Today I am going to tell you about whaté can do and visit in Chicago, my favorite city of the más large, in the USA.
No sé you, but I have only been to Chicago once and it was máThat's enough to make me fall in love with this city, that of all the great, big of USA it's my favorite. It is multicultural with a wide variety of attractions, less caóethics than others and even más clean and tidy overall.
From world-class museums to stunning architectural buildings and a metro system which works very well, Chicago has something for everyone, but thoseí, prepárate for much frío himselfún the date you visit, but it's totally worth it.
I share a video with some shots I took in this beautiful city:
¿Whaté do in Chicago?
There are many más things to do, but when I went at the beginning of December, el fríor was it already -4 grades and even snowó, what preventedó who knowsún más details of the city and some attractions remained on the list, but despite this, I leave you some places and activities that you should do when you visit this beautiful city:
- Art Institute of Chicago: The Art Institute of is one of the world's largest art museums.ás important in the world. It houses a collectionón permanent of más de 300.000 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographeríace and decorative art. Some of the works máhighlights from the collectionón include «The sunflowers» the Vincent van Gogh, «The Scream» by Edvard Munch and «The starry Night» the Vincent van Gogh.
- Millennium Park: Millennium Park is a park púwar of 24,5 Hectoráareas located in the heartón from downtown Chicago. The park is famous for its attractions, like the Cloud Gate (Cloud Gate), a stainless steel mirror sculpture 110 tons, y el Crown Fountain, an interactive fountain with LED screens showing imágirl face genesños. From this park you canás visit many other attractions or have access fácil to meter.
- Chicago Architecture Center: The Architecture Center is an organizationón nonprofit that offers walking tours, by boat and by busús by Chicago architecture. The tours offer visitors the opportunity to learn about the history and evolutionón of the city architecture.
- Shoreline Sightseeing Architecture River Tour: This tour is highly recommended, since you tour one of the lake canals that enter the city by boat and they explain the details of the incredible architecture.ícity ble. If you are a lover of buildings and their history, recommended visit.
- Skydeck Chicago and 360 CHICAGO Observation Deck: if you want to enjoy the heights and a view úunique of the city, these two attractions should be on your list, thoseí, prices mayían be something tall.
- Museum of Science and Industry: said science and technology museumía isá located in the Hyde Park district of Chicago. The museum houses más de 35.000 objects, including exhibits about space, nature, science and technologyía.
- Shedd Aquarium: The Shedd Aquarium is an aquarium located on the huge Lake Michigan. The aquarium houses más de 32.000 water animalsáticos from all over the world. If you are interested in conservationón and learn about marine life, you likeá this place.
- Torre Willis: The Willis Tower is a skyscraper 108 apartments located in the city center. The tower is the second más highest in the United States and the third más high of the western hemisphere. Visitors can climb to the observation platformón of the tower to enjoy panoramic viewsámicas of the city.
- Navy Pier: is an amusement park and entertainment center located along Lake Michigan. The pier houses attractions, restaurants, shops and a theater.
- Chicago Cubs: if you like béisbol or do you want to know meás of this popular North American sport, The Cubs are a team of béB Major League Baseballébaseball that they play at Wrigley Field. Wrigley Field is one of the stadiums of béisbol máancient and famous s in the world.
- Chicago Pizza: Chicago style pizzaüteaching is a specialty of the city. The pizza of this city is distinguished by its thick dough and crispy crust.. Pizza is usually topped with mozzarella cheese, beef and tomato sauce. With a medium pizza they eat 4 people calmly, así Don't risk having leftover food, since this one comes with a lot of filling and is forceful.
recommendations
- Chicago is a large and diverse city, so it is important that you anticipate the planningón of everything I will doás.
- Use the subway to get around, save youáit's enough money. You can even take the subway from O'hare Airport itself.
- There are several unlimited passes perfect for tourists from 3, 7 O 30 días.
- The pass of 7 díit costs only $20 and it allows you to connect tooén con buses, así which is highly convenient.
- You acquire these passes in the máRecharging machines available within the metro.
- The weather variesíthe assistantún the date of your trip, with summers cásands and very cold wintersíos.
- I recommend trying to travel in autumnño o spring to avoid extreme weather.
- It is a very safe city, but it is important to take the usual safety precautions and avoid neighborhoods like Englewood, South Chicago o Altgeld Gardens.
- It is a very expensive city (less than New York thoseí), So it's important to budget your trip in advance.ón.
- If you travel in élittle end of toñO, There are some activities such as lightingón del gardenín botánico, very nice tooén.
I hope these recommendations are useful for your pró1st trip to Chicago, a city that I lovedó and when I can, returné without thinking twice.
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I share a few photos of Chicago, just so you have an idea of the weather I hadó 😀
¿Have you ever visited this city?? Déjame saber qué I looked like youó on the comments.
