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The 4 Best Self-Guided Audio Tours in Chicago

4 tours  ·  from $6 a head

Your own pace, your own start time, and no group to keep up with. These 4 cover the Loop, the Gold Coast and the lakefront, priced low with a note on how long each route takes on foot.

Medieval Torture Museum Ticket with Audio Guide and Ghost Hunting - Inside the 6,000-square-foot exhibition
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Medieval Torture Museum Ticket with Audio Guide and Ghost Hunting

Chicago Self-Guided Audio Tour - Museum Campus: Field Museum and Buckingham Fountain
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Chicago Self-Guided Audio Tour

2.Chicago Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 9 reviews · 3 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $6Best value

Explore 15 Chicago landmarks with flexible audio guides, from Union Station and the Art Institute to Navy Pier, Lincoln Park Zoo, and more.

“Very informative and interesting. The guide spoke articulately and loud enough for everyone to hear and he had interesting forklore and stories.”

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Chicago's Gold Coast Hidden History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk - Entering the International Museum of Surgical Science
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Chicago’s Gold Coast Hidden History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk

3.Chicago’s Gold Coast Hidden History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · 50 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Walk Chicago’s Gold Coast with a local historian, from Lincoln’s deathbed and a medical museum to a 1929 piano lounge.

“Tour was informative. The use of visitor was klunky. Had to order the tour twice to use. Viator has committed refund one of the unneeded purchases. Walk and auto play needs some work. Price was right.”

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Chicago's Storied Neighborhood: An Audio Tour - Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and the University Setting
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Chicago’s Storied Neighborhood: An Audio Tour

4.Chicago’s Storied Neighborhood: An Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 4 reviews · 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.)

Explore Hyde Park with Bill Ayers, from the University of Chicago to Washington Park, on a flexible self-guided audio walk.

“Worse than one could ever expect your walking in silence majority of the time and very limited information is given! We didn’t even go into the university original buildings at all. Complete waste of time.”

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