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Chicago - Parks and gardens


Things to Do: Parks and gardens

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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Millennium Park, completed in 2004 (4 years late and enormously over budget) covers the area north of the Art Institute in Chicago built on air rights over commuter train tracks along the lakefront...

Attraction type: Theatre; Park; Urban park; Wharf/pier/boardwalk; Symphony; Amusement/theme park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #31 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Large historic conservatory (primarily indoor but some outdoor displays) located near an el stop in Garfield Park, one of the cities largest parks.  Conservatory is operated by the Chicago Parks...

Attraction type: Garden; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #35 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Dedicated in 1844, this park covers 319 acres along Lake Michigan and is home to the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum and the Art Institute.

Attraction type: Park; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #51 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Chicago's top tourist attraction offers 50 acres of parks, gardens (beer and botanical), shops, restaurants, cultural attractions and a 150-foot Ferris wheel.

Attraction type: Wharf/pier/boardwalk; Park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #68 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Home to the Lincoln Park Zoo, this popular park is also located in a neighborhood called Lincoln Park.

Attraction type: Park; Neighbourhood
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #123 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Small park located in the North Mayfair neighborhood.

Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #134 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #203 of 515 attractions in Chicago

A Chicago institution for more than a century, the Conservatory's Main Garden blooms with more than 40,000 annuals.

Attraction type: Garden
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #221 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #222 of 515 attractions in Chicago

This is both a park and a street.  It runs directly through the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park and is lined with gardens.  It was originally the center midway of the Cloumbian Exposition...

Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #248 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #260 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #261 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #282 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #308 of 515 attractions in Chicago
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #441 of 515 attractions in Chicago

Located at the south end of the Lincoln Park Zoo, this historic restaurant re-opened in 1990 after $4 million in restorations.

Attraction type: Urban park; Other
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