Destination: Chicago
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With top-of-the line hotels and shopping, gorgeous architecture and some of the most exciting restaurants in the country, the Windy City is thriving.
Read Why Go Now and What’s New, and learn how to plan a trip under Strategies.
Also in this report: The city’s best hotels under Where to Stay, authentic restaurants under Where to Eat, sights not to miss under What to See & Do, a guide to the best shopping under Where to Shop and great guides and tours in Indagare Intelligence.
INDAGARE TOP TEN:
SLEEP…in the Peninsula, the most visually stunning hotel property in the city
SEE…the city’s world-famous skyline by taking an Architecture River Cruise.
SPLURGE…on a tasting menu at Alinea, one of the country’s top restaurants
EAT…at Paul Kahan’s Blackbird, housed in a loft-like space
DRINK…with a young, hip crowd at NoMi, in the Park Hyatt
SAVOR…the innovative desserts at Hot Chocolate
VISIT…the spectacular John G. Shedd Aquarium with the kids
SHOP…in Wicker Park at such boutiques as Helen Yi and P. 45
KNOW…art historian and guide Rolf Achilles’s must sees in the Art Institute
EXPERIENCE…Robie House, an uncontested Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece
Click here to read recommendations on where to stay and eat while visiting colleges in the area.
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