Magnificent Mile - Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Reviews

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4.67 of 5 (by 3 users)

Magnificent Mile - Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Review Summary

Magnificent Mile, Michigan Av., is a stretch of urban area in downtown Chicago noted for its seemingly endless stores and restaurants. Reviewers love the Magnificent Mile for many reasons, but most important among them is the fact that the Magnificent Mile includes a wide variety of shops, from expensive to budget, along with many unique specialty stores like the Lego Store and Hershey Store. “The Magnificent Mile is a Window Shopper’s Paradise” that offers “Good Times, Great Prices”. It can get tiring walking the entire Michigan Av. strip and it can take a couple of days to visit each store, but the Magnificent Mile is a great place for shopping and people watching and it ranks as a fun Vacation Destination for shoppers and non- shoppers alike.

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loads of great shops (all)
water tower at end (all)
wonderful (2)
high energy (2)
art (2)
people watching (1)

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wear comfortable shoes (all)
high dollar looking free (2)

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Shop until you drop or drop by and look - Magnificent Mile.

love to travel, travel writer, off the beaten path, budget-conscious traveler, people watcher

OCT

2007

I'm not a big shopper, but I'm sure glad that I visited Magnificent Mile - the super shopping street in Chicago. I really went to see the old water tower that did not burn down when the city caught fire. I ended up enjoying the whole scene.

There are loads of places to buy stuff on Magnificent Mile. It is, after all, "the shopping spot" in Chicago, Illinois. Most every big name store you've seen mentioned on TV (if you're not from a city) will be right there along Michigan Avenue in Chicago. If you love to shop, then you will be in heaven.

If you're not a shopper, then you may think that you won't...

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CyndiA
southern, NC

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The Magnificent Mile is a window shoppers paradise.

family traveler

JUN

2008

Let's be honest. I'm not the kind of person who typically shops at Tiffany's. I'm a mother of teenagers who enjoys traveling, but our family budget is modest. Nonetheless, I had a wonderful time browsing the stores on the Magnificent Mile with my daughters. There is so much to see here, and you can spend days visiting all the stores. We enjoyed looking at the designer fashions, unusual gifts, the jewelry, the shoes and purses in the top-of-of-the-line stores along the mile. My personal favorite was Nieman Marcus, which offers merchandise in all of these categories. We enjoyed Water Tower Place... review »