coast Guard Station and other points of interest along the shores of the longest lake in the world, Lake Michigan.

The tour ends at the boat dock adjacent to Michigan Avenue and its exclusive stores.

This tour is seasonal and operates from May through September.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

• Shoreline Cruise
• Guided Tour

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