what to do in chicago in 5 hours?
Flights
Adarsh J asked:
I will be reaching O’Hare airport at 12:30 on monday and my flight to India is at 7:00 pm the same day. I want to take spend 5 hours in Chicago visiting places of interest or taking a tour.
I will be reaching O’Hare airport at 12:30 on monday and my flight to India is at 7:00 pm the same day. I want to take spend 5 hours in Chicago visiting places of interest or taking a tour.
Do let me know if you have any information.
Julio
March 15th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Go to Navy Pier.
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 am
Try the Museum of Science and Industry on Lake Shore Drive, very up ot date.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
Shopping on Michigan Ave
Art Institue or Field Museum
Sears Tower or John Hancock building
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:25 am
You will never make it out of the airport and downtown before you would have to turn around and head back. I would bring a good book and stay put.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Seeing Navy Pier is a good idea, or instead go to Sears Tower, or go on an architecture tour (on the river, heard it was awesome). I would say go to 2121 N Clark Street and have lunch/dinner at Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder, they have incredible food (pizza pot pies and grinders, and you have to have the Mediterranean Bread) and the menu will tell you a little about the history of the restaurant and the area around it. Then you will have some awesome food to keep you tied over on your long flight!
5 hours will fly by pretty quickly so you won’t be able to do too much, but the Shedd aquarium is cool and so is the Museum of Science and Industry.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
I lived outside Chicago since 1990. Great City!
March 25th, 2009 at 3:53 am
have you been to Chicago airport lately ? i have ………a couple months ago ………
the flights were all late coming in ………….it was an international flight as well ………..to France …………mad house !!!!!!!!!!
our flight coming into Chicago was late ,therefore all went crazy ……..
if you only have 5 hours ? i would not recommend ,you even leave the airport
it’s only my opinion …..
and you would have to get a taxi ………what if coming back ? no cabs available ?
too big of a chance to miss your flight ……………..((
have a good trip to india ………..
March 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I like the museum of science and industry
The navy pier
and michigan ave.
if you do navy pier for a few hours you could also squeeze in michigan ave. the museum will take up your whole 5 hours.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
go to the field museum, navy pier, museum of science and industry, shedd aquarium, alder planetarium. its a lot to do here
March 29th, 2009 at 2:51 am
The sears tower is asum!!!i like the shedd aquarium!!!the art instatute would be a good place to go if u hav time…cuz they got tons of vamous panters…Piccaso,Monet,…n like THERES WAAAAAAAY MORE they hav a huge building full of them…isnt that just amasing to get all of those!!! ummm Navy Pier…
I hope I helped
March 30th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Take the Blue Line train to downtown Chicago (about an hour or so). Walk down State Street, the most famous street in Chicago. Do a little shopping. Stop by Miller’s Pub on Wabash and Adams for lunch and a beer. Walk over to the Art Institute on Michigan Ave. Look at a few Manets. Come out and walk north to Millenium Park (hopefully it won’t be too cold). Walk down Michigan Ave and do some window shopping. Or do some real shopping. Stop at the Apple store and goof around with the new computers and iPods. Stop at the Nike store and pray to the Michael Jordan statue. Walk down to the John Hancock Building, enter the South side of the building, go up to the Signature Room and have a drink and a little something to snack on and enjoy the view (if you’re a woman, go to the ladies room. Supposedly the best view of all is inside the women’s bathroom. I’ve never seen it, though). Take the Michigan Ave. bus south back to State Street. Get on the Blue line train and head back to the airport. make sure you give yourself enough time to get back.
You could take one of those tour buses but A) it will be cold most likely and riding on the top of an open air double-decker bus isn’t my idea of fun, and besides you’ll only be able to see things from the outside. And you could take a tour on the river, but again, it’s going to be cold. Screw that…