Palmer House Hilton Tours and Tickets

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Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton is a private hotel that offers free public access to the lobby, but generally restricts access to paying customers or guests in other areas. Rates start at US$260 per night for a standard room. Meanwhile, drinks at Potter’s Bar start at US$10 for a beer, and dinner entrees at Lockwood Restaurant & Bar start at US$22. The Chicago Architecture Center offers guided tours of the hotel once a month for US$15.

The Palmer House Hilton is located in downtown Chicago, on East Monroe Street. It’s just a block from the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park, and a short walk from many other attractions. The hotel is easy to reach, as the Monroe and Adams/Wabash CTA stations are both very close by.

Yes, limited guided tours of the Palmer House Hilton are available. The Chicago Architecture Center provides tours on the first Saturday of the month, which cost US$15 per person. If this timing isn’t convenient, many other architecture-focused tours explore central Chicago, and some of these pass the Palmer House Hilton and offer commentary.

Yes, the Palmer House Hilton is widely wheelchair accessible. Of its 1,641 rooms and suites, 48 have been adapted for wheelchairs, and 28 are equipped with roll-in showers. In addition, the public areas are wheelchair accessible, there’s an accessible pool, and buttons in the elevators are at a height that wheelchair users can reach.

Yes, parking is available at the Palmer House Hilton. Valet parking is offered from the main entrance on Monroe Street, and self-parking is available at a parking garage opposite the hotel. A limited number of paid electric vehicle chargers are available in that parking garage on a first-come, first-served basis.