Day 1 Travel Day (D)
Leave home today and travel across Iowa and Illinois as your tour director makes the miles fly by. Enjoy a welcome dinner in a Chicago restaurant as your first “taste” of the city.

Day 2 Chicago City Tour / Federal Reserve Bank / The Oprah Store / Lincoln Park Zoo / Lincoln Park Conservatory / Sears Tower (CB)
Begin the day with a guided city tour as you get acquainted with the city. Stop at the Federal Reserve Bank and see a million dollars up close. Enjoy shopping time at Oprah’s new boutique, The Oprah Store, her first freestanding retail store. Next visit Lincoln Park Zoo, a world of wildlife under the shadow of the city skyscrapers. Step inside the Lincoln Park Conservatory and be transported to a world of tropical ferns and exotic plants from around the world. Take a trip to the top of the world when you visit the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere – the Sears Tower. Return to the hotel and take some “R&R” after a busy day of sightseeing.

Day 3 Chicago River Cruise / Optional Sightseeing / Tommy Gun’s Dinner / (CB, D)
Begin your day with a narrated cruise on the Chicago River. Enjoy the remainder of the day on your own. Optional Sightseeing offered includes: Navy Pier, a Segway Tour of Lake Michigan and Millenium Park, Field Museum, Shedd Acquarium, or shopping the Magnificent Mile. This evening enjoy dinner and entertainment at Tommy Gun’s Garage, the music and dance review that includes gangsters and flappers at a local “speakeasy”. (Sign up for one of these options when you book your tour.)

Day 4 Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio / Graue Mill / Heartland International Tattoo Music and Dance Festival (CB)
Stop in Oak Park, Illinois and tour the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio and get a glimpse of his “prairie” design homes. Visit the Graue Mill, the only operating waterwheel gristmill in Illinois. Learn about its role in slavery, and how it is one of the only remaining authenticated

“stations” on the Underground Railroad. Tonight attend the 2010 Heartland International Tattoo Music and Dance Festival. The only musical Tattoo of its kind in the Midwest, this tradition is an event that honors all U.S. and Canadian military music units as well as international entertainers. The show will dazzle with more than 250 musicians, singers and entertainers that include military and civilian brass bands, drum corps, wind bands, bagpipe bands, drill teams, flag corps and an array of dancers. This night of patriotic music will absolutely thrill you.

Day 5 Mystery Tour Stop/Travel Home (CB, L)
Travel home today with wonderful memories of your visit to Chicago. The fun is not over yet, as a mystery tour stop will be waiting for you at your lunch break. Then head home with fond memories of your Chicago and Heartland Tattoo holiday.

Day 3 Options

1. Navy Pier – With over 50 acres of parks, promenades, gardens, shops, restaurants and attractions. No charge.

2. Segway Tour – Experience the coast of Lake Michigan on a Segway – today’s newest innovation in individual travel. Take a two hour guided informative tour that will take you up the Gold Coast of Lake Michigan past some of the city’s most breathtaking views. Price not available yet.

3. Field Museum or Shedd Aquarium - The Field Museum is home to the world’s most famous dinosaur - Sue. From Ancient empires of civilization to the natural and cultural history of chocolate, your visit will entice you to learn more about our world and its existence. Or, be face-to-face with a man-eating shark at the Shedd Aquarium. Price not available yet.

4. Shopping on the Magnificent Mile - With four shopping centers, world-renowned boutiques, and locally-acclaimed designers, you can shop till you drop in this shopper’s paradise known as the Magnificent Mile. No charge.