Page 9 - (DK Eyewitness) Top 10 Travel Guides - Chicago

Exploring Chicago❮❮ 7

See inset, left
Key
Two-day itinerary
Spiaggia
Four-day itinerary
Magnificent
Mile
Lake Shore
Park
STREETERVILLE
Michigan
Avenue
Navy Pier
Willis Tower is the tallest
building in Chicago. BUS Chicago
Shakespeare
To Second City Theater
(2 miles) Chicago Architecture
Chicago River Foundation Cruise
BUS
CTA GREEN
LINE Millennium Park
See inset, left Station
BUS
Millennium
Park Grill Park
DOWNTOWN BUS
Art Institute
Willis of Chicago
Tower
0 meters 500 Buckingham
Fountain
0 yards 500
Navy Pier is a leisure
playground for all ages.
METRA TRAIN
AFTERNOON
Take a trip on the CTA
Green Line “L” out to Grant Park John G. Shedd
Oak Park (see pp36–7) Aquarium
to see architect Frank Lloyd
Wright’s former home and SOUTH
SIDE
Field
studio. On the return, get off Museum
in the Loop to hit one of the
many restaurants and bars See inset, left
in the area (see p77). Day 4
MORNING
Day 3 Spend the morning exploring the
MORNING many exhibits of the Museum of
Start at the John G. Shedd Aquarium Science and Industry (see pp20–21)
(see pp28–9), then cross the Museum in Hyde Park, including the coal
Campus to marvel at Sue, the giant mine and German WWII submarine.
Tyrannosaurus rex on display at the AFTERNOON
Field Museum (see pp18–19). Have lunch at Valois cafeteria (see
AFTERNOON p105), then take the Metra train to
Admire the city from aloft at the Willis Millennium Park (see pp34–5). Rent a
Tower (see pp12–13). Then visit Navy Divvy bicycle and ride the Lakefront
Pier (see pp24–5) for a lake cruise, Recreational Path (see p64). After
dinner, and a performance at Chicago dark, stroll around the illuminated
Shakespeare Theater (see pp25 & 55). Buckingham Fountain (see p72).

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