Visiting Chicago With Your Family

Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments

If you are planning a visit to Chicago with your family next summer, you need to start collecting activity ideas right now. The Windy City is a tourist’s wonderland, with so many attractions available that it’s hard to know where to begin. Traveling with kids is an additional challenge: you want your visit to be worthwhile, yet you want the little ones to have fun too. Here are 3 family-friendly activities to enjoy during your stay in Chicago.

1. Take a Boat Tour

What could be more fun than a boat, cloud-high buildings, and sunshine? The Chicago Architecture Foundation offers 90 minute tours on the Chicago River where certified expert docents will regale your family with interesting stories about the construction and history of the Windy City’s world-famous downtown structures. You will see Chicago in a most unique way: from the water, and kids will love that there are snacks and drinks available on board.

2. Chicago Field Museum

Kids of all ages will enjoy seeing Sue, the most complete T-Rex skeleton ever found at the Chicago Field Museum. A treasure trove of scientific delights, your family will love exploring the museum’s 20 million objects, including ancient mummies, dioramas of taxidermy-treated animals, and a collection of rocks and fossils that boggle the mind.

3. Navy Pier

It’s unthinkable to visit Chicago with kids and not visit world-famous Navy Pier, the Number One tourist attraction in the entire Midwest. This is simply hard core, non-stop entertainment on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, with 50 acres of amusements, rides, shops, eateries, and live performances: a guaranteed kid-pleaser. Mixing up different kinds of activities will keep your kids happy and all of you will enjoy your Chicago visit to the utmost.

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