Pre-built day and weekend plans — first-time visitor, locals weekend, free things, lakefront, and more.
First-Timer's Chicago Weekend — The downtown greatest hits, walkable and in order: Millennium Park and Cloud Gate, the Art Institute, the Riverwalk, and the lakefront — built so a first visit covers the icons without backtracking.
A Free Chicago Weekend — A full two days that cost nothing to enter: the lakefront and The 606, Lincoln Park Zoo, Millennium Park, and the Sunday Maxwell Street Market. Public spaces and free institutions, start to finish.
Chicago With Kids — A weekend paced for short legs and nap windows: Lincoln Park Zoo, Millennium Park's Crown Fountain, the Riverwalk, and the lakefront — short hops between durable, kid-proof public spaces.