Welcome to Free Tours by Foot, we offer audio tours, small-group Chicago walking tours, including food tours and private tours.
Our tours are led by experienced and real Chicagoans who are the most highly rated in the city.
Our expert guides offer local knowledge of the Loop, Millenium Mile, the Chicago Pedway, Lincoln Park, and more.
We offer:
- Audio Tours (researched AND recorded by the same guides!)
- Guided Walking Tours
- Free Self Guided Tours (researched and written by our professional guides)
These exciting and informative sightseeing city tours will take you through many of the Windy City's most famous neighborhoods.
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CHICAGO WALKING TOURS
We provide a platform for local, freelance tour guides to lead walking tours as well as ghost and architecture tours so that you may enjoy a worry-free quality sightseeing experience.
Walking tours are our forte, and we offer several daily and weekly small-group tours walking tours of Chicago and completely free self-guided options.
Our premiere Chicago walking tours are great day or night and serve as introductions to the city, Chicago history and cover the many of the main tourist attractions.
Our Regularly Scheduled Tours
- The Birth of the Skyscraper: Architecture Tour is a great way to discover and appreciate the incredible landscape of buildings in Chicago and it ends in Grant Park near the famed Buckingham Fountain.
- The Riverwalk and Chicago History Tour follows the path of the Chicago River and focuses on the history of Chicago, the Chicago Flag, and the beautiful buildings that line the river.
- North Loop and Millennium Park Tour, which covers a great portion of Chicago’s downtown Loop neighborhood, public art, and ends in Millennium Park.
- Our Chicago Ghost Tour -Haunting History is for folks who love haunting history and creepy tales of the dark side of the White City.
- On The Magnificent Mile Tour, you will discover fun Chicago facts like the history of deep dish pizza while exploring our most popular downtown area.
Weekly Tours
- Our Gold Coast Tour meanders through the history of high society where you will be introduced to the glamorous residential neighborhood built around Lakeshore Drive.
- Explore Lincoln Park on our Lincoln Park and Gangster Tour to appreciate a unique neighborhood scattered with hidden history including tales of Chicago Gangsters.
- We also offer a West Loop tour which combines great storytelling for history buffs with great photo ops for those more in the “sightseeing” mood!
- Get out of downtown and check out the Chicago Street Art on our Wicker Park Culture & Street Art tour.
Winter Tours
We offer tours year-round, even in Chicago's winter, but we take into account the need to be seasonably appropriate for walking tours. Check out our special Winter offers:
- In the winter, we offer a Pedway Tour that explores the indoor tunnels and paths to discover Chicago architecture and arts in a warmer way.
- There is also a Winter Loop option where we will spend about half of the time outdoors looking up at the skyscrapers and the other half will be spent inside exquisite public buildings and lobbies.
- Our Winter Architecture Tour explores the unique landscape of buildings in the downtown area while also popping into many lovely lobbies for warmth! This tour is abbreviated and adjusted for our Chicago winters.
OTHER TOURS
In addition to walking tours, Chicago has bus, bike & boat tours. Read all about them...
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AUDIO TOURS
Can't make one of our guided tours?
That is no problem; we have recorded some of our best tour guides who give their tours and made them available to you anytime.
Here is how it works:
- Receive a confirmation email with details.
- Enjoy the tour(s).
PRIVATE TOURS
We also offer our guiding services for private groups, families, or school groups where we can guide you in the Loop, the South Side and anywhere else in Chicago.