Coln Roman was the best tour guide ever. His knowledge of architecture abs facts was exceptional. It was the most interesting three hours of my four day stay in Chicago, when i return to Chicago, I will take other tours of his and sure they will be just as good or better, Thank You so much for thr experience I got to live in another world for three hours from his descriptions!
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- Entrance fee
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- Guide Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
Enter the beautiful lobby of the building built in 1888 and admire the design work of John Wellborn Root & Frank Lloyd Wright
Step inside this great example of an early skyscraper designed in 1894 by Holabird & Roche
Explore this fascinating building and compare a load-bearing building to a modern skyscraper construction
Admire this beautiful early department store building designed by Louis Sullivan the mentor of Frank Lloyd wright
Admire this post-modern building designed in 1985 by Helmut Jahn
Step inside one of the last Grand Hotels and admire the French Empire stylings in what was once the world's largest hotel
Explore the interior of this former athletic club built in 1893 designed with a Venetian gothic facade.
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He was super knowledgeable, very nice, and answered our questions! It was a small group so it was a very personalized experience!
Excellent tour and great insights
Colm was a fantastic guide! Super knowledgeable, showed us some incredible Chicago architecture, and made the tour fun and interesting. Highly recommend!
Great tour! Film is very knowledgeable and he told us lots of interesting facts showing us buildings I otherwise wouldn't have seen.
Excellent knowledgeable guide. Would highly recommend.
Extremely friendly and knowledgeable guide.
Great details and very engaged guide. Shorter than normally but we still covered a lot ground with a lot of information shared along the way. I enjoyed it and would so it again another time.
My English isn’t that good, but I really tried to concentrate. This tour amazed me! 🥹
Amazing tour highly recommend!
The guide Colm was super interesting and a great character with extensive knowledge of the city, also he’s Irish which is always a bonus
Really great. Walk though many beautiful buildings and get to know its historic stories.
Guide was great! Very knowledgeable and pleasant
Colm was an excellent guide. He was happy to share his deep knowledge of Chicago’s fantastic architecture both past and present. He showed us hidden treasures inside many buildings. I would book again without hesitation.
Very knowlegeable re:history and thoughtful to care for participants
Colm Ronan was a great tour guide. Very knowledgeable. Prioritized actually walking into the buildings, making the tour more immersive than a bus or boat tour. Gave me a great appreciation for the city of Chicago.
A very nice and informative tour! He was so nice and knew a lot about the architecture. We walked in some buildings and he answered all of our questions. Strong recommendation!
Colm was so incredibly knowledgeable of Chicago architecture and history. This isn't like other architecture tours- book this to get a real history of the city and its buildings!
Colm was our guide. Knew all the little tidbits. He had the city down like the back of his hand and took us on a path that didn't require much standing in the sun on a hot day. Very kind!
Architecture tour from HI Hostel in Chicago. It was really interesting and helpful. I would do it again
Our guide was Colm and he was really friendly from the beginning on. He explained everything really well, answered all our questions and made this experience fun and enriching for everybody!
Great exploring the attractions; wish to have a chance to sign seeing in the future. Great for free experience
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