1) The document recommends activities for a 3 day trip to Chicago, including visiting Millennium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago, and taking an architectural walking tour around the Loop. 2) Day 2 activities include visiting the Hancock Center, Lincoln Park Zoo, and Navy Pier. 3) Day 3 includes a walk along the Michigan Avenue Cliff, visiting the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum, with their marine animal shows and exhibits of ancient Egypt and fossils.

1. The best of Chicago in
three days
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No matters from where you are arriving in
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http://www.transitchicago.com/ Chicago, first of all you must stop at the Millen-
Subway red line: Chicago
www.CityPass.com/Chicago nium Park, which consist of a mixture of beautiful
landscaping, a unique architecture and several
www.navypier.com/ public entertainment spaces. The Crown Fountain
and its two towers of glass blocks with a shallow
http://www.lpzoo.org/
long pool is an amazing place where children usu-
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ ally play in warm weather, under the water which
is spewed from the towers. There are some inter-
esting sculptures around the park, but no doubt
the most interesting one is the Cloud Gate, with
elliptical shape, made of highly-polished steel
which reflects the skyline around it. I prefer the
view offered just in front of the skyscrapers. The
Jay Pritzker Pavilion is an
outdoor music venue
designed by Frank Gehry.
At summer time there
are free performances
every Saturday night,
don’t miss the sunset
from there. The Lurie
Garden seems a Mid-
western prairie with more
than 250 varieties of
native plants. You might
enjoy going for a picnic if
the weather is fine.

2. The best of Chicago in three
days
Next to the Lurie Garden is located the Art
of the bridges that span the Chicago River is Michi- it worth it seeing the sunset having an american
Institute of Chicago, a compulsory stop for art dinner outside one of its restaurants.
gan Avenue Bridge, for better view from it look west
lovers who can find its wonderful impressionist
down the Chicago River. Located in Michigan Avenue
collection on the second floor. 3rd day
you can see the Tribune Tower, with its Gothic de-
Then let you get lost in the heart of the sign. The eye-catching Tribune Tower combines Chicago is a great city to explore on foot so
city, the Loop. You will probably see some Gothic elements with traditional skyscraper design. it would be interesting to go for a walk along the
movies being filmed here or perhaps you will Michigan Avenue Cliff. You may stop at the Grant
Going north, you will enjoy going for a walk
have the opportunity to work as a extra in Park and see the Buckingham Fountain, an amaz-
along the Magnificent Mile, which is a stretch of the
them! Anyway I’m sure you will get to recog- ing baroque fountain, made of pink marble, which
Michigan Avenue, with its glittering array of shops,
nize its streets or elevated train tracks. Take a spurts columns of water up to 45 metres in the
boutiques, and restaurants. It is today one of the
ride around the loop boarding the brown line. air every hour. From here, there is a short stroll
most architecturally significant avenues in the coun-
Only 30 minutes, it’s worth it. around the Rose Garden before heading to Mu-
try. Highlighted building at this point are Drake Ho-
seum Campus. The two most important attrac-
Around the Loop you can follow an archi- tel, Palmolive Building, Fourth Presbyterian Church,
tions in these area are the John G. Shedd Aquar-
tectural walking tour. The Sears Tower was the John Hancock Center, Chicago Water Tower and
ium and the Field Museum of Natural History. The
tallest building in the world when it opened in Pumping Station, Women’s Athletic Club, Medinah
1973, but nowadays is just an impressive tall Shedd Aquarium has a great variety of marine
Temple, Tree Studios and William Wrigley Jr. Build-
office building which offers exceptional views animals, with two floors with different fish tanks,
ing. The Hancock Center was erected in 1969, in-
from the 103 rd floor. There is usually needed the wonderful Caribbean Coral Reef exhibition,
cluding a crisscross steel framing in a way that
long time queueing up to go up the top so I the sharks at shed and the Oceanarium which
makes the building looks like larger than it really is.
would suggest to see Hancock’s view instead. recreates a Pacific Northwest coastal environ-
On the 94th floor there is the Hancock Observatory
The civic Opera Building is an Art Deco French ment. There are performances with the marine
which offers an spectacular view. On the 95th floor
Renaissance building where is home the Lyric animals and birds, it is worth it, it is like watching
there is a restaurant and on the 96th floor a bar
Opera of Chicago. The 333 W. Wacker Drive is a theatre play. Being seated in the Oceanarium
where you can have a few drinks.
a postmodern building, made of glass, which stairs, don’t forget to look through the window
reflects the Chicago River and its surroundings. To finish your day, go through the Lincoln Park the most beautiful Chicago’s view. In summer
The Merchandise Mart is the world’s largest Zoo. It is the nation’s oldest zoo, one of the last free time, every Wednesday night, there is the possi-
commercial building, only overcome by the zoos in the country, which has no reason to be envi- bility to visit the Aquarium at night, listen to live
Pentagon. The James R. Thompson Center, the ous of Brookfield zoo, another zoo located outside of blues music in the terrace and have dinner there.
City Hall, the Rookery Building and the Chicago Chicago. A great variety of animals can be seen If you are lucky enough to be there at 7 pm,
Board of Trade are other examples of buildings among the land, pools or buildings. A enjoyable visit don’t miss the sunset.
you can see around. for sure.
The Field Museum of Natural History is
2nd day Coming back from the zoo, there is an amazing an interesting visit too. Three levels of history
view of the north city of Chicago. If you aren’t so throughout the ancient Egypt, The Pacific, Africa
Gliding along the north and south
tired, walk back towards the city until Navy Pier, the and America. Don’t forget to be taken a picture
branches of the Chicago River you will have an
Chicago’s number one tourist attraction. Always next to “Sue”, the famous Tyrannosaurus rex
amazing view of 50 or more buildings, which
crowded, is a place to enjoy whenever you want, but fossil.
are unique and different from one another. One