Chicago tourism 12 must-see attractions

Chicago tourism 12 must-see attractions

Chicago is a famous tourist city in the United States, with many scenic spots such as Schilstad, Linkin Park, Lincoln Zoo, Old Water Tower, Michigan Avenue and Navy Pier. It attracts many tourists every year.

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is the largest park in Chicago, covering an area of 4.9 square kilometers, adjacent to Lake Michigan. Moreover, the part extending outward from its park center belongs to Chicago Park. One of the most famous is the zoo in Linkin Park. Linkin Park is a city cemetery in 1843. Many dead locals are buried here, including former Chicago mayor James? Chicago Mayor James Curtis. 1864, the city Council decided to transform the 0.49 square kilometer cemetery into a park. There are not only many stadiums, busy neighborhoods, beaches and ship docks, but also Linkin Park Zoo, Linkin Park Greenhouse and Chicago History Museum. In addition, Linkin Park Botanical Garden is also an attractive place. There are 4 greenhouses and 18 breeding rooms in the park. There will be four flower shows every year.

Suggested play: 1-2 hours

Opening hours: 10:00- 17:00.

A magnificent mile

Gorgeous Lane refers to a section of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, USA, from the Chicago Ring Road and the border near the North District, the Michigan Avenue Bridge on the Chicago River to Oak Street. It connects Chicago's Gold Coast with downtown. /kloc-in the 1940s, a real estate developer gave this nickname to the most famous residential and commercial main roads in this city. There are some of the best restaurants, hotels and shops in the world, and many of the tallest buildings in the world. In addition, many famous buildings are located in the gorgeous mile, such as the John Hancock Center, the Chicago Water Tower and the Tribune Building.

Buckingham Fountain

Located in Grant Park, Chicago, one of the largest fountains in the world, it is a famous landmark in Chicago. With a water storage capacity of more than 5,600 cubic meters, it is the largest carved fountain in the world and the largest light fountain in the world. There are three pools in the middle, symbolizing the nearby Lake Michigan, and the surrounding seahorses symbolize Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. There is a water column in the center of the pool, which can be sprayed to 40 to 50 meters high. Spraying time is from mid-April to mid-June, 10, 9:00-23:00. In the evening, the fountain is equipped with colored lights and music.

Suggested play: 1~2 hours

Tickets: None.

Opening hours: April 4- 10/mid-October 10 (depending on the weather) from 8: 00 to 23: 00 every year. Please refer to the website for specific time.

John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center is a skyscraper, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, alias "Big John", with a height of 343.5 meters and an antenna of 457.2 meters, with a floor of 100 above ground and a total construction area of 260 126 square meters. /kloc-started in 0/965 and was completed in 0/969. Visitors can climb the observation deck on the 94th floor and have a panoramic view of Chicago.

Suggested play: 2~3 hours.

Admission: adult 18 USD, 3-1/child 12 USD, free admission for children under 3 years old.

Opening hours: 9:00-23:00, and the last time to take the elevator is 22:30.

Naval wharf (naval wharf)

The navy pier is very big. It is U-shaped, with squares and shops in the middle and paths on the side. Walking along the path, you can enjoy the scenery of Lake Michigan. Go to the end of the pier, where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan. There is a square, on which stands a big iron anchor, which is a souvenir from the cruiser Chicago to the navy pier. During World War I, it was temporarily used as a military territory. During World War II, it was used as a square for training the navy and gathering, and it was also the original temporary campus of the University of Illinois. In the following decades, this dock has been in a state of silence. 1989, the Chicago government invested1500 million dollars to rebuild the wharf and reopened it to tourists in 1994. Now it has become the most famous and lively entertainment place in Chicago.

Suggested play: half a day

Admission: free.

Opening hours: all day

Willis building

Willis Tower, formerly known as Sears Tower, was once the tallest building in the world. Today, although the reputation of "number one" no longer exists, it is still a high point that cannot be ignored in the Chicago city skyline. Willis Building is an office building with a height of 1 10. Tens of thousands of tourists come here every day, just to climb the observation deck of Chicago skyscrapers as high as 4 103 meters and overlook the whole of Chicago. When you walk into the Willis Building, you can see a wall that says in English: windy city, Chicago, Chicago, and then wait in line for the sightseeing elevator. Because there are many tourists coming here every day, the queue time may be longer. When you board the elevator, each floor of the elevator will show the current floor, current height and world-famous buildings with the same height. For example, the 25th floor is equivalent to the Statue of Liberty in new york, the 86th floor is equivalent to the Eiffel Tower, and the 102 floor is equivalent to the Empire State Building. Due to the large number of tourists, if you want to experience standing on the transparent glass balcony, you must queue up first. Standing on it, the city street view at the foot is unobstructed, but it is a little scary. And you can also see the tourists on the rooftop next to you, and it feels like hanging in the air. Of course, some people are standing on it, some people are squatting on the glass, and some even lie on it.

Suggested play: 1-2 hours

Admission: adult 19 USD, 3-1/child 12 USD.

Opening hours: April-September 9:00-22:00, 10- March of the following year 10:00-20:00.

Shedd Aquarium

Chicago is home to Shede Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world. Shed Aquarium is located on the south side of Grant Park, in the same area as Field Museum and Adler Planetarium, next to Lake Michigan. Visitors can see more than 20,000 kinds of aquatic animals from all over the world here. You can see wild coral reef exhibitions and panoramic views of underwater habitats of sharks and other carnivores. Dolphins and whales can be seen in the aquarium, as well as penguins, otters and other marine life. Through the introduction of marine mammals, we can understand how these animals are cared for and trained. Don't miss the exhibition of Caribbean reefs, the rise of Amazon or world waterways, and learn about these delicate aquatic ecosystems through exhibitions.

Tickets: Ordinary tickets-8 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for children; One pass-$28.95 for adults and $9.95 for children/kloc-0.

Millennium Park

Millennium Park is a large city park in Chicago. On one side of the park is the most prosperous Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and on the other side is the scenic Lake Michigan. It is a famous center of art, music, architecture and landscape design, and is often the first choice for tourists. When you enter the park from Michigan Avenue, you can first see the famous Cloud Gate sculpture in the square. The whole sculpture is made of stainless steel. Although it is huge, its shape is very unique, just like a giant bean, so it is also nicknamed "Silver Bean" by local people. Because the appearance is highly polished stainless steel plate, the whole sculpture is like a spherical mirror. During the day, it reflects the skyscrapers in Chicago and the white clouds in the sky, and at the same time, it is like a huge haha mirror, attracting tourists to stop and admire the sculpture and reflect on themselves. At night, the landscape lights embedded in the square are lit up and reflected on the "beans", which are also colorful.

University of Chicago (University of Chicago)

The University of Chicago is a private, co-educational and non-religious comprehensive university. It was founded by John 189 1? Founded by Rockefeller, the course started in June 1892+ 10 1. The University of Chicago is one of the most prestigious private universities in the United States, with 865,438+0 alumni winning the Nobel Prize, including Chinese physicists Li Zhengdao, Yang Zhenning and Cui Qi. The campus of the University of Chicago covers an area of about 265,438+065,438+0 acres, and its quaint Gothic architecture community surrounds the garden, just like a medieval castle in Europe. The gate of the University of Chicago is so small that even the students in this school don't know that there is a gate in their alma mater, so this gate is often ignored. There is no fence in the school, so students can go in and out freely and live and study in this famous campus.

grant park

Grant Park, located between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan in Chicago, is the main park in downtown Chicago. There are many distinctive buildings in the park, including Chicago Art Museum, Natural History Museum, Said Aquarium and Adler Planetarium in the north, and Field Museum and outdoor concert hall in the south. To the east of the park is Lake Michigan. Grant Park has a pleasant scenery. There are many famous sculptures in the park, including the largest light fountain in the world? Buckingham Fountain is also the first choice for local people to get married and shoot on location, and it is deeply loved by local people. There are pedestrian streets, bicycle lanes, tennis courts, softball courts, skating rinks and other facilities in the park. When summer comes, local people like to ride bicycles along the bicycle lane by the lake. When you come to the park, you can take a walk in the park and watch the locals running and cycling past you. You can also sit on the grass and enjoy the beautiful Buckingham Fountain and some sculptures. Or take a walk along the path of Lake Michigan and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lake Michigan.

Suggested play: half a day

Opening hours: 7:00-23:00.

school of art institute of chicago

Founded in 189 1, the Chicago Art Museum is one of the oldest art galleries in the world and one of the three largest art galleries in the United States. The museum has collected art treasures spanning 5,000 years and five continents, making it a world museum. In particular, the works of French impressionist painters are world-famous, and the works of masters such as Renoir, Picasso and Van Gogh are even more valuable. Even the bronze lion statues on both sides of the gate have become the symbol of Chicago. The main entrance of the art museum faces Michigan South Street, and the appearance of the art museum is Victorian. The museum is huge, divided into 10 exhibition halls, with a collection of more than 300,000 exhibits. There are sculptures, paintings, prints, sketches and decorative artworks in Europe, America and the East, as well as photography, African artworks and pre-Columbian American artworks.

Admission: adult $18; Children, students and people over 65 12 USD; /kloc-children under 0/4 are free.

Chicago museum of science and industry.

The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry is located in Hyde Park. Covering an area of 14 hectare, it is the largest science museum in the western hemisphere and attracts a large number of tourists every year. The exhibition content of the museum is very rich, from basic scientific knowledge to cutting-edge scientific knowledge, which can meet all kinds of learning needs from children to adults. The museum has three floors, each with four staircases, which are divided into four colors: red, yellow, blue and green, providing convenience for visitors. At the same time, the museum uses these knowledge points to form the whole exhibition, and the research on each knowledge point is very in-depth, and every exhibit can participate in it. Brain science is recognized as a field of knowledge that is difficult to express, and it is even more difficult for the audience to participate. To our surprise, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry has designed excellent exhibits with originality in this field.

Admission: $65,438+05 for adults, $65,438+04 for teenagers and the elderly, and $65,438+00 for children.

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