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Live Architecture Cruise Water taxi to Chinatown
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Do the river for less

A guided architecture cruise runs $36–52. Ride the same river yourself for $10 — this guide does the narrating.

Option Price
Chicago Water Taxi + this free guide $10one-way Buy a ticket ↗
Shoreline all-day water taxi pass ~$36May–Sept Book the pass ↗
Guided architecture cruise $36–52 First Lady cruise ↗ Wendella cruise ↗

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In your language

Narrated in English today — more languages are coming, so more people can enjoy the same river in their own language.

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