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Inter-Continental Chicago
505 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
From the moment you arrive, a feeling of elegance surrounds you. Marble columns, brass inlays and masterpiece murals all restored to their original splendor. The location couldn’t be better. Within strolling distance to museums, art galleries and the loop.
Size: 41 floors, 800 rooms
Location: Near Michigan and Grand Streets
Hotel Amenities
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South America: Continental Circuit
imagine traversing the entire South American continent in specially equipped military-class Mercedes 4WD vehicles. The South America circuit runs all the way from the headlands of the Amazon to the tip of Patagonia and back again, covering more than 5,000 miles of some of the wildest routes on earth. Ford jungle streams; penetrate dense, remote [...]
Antarctica: The Icy Bottom of the World
Sail from Buenos Aires aboard ship to the only continent covered with an ice cap—a true continent with 18,000 miles of coast. Here, in the shadow of Norwegian explorer Roald Amudsen (who first reached the South Pole in 1911) you can still find huge elephant seals, giant petrels, and deserted islands with entire skeletons of [...]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Brief description: In the state of New Mexico, this karstic network comprises 81 currently recognized caves. Among this high concentration of caves, outstanding because of their size and the profusion, diversity and beauty of mineral formations, the Lechuguilla cave stands out, forming an underground laboratory where geological processes can be studied in a virtually intact [...]
Pueblo de Taos
Brief description: Situated in the valley of a small tributary of the Rio Grande, this adobe settlement consists of dwellings and ceremonial buildings, representing the culture of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Brief description: This national park, in north-west New Mexico, contains the most important remains of the Chaco culture, which was at its height between about 1020 and 1110. It was characterized by a very elaborate system of urban dwellings surrounded by villages and linked by a network of roads
Monticello and University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Brief description: Excellent examples of Neoclassicism, seen in the relationship of the buildings with nature and the blending of functionalism and symbolism, the mansion of Monticello and the University of Virginia reflect the design of their architect, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), who was strongly influenced by the Enlightenment.
Yosemite National Park
Brief description: Located in the heart of California, Yosemite National Park, with its “hanging” valleys, many waterfalls, cirque lakes, polished domes, moraines and U-shaped valleys, offers a view of all kinds of granite reliefs fashioned by glaciation. At 600 to 4,000 metres high, a great variety of flora and fauna can also be found here.
The Statue of Liberty
Brief description: Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, with help on the metalwork from Gustave Eiffel, this symbolic monument to liberty was a gift from France on the centenary of American independence. Standing at the entrance of New York Harbor it has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States of America since [...]
La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Brief description: A vital strategic point in the Caribbean Sea, the defensive structures built over four centuries (15th to 19th) to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan have left a rich display of European military architecture adapted to the harbours of the American continent.
