Chicago Walking Tour: Explore Iconic Landmarks

Discover the iconic landmarks of Chicago on a fast-paced, 90-minute walking tour. Explore famous buildings, including the Wrigley Building and Willis Tower, and capture stunning photos along the way.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wrigley Building - Known for its Spanish Colonial Revival style, the Wrigley Building features a distinctive white terra cotta facade.
  • Chicago Riverwalk - View the Chicago Riverwalk.
  • Aqua Tower - It’s fair to say Aqua is a star-maker, with its 2009 completion putting the city’s newest neighborhood, Lakeshore East, on the tip of…
What's Included
  • Admission to Chicago Architecture Center’s galleries
  • Guided walking tour of Chicago’s iconic buildings
  • Professional and certified guide narration
What's Not Included
  • Coat check
  • Food and drink
  • Storage for luggage and strollers
Additional Information

Must-See Chicago is a fast-paced, 90-minute introductory tour to Chicago featuring some of its most famous buildings, including the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Willis (Sears) Tower and more!
Get a brief overview of more than a dozen buildings—as well as Chicago landmarks like Millennium Park, the Loop and the Chicago…

Location
Chicago Architecture Center
East Wacker Drive
Meet at the Chicago Architecture Center at 111 E Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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630gaylas
Aug 25, 2025
Gem of a tour! - Excellent tour that covers the must see architecture of Chicago. We couldn’t have asked for a better tour guide than Paul, he was very knowledgeable in everything Chicago and made our first visit to this lovely city very memorable!
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Md
Aug 3, 2025
An Impressive Look at Chicago - As usual, this tour was well “curated” by the CAC, and I enjoyed learning more about more recently built buildings as well as the large art installations for which the city is well known. Our docent, Paul, was excellent!
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Gailis2024
Jul 23, 2025
Great tour of some of the iconic buildings and sculptures in Chicago! - We loved our tour with Amanda. She was super knowledgeable (and gracious with a difficult man on our tour!) Amanda made the tour fun and highlighted interesting facts about the buildings. 1 1/2 hours was the perfect length in this heat! Highly recommend
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Dawn_s
Jul 19, 2025
Walking Architectural tour - This tour is led by a volunteer with the Chicago Architectural Center. He was very good! It involved a lot of walking but was well worth it. We also did the Architectural tour by river boat at night. It was amazing!
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James_b
Jul 18, 2025
Interesting tour of historic buildings - Marcia was our tour guild she was knowledgable. The tour was conducted at a relaxing pace with enough time to get a good look at each building. It was a good way to get cursory introduction to varied architectural styles present in the loop.
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Scott
Jun 26, 2025
A great afternoon with the architectural highlights of Chicago. And all that jazz. 🥰 - Rose our Docent was very knowledgeable and friendly and spent extra time answering all of our questions. She kept the tour relevant and interesting to our group. It was a great 90-100 minutes of beautiful art architecture and history of Chicago
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Gaurav_g
Jun 22, 2025
Great tour for a quick overview and highlights of chicago loop and downtown area - Great tour for a quick overview and highlights of chicago loop and downtown area. Having a mic and headphones was a great touch and made it so much easier to follow the guide
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Neil_t
Jun 19, 2025
Highly recommended architecural tour of Chicago - Joan was a fabulous guide. She clearly loves Chicago and knows the history of the individual buildings in detail, as well as the architectural style used. She was a really interesting and engaged speaker and happily took our questions (and I ask a lot of questions!).
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Skg710
Jun 14, 2025
Fun, interesting, beautiful and easy! - This tour was great! We got to see a wide variety of styles and iconic buildings and our docent, Larry, explained how and why they were different, while answering all our questions and directing attention to the youngest of our group (7 years) so we all felt included. There were places along the route to sit while Larry explained something to us, so we weren't on our feet the whole time. The tour began and ended in locations that were very accessible to other things we wanted to do. Perfect addition to our short trip!
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Keisha_t
Aug 4, 2025
Call or Contact before you show up - This tour did not take place. I recieved zero notice of the cancelation. Highly unprofessional communication. I have used Viator many times, and this is the first time this has occurred.
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From $35
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).