Chicago Architecture Tour: 48-Hour Bus and River Cruise
3.9
10 Ratings

Explore Chicago’s iconic architecture by bus and river. Create your own itinerary with a 48-hour hop-on, hop-off ticket and 75-minute river cruise.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red Route: Hop-on Hop-off (Route)

Operating Schedule: Single loop journey on the red loop is 2 hours. Guests may enter or exit at any stop to explore the city. Pass is valid for 2 days.
1. Chicago Riverwalk
98 E. Wacker Drive (across the bridge from Trump Tower)
2. Willis Tower
Skydeck Chicago - 319 W. Jackson Blvd (opposite…

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What's Included
  • Open-top double decker bus
  • 2-Day Hop-on Hop-off Ticket
  • Live Guide on River Cruise
  • 75-minute Chicago River Architecture Cruise
  • Professional Digital Commentary on bus tour with souvenir earbuds
Additional Information

Discover Chicago by road and river with our new 48-hour Hop-on Hop-off Ticket and Shoreline Architecture Cruise combo! This ticket includes a 48-hour pass for our hop-on, hop-off Chicago sightseeing bus tour, and a pass for admission to Shoreline Sightseeing’s must-do 75-minute Architecture River Cruise! You’ll see the city’s world-famous architecture…

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Daniel_r
Sep 22, 2024
Great cruise and bus tour - I really liked the views from the boat especially the French gothic building me and my girlfriend had a lot of fun on the whole thing
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Soobee1959
Sep 21, 2024
Architectural River Cruise - Thoroughly enjoyed this trip, had a lovely day for it and our guide Juan was very informative and lively. Felt we all got some good insights into Chicagos history.
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Road04967077183
Sep 21, 2024
boat architecture - Wonderful and informative tour. the boat had a good guide, interesting subjects. be sure to take sunscreen. Architure here is phenominal. Thank you
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Traceyc62
Aug 29, 2024
Good introduction to Chicago. - An introduction to Chicago and a great cruise. As usual, the hop on hop off bus is a great way to get a feel and orientation to the city. The only downside is that it doesn't start to run until 10 am, so it does limit your time a bit getting around. We liked the cruise very much and departed from the dock across the river from stop 1. It was very entertaining and interesting information about not just the buildings, but some city history also.
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84glens
Jul 24, 2024
Great - Candice was great on the bus tour and the boat trip was great with good information on the architecture. Only issue was me missed our boat trip and had to reschedule. We booked through viator and they didn’t explain it well.
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Delia_c
Jun 20, 2024
Chicago was AWESOME! - The river cruise was perfect! I learned a lot about the history of the buildings and more! The hop on hop was good except we left our ticket in the room and although we had the 48 hour pass, they wouldn’t accept it and asked us to pay for a 24 hour pass when we were only going to be there or go two more stops. The receipt they give you is easy to lose why don’t they invest in a way to do a QR code on the phone, or have a physical credit card type ticket so you won’t easily lose it as a receipt.
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Charles_d
Aug 9, 2024
Disappointed - I called Viator and booked the bus and boat several days in advance. I requested the reservation for the boat ride be at 10 AM on the second day. I was told to go to 98 East Wacker Dr. to get my voucher… When I got there, staff told me that the boat had already left (Viator made the reservation on the wrong day) and I had to go to the ‘office’ to change it. There is no office. Instead there’s a different company called Shoreline cruises that I had to make the change through. By sheer luck I asked a Shoreline kiosk worker where the big bus office was, and she took charge and helped me out. Before this I tried to call the local big bus office several times to get things fixed, a male voice answered the phone would say hello, not name the company and then just breathe in the phone and not respond to any questions. I called Viator who also tried to call the local office with the same non response I have to say the customer service was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. Getting my reservation wrong to begin with and then not being able to contact anybody locally on the phone for help. It caused us unnecessary stress. I paid $475 for the 5 of us. I would’ve thought better service would have been in order. There’s a lot of options for these types of trips next time I I’ll try another one. The one positive thing I can say is the boat ride was enjoyable, and the guide did a great job explaining things.
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Andrea_d
Jul 23, 2024
Not Satisfied - The voucher could not be scanned by the Bug Bus Tour Company. The tour company tried to look up my name, but it was not in the system. In order to take the boat tour with our friends, we had to purchase new tickets. I would not recommend going through a third party to book this tour. It is too complicated.
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