Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Updated each year and containing a full-color, foldout Rand McNally map, a Fodor's Gold Guide is an essential tool for any kind of traveler. Smart travel tips and important contact info make planning your trip a breeze, and detailed coverage of sights, accommodations, and restaurants give you the info you need to make your experience enriching and hassle-free. If you only have room for one guide, this is the one for you.
- Dozens of walking tours, from the Loop to Lincoln Park
- Historic landmarks, lakefront parks, and memorable museums
- The Magnificent Mile, trendy galleries, and unique city shops
- Blues and jazz bars, theater, comedy clubs, and more
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
- Historic charmers, stylish modern towers, and good-value getaways -- plus strategies for securing a room
- Chic bistros and trattorias, top steak houses, deep-dish pizza joints, and the best ethnic eateries in every neighborhood
Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path
- Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
- All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents, including Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel
24 pages of maps -- and dozens of unique features
- Important contacts
- Smart travel tips
- Fodor's Choice
- What's Where
- Pleasures & Pastimes, the don't-miss activities
- New & Noteworthy
- Festivals
- Side trips
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park
- Architecture primer
- And more!
From the Publisher
We've compiled a helpful list of guidebooks that complement Fodor's Chicago '99. To learn more about them, just enter the title in the keyword search box.
- Citypack Chicago (2nd Edition): A full-color pocket-size guidebook and a full-size color map, all in one sturdy, plastic sleeve, $12.
- Compass Chicago (2nd Edition): A stunning, full-color guide to the character, culture, and history of Chicago, $18.95.
- Fodor's Cityguide Chicago (1st Edition): The ultimate sourcebook for residents, $19.
- Fodor's Flashmaps Chicago (1st Edition): The ultimate street and information finder, $9.95.
- Mobil 99: Major Cities: America's favorite domestic series, famous for its encyclopedic listings, $18.95.
- Mobil 99: Great Lakes: America's favorite domestic series, famous for its encyclopedic listings, $16.95.
- Fodor's Ballpark Vacations (1st Edition): Great family trips to minor league and clasic major league ballparks across America, $16.50.
- Fodor's Rock & Roll Traveler USA (1st Edition): The ultimate guide to juke joints, street corners, whiskey bars, and hotel rooms where music history was made, $16.50.
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