Night Tours of Chicago
- Enjoy Chicago at night on different types of night tours.chicago river at night image by Patrick Warneka from Fotolia.com
Chicago, Illinois features a thriving shopping and museum district, and it is a foodie's paradise. The city also has a thriving nightlife with clubs, dancing and restaurants. The skyline of Chicago lights up at night, and you can often catch fireworks over the lakefront and Navy Pier. To see the city at night, choose between bike, vehicle or Segway tours, and make your reservations early to reserve your spot. - The Club Crawl in Chicago provides you with a driver as you explore two of Chicago's blues clubs: the Kingston Mines and the Checkerboard Lounge. Blues artists and bands will entertain you on your tour, and the price includes a drink at each club. The tour lasts for four hours, and it starts at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evenings. You must reserve your spot at least four days before the tour, and a minimum of 10 people must sign up. You must be over 21. As of 2010, this tour costs between $53.95 and $58.95.
- If you like a little exercise with your tour, take the City Lights at Night Bicycle Tour in Chicago. Open to people of all fitness levels and ages, the tour starts at 7 p.m. and lasts for three hours. You ride past the Buckingham Fountain, the Museum Campus, Millennium Park and Soldier Field. On Wednesdays and Saturdays you can also catch the fireworks at Navy Pier. This tour runs from April through October and costs between $21.95 and $43.45 in 2010.
- Chicago is packed with great ghost stories, and you can hear these stories on the Nighttime Supernatural Tour. Hosted by Coach in Chicago bus line, the tour takes you through some of Chicago's haunted spots, including where the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place. The attack was led by Al Capone, who was taking out rival gang members, and the area is supposed to be haunted by the ghosts of these men. You'll also hear about Chicago's Rosemary's Baby. Rosemary's Baby is a movie about a woman who believes that her husband may have a pact with his neighbors to kill her child in an satanic ritual. Chicago has a version of this story. The tour starts at 7 p.m. and runs for four hours. This tour is open to people of all ages. It runs on different days from January through November and costs between $43.95 and $48.95 in 2010.
- The Weird Chicago Tours takes you on a tour of unusual Chicago spots, including the Chicago Gallows, where criminals were hung. You can tour the area where the Great Chicago Fire took place. This fire raged from October 8th, 1871 to October 10th, 1871, and it destroyed four square miles of property. The tour is three hours long, and starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. An early tour is also available, which starts at 3 p.m. on Saturday. As of 2010, the price of admission is $20 for children 12 years old and under, and $30 for adults.
