Private tour in Chicago Mimi F
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Mimi F.
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Come explore a fabulous city with a native and life-long Chicagoan. I offer many unique, off-the-beaten-path tours and can also customize your very own personal walking tour. All my routes can be seen by car as well. I am a Certified Tour Guide & member of the Chicago Tour-Guide Professionals Association and a former docent with the Chicago Architecture Foundation for 5 years. I would love to share my passion and knowledge of this great city with you in a fun and non-traditional way. Please take a look at my routes and see if there is anything that piques your interest. Great for singles, couples & families on vacation, here for business or checking out the city before college. Let the urban adventures begin! I am a native Chicagoan and I am still here because what's not to love! I am a Certified Tour Guide (CTG) & member of the Chicago Tour-Guide Professionals Association. A former docent with the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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Did you know that Oak Park, Illinois is home to the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings and houses? Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated in 1902. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 people fled the city to build in the suburbs. Rapid growth & development was prompted by railroads and streetcars connecting the village to jobs in nearby Chicago. Just due west of the city, Oak Park is a lovely half-day excursion definitely worth adding to your itinerary. Especially if you are an FLW fan. Let's check out some of the most beautiful buildings by FLW that put Oak Park on the map!
Had a wonderful and informative tour with Mimi! She was interesting, personable and knowledgeable with a design and architecture background and a love of all things Frank Lloyd Wright and Chicago. A great tour and guide that we would highly recommend!
Mimi's Oak Park tour centering on Frank Lloyd Wright is a good one, especially if you are interested in architecture. The visit to his home and studio was very educational and interesting. Mimi also shows you Wright designed houses in the very beautiful Oak Park.
We had the perfect tour with Mimi to help us celebrate an anniversary weekend in Chicago. Mimi was so knowledgeable and had great insight from the moment we met in the hotel lobby and on the Green Line trip to Oak Park. A wonderful, small touch, was stopping by her favorite coffee shop en route to our tour. She took care of all of the details from transportation to tickets and we really enjoyed walking the neighborhood enjoying the architecture and her information.
Mimi is a highly knowledgeable, accommodating and engaging guide. Her background and knowledge of Chicago history and architecture was very deep and she was able to share it with us in an engaging manner throughout our tour. She customized the tour to our needs and interests and "hit a home run"! It was a hot humid day and she designed the tour to incorporate breaks from the heat and to refresh. The next time we go back to Chicago she will be our first choice for exploring more of this great city. Bill N
Such a fun time! Mimi is so friendly and easy to be with. The houses on the tour were amazing and the time sequence that they were built was very helpful. Riding the train to get to and from Oak Park gave us a very interesting slice of Chicago life we wouldn't have had if we were in a car!
- Meet me at the French Market at the Ogilvie train station: 131 North Clinton (Between Washington and Randolph). This is a great place to grab a bite either before or after the tour. - We will take public transportation (the Metra UP-W line to the FLW Home & Studio tour (IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DRIVE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO RENT A CAR - IF SO, I WOULD NEED AT LEAST A WEEKS NOTICE - COST WOULD CHANGE AS WELL) - guided tour of the FLW Home & Studio at noon (by an FLW docent), then a tour of the surrounding neighborhood - We will return by Metra train or rideshare, if you prefer (OR I WOULD PICK YOU UP FROM YOUR DOWNTOWN CHICAGO HOTEL IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DRIVE) *Please be prepared and dress accordingly. Tours will take place regardless of the weather. Depending on the season I would suggest layers and possibly an umbrella. *Please allow at least a week before booking this tour so I can purchase tickets.
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We will be walking and taking public transportation. Or if you would like I can rent a car. The cost would change.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ByGuide: Come meet me at the French Market at the Ogilvie train station: 131 North Clinton (Between Washington and Randolph). This is a great place to grab a bite either before or after the tour. Or, if you would like me to drive, I can rent a car and pick you up at your downtown Chicago hotel.
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