Chicago Detours: Guided tours that reveal Chicago's history, architecture, and neighborhood charm.
Chicago Detours offers engaging walking and virtual tours across Chicago's neighborhoods and landmarks. Guides are praised for energy, knowledge, and the ability to connect with adults and teens alike. Tours weave history, architecture, and anecdotes, featuring stops at the Marquette Building, Marshall Field store, and the Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Building (old library), with routes from Wicker Park to Old Polonia.
935 W Chestnut St #405, Chicago, IL 60642, USA
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Guided tours covering Chicago's history, architecture, and neighborhoods with engaging storytelling.
Culinary experiences exploring local eateries and food culture in areas like Wicker Park and Old Polonia.
Online interactive tours and history sessions for remote learning and special events.
Customized tours for families, friends, or corporate groups with personalized itineraries.
Focused tours highlighting Chicago's iconic buildings and design, such as the Marquette Building and Tiffany dome.
Overall rating
Jonah
The best virtual experience I have had! It was highly entertaining and well paced. I've been watching Chicago history programs for decades but Chicago Detours still taught me any new and interesting things. This was also had the perfect balance of education and interaction. I've been to a few of their virtual programs and they are all great. This is a great way to get together with friends or family over the holidays or for special events.
Melanie Mosberg
I enjoyed the Old Polonia and Wicker Park food tour this past weekend. Elizabeth was the guide and she was energetic and full of knowledge. The tour starts out in a beautiful church that is simply breathtaking. The tour is not food heavy but rich in history. Time well spent.
Christopher Grace
I took the Wicker Park tour and learned a lot of really cool things about the neighborhood I never would have noticed before. The guide was funny and very knowledgeable, and the food was just.... SO good.
Daniel McDonough
Had an exceptional walking tour with Chicago Detours. Engaging tour guide who connected with the adults and teenagers in our group. It was a great combination of history, architecture, anecdotes, and of course exploring some awesome places. Loved visiting the Marquette building, Marshall Field store and the amazing Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural building (old library). Exceptionally well planned and executed. Can't say enough good things about this tour!
Anthony Oedewaldt
This tour is simply outstanding! Starting at Fannie May's chocolate candy store, this experience moves onto some of the most intriguing historical spots of this extremely interesting "Second City". We have been activity choosing Chicago as a place to frequent for any reason in the book and it never disappoints. Kuddos to the fine staff of Chicago DeTours and their very engaging set of tour guides. After decades of trips to the city, we are still blown away at how much one can learn from simply grabbing a brochure about activities and selecting that one unknown experience to partake which ultimately offers incredible lifetime memories. Our experience with this tour company started with asking Ellen about squeezing onto an earlier tour departure time. She called each of the venues in order to see if they could accommodate us so we appreciate the extra inquiries. Alex was our guide last night for the 5:45PM departure slot and created a world in which we were able to walk through history at each stop. We will most certainly check out all of the remaining options this tour company has to offer during the remainder of our stay as well as future visits. We will also be dropping referrals to all our friends and within our sphere of influence. Many many many thanks for a tour well done!! Tony & Amber
