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Big Bus Chicago: Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour

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The ticket is valid for 1 or 2 days (as per option chosen)

10am to 5pm, every 30 minutes Full Circuit Time: 2 hours (approx.)

You can hop onto the bus at any of the stops. Stop #1: Chicago Riverwalk (98 E. Wacker Dr.)

You can hop off at any of the stops

• Discover the iconic Windy City of Chicago over 1 or 2 days
• Easily visit attractions like Fort Dearborn, Chicago Theatre, Skydeck and more
• Enjoy panoramic views of the city from double-decker buses
• Flexible sightseeing where you can explore at your own leisurely pace
• Both printed and smartphone vouchers accepted!

Explore the Windy City - Chicago - with this curated and convenient Hop-on, Hop-off Bus Tour from Big Bus. Discover the beautiful locations at your own pace, just as you wish - over 1 or 2 days. With comprehensive bus routes and strategic stops located close to all the major attractions in the city, it is perfect for first-time visitors looking for an engaging introduction to the city.  Enjoy exploring this dynamic city with the freedom to hop on and hop off as many times as you wish: take your time discovering Chicago!

You have the following options to choose from –

• Discover Ticket: 1-Day Hop-on, Hop-off Bus Ticket + Free ‘Big Bus Tours’ App 
• Essential Ticket:  2-Day Hop-on, Hop-off Bus Ticket + Free ‘Big Bus Tours’ App

Attractions Covered

• Fort Dearborn
• Chicago Theatre
• Willis Tower & Skydeck Chicago
• Palmer House Hilton
• Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park
• Adler Planetarium
• Shedd Aquarium
• Field Museum (near Soldier Field) 
• Sheraton Towers and Loews Chicago

… and more!

About the Supplier: One of the largest operators of open-top sightseeing bus tours, Big Bus Tours have been fuelling the spirit of adventure in over 20 cities across four continents.

Route map is available in the Useful Downloads section.

• 1 or 2-day Hop-on, hop-off bus ticket
• Audio commentary in English and Spanish
• FREE WiFi on all buses
• Entrances, unless specified

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Voucher Information: No need to print! You can show your voucher on your smartphone or other devices. (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)

Validity: 14 days from or before the travel date chosen at the time of booking

Please refer to the USEFUL DOWNLOAD section.

Stops and timings are subject to change. Updated route maps will be available on the buses.

Chicago is a functioning city and weather, traffic and events may occasionally cause disruption.

Customer Reviews

Diane sullivan-ishiki.

Ok. Wish was alittle less expensive.

Ximena Maldonado

Estuvo bien el servicio por parte de uds pero de la compañía big bus si hubo un poco de antipatía de los empleados pues nos hicieron cambiar de bus varías veces en un día muy lluvioso sin ninguna explicación. Me gustaría volver hacer el bus pues me toco un mal día pero no voy a volver a pagar los tiquetes....me quede sin la experiencia bien vivida

Karla Gonzalez

The ticket and the extras offered were better than I expected, service inside the Bus and extra support were great.

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Big Bus Tours Chicago

With the largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours in the world, visitors to Chicago can take a tour around the city in the European style of open-top, double-decker buses. Starting its US branch in 2011, Big Bus Tours offers a flexible approach to discovering the city, with hop-on, hop-off options at a variety of interesting locations. This type of tour is a perfect introduction the Windy City for first-time visitors as it gives a large overview of many different places!

Open-top, double decker buses make seeing Chicago fun in almost any kind of weather. Live guides provide a commentary about the city’s rich history and cultural heritage as guests pass by interesting attractions and landmarks. The freedom of hopping off and back on the bus means that guests can join and rejoin the tour as many times as they like as long as their tickets are valid.  

Chicago's premier hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tour takes you on an extensive route, showcasing the best the city has to offer.

From the great vantage point of the open top double-decker buses, you'll enjoy panoramic views of Chicago's finest skyscrapers and cultural landmarks. Take in the sights while listening to an entertaining commentary and insight into Chicago's history. Enjoy exploring this dynamic city with the freedom to hop-on and hop-off as many times as you wish to visit Chicago's famous attractions. These hop-on hop-off buses and conveniently located stops make navigating your way around the city easy, and with a choice of 1 or 2 day tickets, you can take your time discovering Chicago.

Tours begin at 98 E Wacker Drive near the Chicago Riverwalk. Download the Big Bus Tours App in the App Store for a busload of maps and information to help you navigate Chicago!

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Hop-on and discover Chicago from the best point of view. Hop-off and explore the best experiences Chicago has to offer.

Hop-On and Discover! Hop-Off and Explore!

Your visit to Chicago isn’t complete without an open-top sightseeing bus tour; join us on an adventure at Big Bus Tours Chicago ! 

Hop-on and hop-off at any of our 11 Stops in the city and make your own adventure. Our 2-hour ‘Big Loop’ tour showcases Chicago by day, with stops conveniently located close to key landmarks and attractions. Start at Navy Pier, shop on the Magnificent Mile, scale the Willis Tower, and take fun selfies at Millennium Park all while learning about the history of Chicago. 

Don’t worry about driving, we have that covered! 

• Chicago Riverwalk
• Willis Tower & Skydeck
• Millennium Park & Art Institute
• Hilton Chicago & Grant Park
• Adler Planetarium
• Museum Campus
• Sheraton Grand Hotel
• Water Tower Place
• John Hancock Center & 360° Chicago
• Hard Rock Café

Discover: Adult: $54, Child: $39

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Essential: Adult: $64, Child: $44

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Explore: Adult: $85, Child: $49

• Panoramic Sunset Tour

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• We recommend that guests bring sunscreen and water.
• Download our Big Bus Tours app in the App Store or Google Play to have live bus tracking and start planning your Chicago adventure!
• Mon-Fri 10:00AM – 5:00PM
• Saturday 10:00AM – 5:00PM
• Sunday 10:00AM – 5:00PM

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As, we cannot guarantee that the group shall be able to travel together as one group, therefore we will reduce the group size down to 4-5 smaller groups per ticket (depending upon group size).

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Chicago, the city in the United States, is famous for its magnificent architecture. It is home to the world’s iconic landmarks. The liveliest city comprises of brightly lit streets and has something for everyone. The world-class museums, various restaurants, big malls, and many more exciting places will impress you.

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A. Chicago Big Bus gives you the best view of all Chicago's famous sights. The Chicago routes have been carefully designed to show you The Windy City's best landmarks and attractions, including Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park, Willis Tower and John Hancock Tower.

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A. Yes, all of the Big Bus Chicago buses are wheelchair and stroller accessible. Every bus has a dedicated space for wheelchair and stroller on its lower deck. The upper deck on entire fleet is not accessible to the wheelchair or stroller.

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Dmitrov is a small millennial city in Russia , located some 65 km (40 mi) north of the capital Moscow . It has some 60,000 inhabitants and is renowned for its old and beautiful kremlin.

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Dmitrov was founded in 1154 by Yury Dolgoruky (Yury Long-hand) at the site where his son Vsevolod the Big Nest was born. Its name is derived from Vsevolod's patron saint St. Demetrius. It was given town rights in 1374. During the early 16th century Dmitrov flourished and the Assumption Cathedral in the kremlin and the monastery cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb were constructed. However, in 1569 the city was seized by the secret police "Oprichnina" and went into a decline, which was further accelerated during the "Time of Troubles", when the city was sacked by Polish troops. The city was on the frontier during both the Napoleonic wars and World War II (known as the first and second great patriotic wars in Russia). The renowned Russian anarchist Piotr Kropotkin resided in the city between the Russian revolution in 1917 and his death in 1921. During the 1930s the Moscow channel was constructed, passing through the western part of Dmitrov.

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56.337556 37.510738 1 Dmitrov Central Station is a railway junction of the Moscow (Savyolovsky terminal)– Savyolovo branch and the Dmitrov– Alexandrov branch.

Bus routes connect Dmitrov with Moscow (Altufyevo), Sergiev Posad , Dubna , Taldom , Lobnya and Laryovo .

It is located some 40 km north of Sheremetyevo International Airport SVO  IATA .

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Dmitrov city center is rather small and walkable.

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• Sergiev Posad - A large monastery and one of the most sacred places in Russian orthodoxy is about an hours drive to the east.
• Dubna - At the shores of the river Volga this center of Soviet nuclear physics is about an hour away by train or car.
• Klin - A small city best known as the former residence of Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. An hour away by car.

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History of Dmitrov

12th century.

  Dmitrov was founded in 1154 by Yuri Dolgoruky in swamp lands on the River Yakhroma and was named in honour of St Demetrius of Saloniki (Thessaloniki). In the same year Yuri Dolgoruky's son Vsevolod (later to be known as Vsevolod the Big Nest) was born in the new city. Dmitrov quickly became a fortified location for the protection of Vladimir-Suzdal lands and was an important stop on the river trade routes. The city was later burned to the ground in 1180 during the war between Prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich of Chernigov and Prince Vsevolod the Big Nest of Vladimir.

13th Century

Galich-dmitrov principality.

  By 1214 Dmitrov had recovered in strength and was able to defend itself from an attack by Prince Vladimir Vsevolodovich. In 1238 the city was sacked during the Mongol-Tatar Invasion of Rus. In around 1247 the city became part of the Galich-Dmitrov Principality. It is not known exactly when the Galich-Dmitrov Principality split, but in 1334 a separate Prince of Dmitrov is mentioned in chronicles.

14th Century

Dmitrov congress of russian princes.

  In 1301 a congress was held between Russian princes in an attempt to stop the continuous internecine wars. Grand Prince Andrey Aleksandrovich of Vladimir, Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver, Prince Ivan Dmitrievich of Pereslavl-Zalessky and Prince Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow attended the meeting, but it failed to have any lasting effect on bringing peace to Rus lands.

Appendage of the Moscow Principality

  Sometime between 1360 and 1368 , the Dmitrov Principality was incorporated into the Moscow Principality and Dmitrov was given as an appendage of the sons of the grand princes of Moscow. In 1372 the surrounding areas were attacked by Grand Prince Mikhail Aleksandrovich of Tver in his war with Grand Prince Dmitri Donskoy of Moscow. From 1372 to 1389 Dmitrov was ruled by Prince Vladimir Andreevich the Brave of Serpukhov, until Dmitri Donskoy took back the city from him. After Dmitri's death in 1389 the city was given to Dmitri's son Pyotr Dmitrievich.

15th Century

  In 1408 Dmitrov was sacked by the forces of Emir Edigu from the Golden Horde. Prince Pyotr Dmitirevich of Dmitrov died in 1428 without issue and the city was again incorporated into Moscow, until it was given by Grand Prince Vasili II of Moscow to Prince Vasili Yaroslavich of Serpukhov. However it was later exchanged in 1454 for Zvenigorod and once again incorporated into Moscow until Vasili II of Moscow granted it for a second time, this time to his son Yuri Vasilievich.

16th Century

Prince yuri ivanovich of dmitrov.

  In 1505 Yuri Ivanovich, brother of Grand Prince Vasili III, was granted Dmitrov as an appendage. During his reign, Prince Yuri Ivanovich ordered the construction of the city's Dormition Cathedral which was built between 1509 and 1533 . Grand Prince Vasili III died in 1533 and in 1534 Elena Glinskaya, who was acting as regent for her son (the new Grand Prince Ivan IV, later known as Ivan the Terrible), had Yuri arrested and imprisoned as she considered him a threat to her son's throne. Prince Yuri died in prison in 1536 .

  After the death of Prince Yuri Ivanovich of Dmitrov, Dmitrov passed to his brother Prince Andrey Ivanovich of Staritsa and then in 1537 to his son Prince Vladimir Andreevich of Staritsa. When Prince Vladimir of Staritsa was executed in 1569 , Dmitrov became part of the Oprichnina, a separate territory within Russia outside the normal laws of the country and ruled by Ivan the Terrible's own secret police known as Oprichniki. Like the rest of the country during the period, Dmitrov suffered heavily during the repression and its trade substantially declined.

17th Century

Times of troubles.

  In 1609 troops led by Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky, managed to defeat the forces of the Second False Dmitri just outside of Dmitrov. The Times of Troubles made a more significant impact on the city in 1610 when the Polish-Lithuanian army of Yan Sapega captured the city as the army was retreating from Sergiev Posad after its siege of the monastery there had been lifted by the Russians. The Polish-Lithuanian Interventionists did not remain long in Dmitrov, but during their occupation they destroyed Dmitrov's wooden fortress. The fortress was never rebuilt, but its earthen mound remains today. The destructive years of the Oprichnina and then the Times of Troubles resulted in the decline of Dmitrov

18th Century

  In 1781 Dmitrov became the centre of the Dmitrov District and was granted a coat of arms. By this time it was a successful trading city.  The city was also granted a coat of arms which was inspired by the Dmitrov Congress of Russian Princes and features four crowns representing the four princes who attended the congress.

19th Century

  In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Armeé briefly occupied Dmitrov until it abandoned the city without a fight having heard that Russian troops were approaching and after not being able to pacify the local resistance. The city was hardly damaged during this occupation.   Later in the century Dmitrov was overlooked in favour of its neighbours, when the Moscow-St Petersburg railway was built through Klin and the Yaroslav railway through Sergiev Posad. This led to Dmitrov relying only on its decreasing river trade and caused a decline in its fortunes as a trading city.

20th Century

Dmitlag and the moscow canal.

  In 1932 Dmitrovlag, later known as Dmitlag, was established as part of the Gulag system in Dmitrov. The camp's prisoners were used for the construction of the Moscow Canal to link the River Moskva with the Volga. The camp's administration was located at the recently closed Borisoglebsky Monastery. The organisation Memorial states that at its height almost 200,000 prisoners were held at the camp. In 1937 a mass execution of Dmitlag camp prisoners took place at the Butovo Firing-Range. The camp was finally closed in 1938 .

Second World War

  On the 26-27 August 1941 Dmitrov was attacked by the Nazis who managed to cross the canal and consolidate on the Peremilovskaya Heights to the south of the city. However the Nazis were forced from here on the 29 November 1941 and a counter attack by the Red Army was subsequently launched resulting in the liberation of the whole Dmitrov District in December 1941 . For the heroic actions of the city's defenders, Dmitrov was awarded the status of City of Military Glory.

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