About Chicago

June is the perfect time to experience Chicago’s beautiful parks and lakefront, its remarkable architecture, world-class museums, Michigan Avenue shopping, and its legendary blues scene. The Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile location on Michigan Avenue and Rush Street, gives you easy access to all the popular attractions. A train stop is located just 2 blocks from the Marriott on Grand and State Streets. This is part of Chicago’s network of buses and trains called the “El” (for elevated). Tuesday will be a free afternoon for attendees this year to allow you to spend time exploring this great and very walkable city.

The hotel is just four blocks from the Chicago River, where the Chicago Architecture Foundation launches its amazing 90-minute boat tours along the river. This tour spotlights more than 50 architecturally significant sites where you will discover a new perspective on the city and learn about the development of the skyscraper. You can get a spectacular view of the city and the lake from the John Hancock Center, which is 8 blocks north of the hotel on Michigan Avenue.

Navy Pier is six blocks away on Illinois Street and Lake Michigan. This is a great place for a morning jog, a wonderful place to catch a boat cruise, or a concert, or to ride the giant ferris wheel. The Chicago Children’s Museum is located on the Navy Pier.

Millennium Park is just eight blocks South of the Marriott on Michigan Avenue. The Bean, the polished steel structure that fascinates park visitors with its reflection of them along with Chicago’s skyline, is located here. Another attraction in the park, where kids love to play, is a wading fountain surrounded by 50-ft glass towers featuring faces of famous Chicagoans.

The Art Institute of Chicago, which houses the country’s top collection of Impressionist and Postimpressionist art, is in the block beyond Millennium Park on Michigan Avenue.

Other popular museums—the Field Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Shedd Aquarium, and are a short bus or taxi ride from the hotel.

Be sure to experience some of Chicago’s culinary wonders while you are in town. Deep-dish pizza, hot dogs, and Italian beef sandwiches are Chicago specialties you won’t want to miss.

Restaurant List (coming soon)

Web sites with detailed information about Chicago

The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau

City of Chicago