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| A premiere travel destination, Chicago enjoys a
superb setting along the shores of Lake Michigan. Visitors naturally head for the
Lake to enjoy the city's outstanding beaches, bike paths and parks. Grant Park
offers summer music festivals and the "Taste of Chicago", while Lincoln Park
contains the year-round Lincoln Park Zoo and Garfield Conservatory. Many top
cultural attractions are located on the Lake, including the Shedd Aquarium, Navy Pier, the
Field Museum of Natural History, Buckingham Fountain and the Alder Planetarium. |
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One of the best
ways to fully appreciate Chicago is on a Lake Michigan boat tour. Some visitors
prefer daytime tours with the sun sparkling on the Lake and reflecting from the city's
magnificent buildings. Others choose a sunset or starlit evening cruise when the
skyline is a blaze of lights and Buckingham Fountain stages superb water displays complete
with colored lights and water. |
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Shoreline
Sightseeing Company |
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Shoreline
Sightseeing Company offers not only Lake Michigan boat tours, but convenient Water Taxi
service and Architecture Cruises. Boat Tours run daily May through September and
weekends spring and fall. Tours cover the skyline of Chicago and are accompanied by
a recorded lecture of Chicago's history with printed translations in 13 languages. |
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Water Taxis offer
fast, scenic connections between some of Chicago's favorite attractions.
Architecture Cruises, accompanied by a professional guide, travel on the Chicago River to
view over 40 examples of 20th Century architecture. |
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Shore
Line Sightseeing Company
474 North Lake Shore Drive
Suite 3511
Chicago IL 60611-3443
312-321-0428 |
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Mercury Sightseeing Boats
359 West Northwest Hwy
Palatine, IL 60067
312-907-5890
www.leelanau.com/manitou |
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| Wendella Boat Tours |
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| Chicago's original narrated boat
tours offers various trips from which you can choose. Take a 60-minute journey
through the heart of the city led by an architectural expert. This in-depth tour
traces the history, innovations and visionaries that created the finest examples of urban
architecture in the world. The 90-minute tour offers a comprehensive overview of
Chicago's skyline from Lake Michigan and an up-close perspective from the Chicago River.
A 2 hour sunset tour treats you to what's been called the world's most beautiful
skyline. Watch the city lights come on and each building begins to shine. |
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| Wendella also offers group rates,
private Special Events Charters and operate the River Bus, Chicago's original water
transportation system. |
Wendella Boats
P.O. Box 597815
400 North Michigan Ave
Wrigley Building
Chicago, IL 60659
312-337-1446
www.wendellaboats.com |
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