Chicago Bus, Trolley, L Tours-Sightseeing Tour Options from Chicago Traveler

Chicago Bus-Trolley-'L' Train Tours

Chicago offers lots of options for land tours. Listed below are some of the most popular Chicago bus, trolley and elevated train tours offered. Some are free, most are reasonably priced.

Chicago Architecture Foundation
Take a bus tour offered by the Chicago Architecture Foundation and experience a specific theme of architecture, such as Chicago bungalows, churches, parks, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others. The CAF's website provides tour schedules, charges and other booking information. Tickets may be purchased online or call 312.922.3432, ext. 240.

Chicago Hauntings Chicago Ghost Tours
Clark and Ohio Streets, Chicago
1-888-446-7891, email: ubielski@hotmail.com
Acclaimed author and ghost hunter Ursula Bielski and others lead a two-and-a-half hour bus tour of Chicago's most actively haunted sites.

Chicago Neighborhood Tours
Four types of Chicago Neighborhood Tours (Neighborhood, Special Interest, Public Art & Summertime Samplers) presented by the Chicago Office of Tourism, a division of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. See 2008 Chicago Neighborhood Tours Schedule.

Chicago Supernatural Tours
Join Richard T. Crowe on a supernatural adventure. Tour choices include The Ghostly Gourmet, the NiteTime Edition, Supernatural Chinatown, the Haunted Pub Crawl, and the Gaslight Magic & Mayhem tour. For a unique experience, try the NiteTime Supernatural Cruise on the lakefront and river. Call 708-499-0300 for more information.

Chicago Tours by Pontarelli Companies
Chicago Tours, by Pontarelli Companies, offers a Chicago Garden Tour, World of Art Glass Tour and a Chicago Highlights Tour. For information, call 312-226-5466 or 800-322-5466.

Chicago Trolley & Double-Decker Tours
Chicago's premier Hop On Hop Off city sightseeing tours in classic Trolleys and fun-filled Double Deckers. Stops at 13 locations downtown.

Excursions Into the Unknown
See some of Chicagoland's most haunted locations from the comfort and safety of a luxury motor coach with Chicago's best and most informative ghost tours.

Foreign Language Tours of Chicgo
(773) 276-6683, email: chitourint@aol.com
Chicago Tour Guides Institute is an office of many foreign language speaking guides for walking tours, motorcoaches, limousines, museums, tradeshows. Rates vary on language. Our office has been providing tour guides in English and many other foreign languages for 18 years in the Chicago area. Whether it is one person or groups of two hunded. Call and ask for Michael Reis.

Gray Line Tours
Departs from Palmer House Hilton Hotel, 17 E. Monroe St. Choose from a wide variety of Chicago tours ranging from a few hours to a full day, with a full range of private charter and group services as well.

Loop Tour Train
Saturdays, May Through Sept.
Starts at the Chicago Cultural Center
Take a free 40-minute tour of Chicago's business district where internationally renowned buildings reach the sky. Learn about the area's 100-year history and the city's elevated train system, known to Chicagoans as the ‘L’. The tour is guided by Chicago Architecture Foundation docents. Admission for the tour is free on a first-come, first-serve basis.

O'Leary's Chicago Fire Truck Tours
501 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
312.287.6565
Tours depart from near the Intercontinental Hotel
Admission: adults $20; children under 12 $10
Ride atop a fire truck on these fun hour-long tours that include a firefighting game. Children dressed in firefighting gear hand pump water at a flip-style shooting gallery set that looks like Mrs. O'Leary's barn.

See it ALL Chicago Tours
Hotel pickups in downtown Chicago
773-525-6152, email: seeitalltours@att.net
Using comfortable, air conditioned, 14 passenger mini-buses, see the town in style. Among the sites you'll see: The Loop (Downtown), Museum Campus (Great Views), Lincoln Park, Wrigley Field, The Gold Coast, The Magnificent Mile, The Sears Tower and everything in between. Also offered is a popular combination tour that includes a Chicago River Architecture Boat Cruise. Tours depart at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily.

Untouchable Tours
Untouchable Tours offers a two-hour bus tour, featuring the gangsters and nostalgia of the Roaring Twenties. You'll see Chicago's most infamous sites: the Biograph Theater, scene of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Dion O'Bannion's flower shop, Holy Name Cathedral and more. Check the website for schedule and more information, or call 773-881-1195.