Get INSIDE buildings that are normally seen only from a boat!

As a recent guest wrote, “You haven't seen Chicago if you don't go on this tour.” This 2-hour walking tour shows you some of the best buildings along the Chicago River up close — taking you closer than any boat could ever take you! — but then you’ll also get to venture INSIDE, experiencing some of the best interior architecture of buildings you’d recognize from Chicago architecture boat tours. But whereas most boat tour guides’ knowledge of river tour buildings will stop at the exterior, our guides are ready and eager to show you what they know about the interiors — including which ones are worth visiting!

This special riverfront tour is the perfect yin to any Chicago architecture boat tour's yang. From Art Deco interiors that stun with their glamorous interior details, to vaulted lobbies that impart a sense of importance and grandeur to everyone who enters them, to thoughtful extras like reflecting pools, digital art walls, and more, these interior spaces will absolutely delight you, architecture buff or not. Do you like beautiful spaces? Then you’ll like this tour, period.

The Chicago River, flowing silently through the heart of the city, provides amazing and world-famous views of over a hundred years' worth of architecture, but if you only experience Chicago from a boat, you're missing more than half of its beauty. Let Inside Chicago Walking Tours show you the fascinating “second side” of an architectural boat tour by showing you the interiors of some of the best buildings on the Chicago River!

Duration

2 Hours
1.75 miles on foot

Highlights of the Tour

• Visits to stunning train stations, both old and new;
• The glitz of Great-Gatsby-esque Art Deco interiors;
• Dramatically sloped ceilings (and dramatically vaulted ones!);
• Much, much more!

Tour Details

• Runs rain or shine! We will be in touch in case of severe weather.
• Meeting Location: In front of the Old Post Office, 433 W Van Buren St.