With the city’s largest fleet – 11 touring vessels and 6 water taxis – and dozens of architectural guides, Shoreline Sightseeing is one of Chicago’s most popular tours. Purchase your tickets today for your own awesome adventure: from scenic trips along the river to skyline tours on Lake Michigan.
Shoreline Sightseeing: More boats, more tours, more guides – to suit your schedule!
Our Tours
Which experience is right for me?
Utilize our interactive map below to explore our tour routes to determine what sights you want to see.
[Choose Blue for our Architecture River Tours. And Red for our Classic Lake Tour routes.]
[Choose Blue for our Architecture River Tours. And Red for our Classic Lake Tour routes.]
"So Me & The Hubby Came here for our Honeymoon & so far it's been amazing Victor Was our tour guy on the boat & hands down he was beyond wonderful & funny"
"This sightseeing cruise was a great way to start our 3 day weekend getaway! JP was a fantastic and enthusiastic tour guide. Great tidbits of Chicago history. Kudos to Felipe for most excellent bloody marys! Loved it!!"
"What a wonderful experience. We took the sightseeing tour and we were impressed by our guide and how knowledgeable he was. We think this tour showed us beautiful Chicago perfectly!"
"Well worth the money for this interesting and informative architectural river tour we took on a Saturday at 5:00. The guide provided great facts and fun stories along the way in a microphone, so everyone could hear. We would definitely recommend this to tourists and Chicagoans alike to learn more about the city."
"Awesome tour. The city where the skyscraper was born has a real life timeline of skyscrapers from the 1920s up to the current date, always pushing the latest engineering innovations. This tour was great because we had an awesome guide in Kyle. He is a teacher and it showed by his passion to remember history so well. Master story teller. We highly recommend this tour."
Brenda B.
September 26th, 2018
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September 27th, 2018
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Betty B.
September 28th, 2018
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September 28th, 2018
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Dustin T.
September 29th, 2018
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Guide Spotlight
Meet Rachael S.
Rachael has been a Shoreline guide since 2015, and she uses her background in improv comedy for a fun and spontaneous tour. She is still in awe of Chicago's skyscrapers and loves how much there is to do in the city year-round.
Meet the team