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One Day Chicago Getaway Vacation Package
Hotel Orrington

Experience Chicago like a one day warrior with this special vacation package. Your one day getaway includes accommodations at the Hotel Orrington, the 1-Day CTA Pass and the Chicago CityPass featuring the biggest savings on the best attractions Chicago has to offer. Your CTA day pass can provide transportation to or near all CityPass attractions.

Upgrade your package with Chicago Trolley & Double Decker tour tickets which will provide transportation throughout the City. You may also add a Millennium Park Walking tour with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, an Architectural Tour with Shoreline Sightseeing or a Seadog Cruise. Keep your airport transfers simple with transportation to and from Midway or O’Hare aboard a Go Airport Express Shuttle.

PACKAGE INCLUDES
  • A stay at the Hotel Orrington  [ see details ]
  • 1 Day CTA Pass
  • Chicago CityPass - CityPass: Save $61.50 on five attractions with CityPass!
    (Valid through March 31, 2010) [ see details ]
OPTIONAL ITEMS
  • Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Company - Hop on Hop Off Tour [ see details ]
  • Chicago Architecture Foundation - Millennium Park Revealed Walking Tour [ see details ]
  • Shoreline Sightseeing - Architectural Tour
    Monday - Friday [ see details ]
  • Shoreline Sightseeing - Architectural Tour
    Saturday and Sunday [ see details ]
  • Go Airport Express - Midway Airport Shuttle [ see details ]
  • Go Airport Express - O'Hare Airport Shuttle [ see details ]
  • Seadog Cruises of Chicago - 30 Minute Lakefront Speedboat Ride
    Monday - Friday [ see details ]
  • Seadog Cruises of Chicago - 30 Minute Lakefront Speedboat Ride
    Saturday and Sunday [ see details ]
Hotel Orrington
Evanston, IL

Welcome to the newly reopened Hotel Orrington, formerly the Omni Orrington, the only AAA four diamond hotel located in Evanston, Illinois. After completing a $34 million renovation, Hotel Orrington brings a refreshing alternative to the typical North Shore hotel, joining contemporary style and...

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Chicago CityPass - CityPass: Save $61.50 on five attractions with CityPass!
(Valid through March 31, 2010)
Print at Home Tickets Available!
Chicago, IL Category: Deals & Combo Tickets

Chicago CityPass packs a collection of Chicago’s five most popular and loved attractions in a prepaid ticket booklet that fits in your pocket – and saves you a whopping 47% off regular admissions- plus you skip long ticket lines!

Included Attractions: Shedd Aquarium, The Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Hancock Observatory OR Sears Tower Skydeck

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Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Company - Hop on Hop Off Tour
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Ride The Red and Green Trolleys and our Red Double Decker Buses. With your Hop On Hop Off ticket, you can enjoy our two hour Signature Tour, covering 13 magnificent miles of Chicago's downtown and the Loop - but we encourage you to take your time and hop on and hop off all day! Go visit a museum or shop, stop for lunch and just explore. The Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour runs all year long, seven days a week except for inclement weather days, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Our vehicles run 10 - 15 minutes apart in the summer so you can hop back on with your ticket all day.

Come during our Summer Season (May 23 - Sept. 7) and also get to go on the NORTH, SOUTH and WEST Neighborhood Tours - Our NEW tours for the 2009 Season. That's FOUR tours for the price of ONE during the summer! These tours routes feature some of the great Chicago neighborhood attractions:

  • Wrigley Field, Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, and Blue Man Group are on the NORTH Neighborhoods route.
  • Oprah Store, Chinatown, Greektown and Little Italy are on the WEST Neighborhoods route.
  • President Obama highlights, Museum of Science & Industry and DuSable Museum are on the SOUTH Neighborhoods route.

You can now get a lot more then just 3 new routes to go on. All ticketed passengers receive a FREE Chicago t-shirt, FREE Hershey's chocolate bar, FREE Garrett Popcorn sample and much, much more!

Operates: Daily Through Jan 1 2010 Excluding Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day.
Tour Length: Approximately 2 hours
Departs From: 18 stops every 10-15min. Last loops begin at 6:00pm.

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Chicago Architecture Foundation - Millennium Park Revealed Walking Tour
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Though you may have already visited the Park, our in-depth tour is sure to enhance your knowledge and experience. Learn why this area was conspicuously left blank in the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Find out how top architects, artists and engineers collaborated with Chicago’s movers and shakers to transform an ugly railway and parking lot into a place that has thrilled millions and become the envy of cities throughout the world. Understand the inspiration for Anish Kapoor’s huge reflective Cloud Gate sculpture, nicknamed the “Bean,” or Jaume Plensa’s ever-changing high-tech Crown Fountain or Frank Gehry’s exuberant Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion and sculptural BP Bridge. Discover the many ways that Kathryn Gustafson’s Lurie Garden symbolizes Chicago history. See why the Park is the world’s largest roof garden.

And for five months beginning on June 19, 2009, view the temporary pavilions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Burnham Plan designed by internationally-acclaimed architects Zaha Hadid and Ben Van Berkel.

  • April: Friday and Sunday at 11am
  • May – September: Friday and Sunday at 11am
  • October – November: Friday and Sunday at 11am

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Shoreline Sightseeing - Architectural Tour
Monday - Friday
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Join Shoreline on an exciting journey as we tour the Chicago River and its architectural landmarks. Professional guides recount the dramatic story of Chicago's rise from the Great Fire of 1871 to become the home of the skyscraper and the cradle of modern American architecture. Along the one-hour route are buildings by world-famous architects including Mies van der Rohe, Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Helmut Jahn. Our complimentary map and guide is yours to keep as a souvenir of your cruise.

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Shoreline Sightseeing - Architectural Tour
Saturday and Sunday
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Join Shoreline on an exciting journey as we tour the Chicago River and its architectural landmarks. Professional guides recount the dramatic story of Chicago's rise from the Great Fire of 1871 to become the home of the skyscraper and the cradle of modern American architecture. Along the one-hour route are buildings by world-famous architects including Mies van der Rohe, Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Helmut Jahn. Our complimentary map and guide is yours to keep as a souvenir of your cruise.

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Go Airport Express - Midway Airport Shuttle
Chicago, IL Category: Transportation

Shuttles depart from Midway airport every 15 minutes for Chicago Downtown areas.

GO Airport Express ticket counter and loading zone is located at Door 3, lower level across from baggage claim.

The last GO Airport Express van leaves Midway at 10:30 pm seven nights a week.

Children 5 and under are FREE

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Go Airport Express - O'Hare Airport Shuttle
Chicago, IL Category: Transportation

Shuttles depart from O'Hare airport every 10-15 minutes for Chicago Downtown areas.

The last GO Airport Express van leaves O'Hare at 11:30 pm seven nights a week.

Children 5 and under are FREE

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Seadog Cruises of Chicago - 30 Minute Lakefront Speedboat Ride
Monday - Friday
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Our 30-minute Speedboat Lake Tour is the best way to view Chicago from the lake, combining an exciting speedboat ride along the shoreline with informative and amusing descriptions of the world famous Chicago skyline!

As you depart on your boat tour from Chicago's Navy Pier, your Captain will tell you interesting facts about the Pier and Chicago's lakefront.

Your Captain will then crank up the music and race south past Navy Pier to Chicago's Museum Campus where you will pause to hear about Chicago's interesting lakefront landmarks, architecture and history.

Seadog will then race north past Navy Pier to cruise the Magnificent Mile giving you unique views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park along the way.

Finally, you will race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of our turbo-charged engines.

Time: Available Monday-Sunday on the hour 11:00AM-7:00PM

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Seadog Cruises of Chicago - 30 Minute Lakefront Speedboat Ride
Saturday and Sunday
Chicago, IL Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Our 30-minute Speedboat Lake Tour is the best way to view Chicago from the lake, combining an exciting speedboat ride along the shoreline with informative and amusing descriptions of the world famous Chicago skyline!

As you depart on your boat tour from Chicago's Navy Pier, your Captain will tell you interesting facts about the Pier and Chicago's lakefront.

Your Captain will then crank up the music and race south past Navy Pier to Chicago's Museum Campus where you will pause to hear about Chicago's interesting lakefront landmarks, architecture and history.

Seadog will then race north past Navy Pier to cruise the Magnificent Mile giving you unique views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park along the way.

Finally, you will race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of our turbo-charged engines.

Time: Available Saturday and Sunday on the hour 11:00AM-7:00PM

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