Review of Chicago
Chicago
Catch flights to Chicago for soaring skyscrapers, deep-dish pizza and sparkling Lake Michigan beaches.
Things to do
Two stone lions welcome visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago, where a room of glorious paintings reveals the genius of Monet and Degas. Tickets take Chicago visitors to the vibrant Modern Wing also, covered with the swirling works of Jackson Pollock and de Kooning.
Shopping
Fill your luggage with American souvenirs before return flights from Chicago. Take your pocketbook to the towering high-rises of Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile, where storefronts stand filled with American Girl dolls, cashmere scarves and smartly-tailored denim jackets and jeans.
Restaurants
Bring a hardy appetite to Gino’s East, where waiters serve up pans of thick stuffed pizza. Dig into a Chicago culinary tradition – a pizza layered with steaming mozzarella and spinach and ladled with savoury tomato sauce.
Nightlife
Catch an outdoor concert, sip late-night cocktails or wander Chicago’s favourite outdoor sculptures at Millennium Park. A Lake Michigan breezes cools this hot downtown space that buzzes with streaming fountains, colourful magicians, local rock bands and outdoor bars and cafés.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Chicago. Travel to the Chicago Blues Festival in June, or take in holiday displays at the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival in November.
Upcoming events
- Chicago Underground Film FestivalJun 2012 (annual)
- Chicago Blues FestivalJun 2012 (annual)
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